<h2 style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>January, 2011 - <a href="/id0904f67a8066d02a">Archives</a></span></h2>
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<p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Hello All,</span></strong></p>
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<p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '> </span></p>
<p style='text-indent:-9.0pt;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Research & Technical Activities:</span></p>
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<li style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>A funded project to</span> <em style='font-weight:bold; font-style:normal; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial; font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>compare various hydrolysis procedures for amino acid testing in animal feed. Hydrolysate samples have been collected from the lab participants and analysis is on the way. Yan Zhang presented the study at the Laboratory Methods Committee Meeting of AAFCO Midyear meeting.</span></em></li>
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<p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '> </span></p>
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<li style='text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list .5in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>A funded project to study the antioxidants and lipids in DDGS. Samples from the project have been sent to the Antioxidants Research Lab, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, and Tufts University for antioxidant capacity study. The data were reported, a scientific presentation is in preparation.</span></li>
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<p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '> </span></p>
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<li style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>January saw the first successful attempt to conduct a “one-pot” corn to ethanol fermentation in our new 30 L fermentor. The lab team, with able help from pilot plant research engineers, completed a fermentation and performed a distillation in this intermediate scale vessel, thus demonstrating that NCERC is capable of conducting this type of project.</span></li>
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<p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '> </span></p>
<p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '> </span></p>
<p style='text-indent:-9.0pt;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Pilot Plant and Facility Updates:</span></p>
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<li style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Fractionation:</span> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family: Arial;color:windowtext;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Demolition contractors started work January 4, 2011 through March 16, 2011. Contractors are on schedule.</span> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-style:italic;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Facilities and process installation c</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>ontractor work should start late 1Q 2011 or early 2Q 2011.</span></li>
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<li style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Laboratory Fume Hoods:</span> <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Detailed design to be completed by February 28, 2011. Quotes from government and other possible sources.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '> </span></li>
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<p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Until next time, have a good, productive and safe month.</span></p>
<p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '> </span></p>
<p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '> </span></p>
<p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Regards,</span></p>
<p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>John Caupert, Director National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center</span></p>
<p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Phone: 618-659-6737 Ext 226</span></p>
<p style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Email: <a href="mailto:jcaupert@ethanolresearch.com" style='mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single; '>jcaupert@ethanolresearch.com</a></span></p>