Quad County Corn Processors industrial scale XyloFerm® trial completed
The trial has successfully demonstrated that XyloFerm® converts xylose (C5) and C6 sugars to ethanol in the full scale Cellerate™ process.In April of 2017 Taurus Energy, Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits, Syngenta and Quad County Corn Processors initiated a trial of Taurus Energys xylose/C6 co-fermenting yeast XyloFerm® in the Cellerate™ process to evaluate performance at large scale. The trial has concluded and results confirm that XyloFerm® can successfully convert C6 sugars and xylose (C5) to ethanol in the full scale industrial process. Next steps involve fine-tuning and