Quad City Corn Processors plant to test ultrasonic technology to improve ethanol production yields

In Iowa, the 30 Mgy Quad County Corn Processors plant in Ida County will test an ultrasonic technology that creates an undisclosed, but material, increase in ethanol yields when applied to corn slurry during the production process.

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