Abstract: One embodiment described herein includes a method for extracting bran, endosperm, germ, and fiber from biomass comprising hydrating the biomass; extracting the bran from the biomass before extracting the germ; and extracting the endosperm, without a use of chemicals, based on a capacity of endosperm particles to selectively pass through, or be retained on a sieve having a standard hole size, wherein endosperm particles are extracted in one or more endosperm streams. The method also includes products extracted from biomass.

Abstract: One embodiment described herein includes a method for extracting bran, endosperm, germ, and fiber from biomass comprising hydrating the biomass; extracting the bran from the biomass before extracting the germ; and extracting the endosperm, without a use of chemicals, based on a capacity of endosperm particles to selectively pass through, or be retained on a sieve having a standard hole size, wherein endosperm particles are extracted in one or more endosperm streams. The method also includes products extracted from biomass.

Abstract: One embodiment described herein includes a method for biomass extraction. The method includes identifying core biomass structures; and identifying crystalline structural components of the biomass and amorphous structural components of the core biomass structures. The method embodiment also includes identifying which components are structurally related and which are cellularly related; and separating the crystalline structural components of the biomass from the amorphous structural components by grinding, wherein the core biomass structures are ground to a size approaching the size of crystals, including microcrystals, of the crystalline structural components.

Abstract: A method for separating bran, endosperm and germ in a seed particle, comprising: Smashing the seed against a surface that produces separation of the germ from a bran-endosperm complex; Separating the germ from the bran endosperm complex; Freezing the bran endosperm complex; and Subjecting the frozen bran endosperm complex to a force wherein the bran is separated from the endosperm intact and the endosperm is fractionated into smaller pieces.

Abstract: The present invention includes a method for extracting protein, oil and starch from grain. The method includes: Providing kernels or seeds comprising a germ and pericarp comprising protein, oil, and starch; Steeping the kernels or seeds in a steeping reactor for a time effective to soften the kernals and seeds; Milling the steeped corn kernels to separate the germ from the starch/pericarp forming a germ stream and a starch/pericarp stream; Subjecting the germ to rapid pressurization/depressurization in order to extract oil and protein from the germ; and separating the starch from the pericarp.