Abstract: A process for obtaining high ethanol yield from the fermentation of an energy crop and for producing a nutritionally enhanced feed co-product is provided. In particular, the process includes converting non-fermentable polysaccharides in an energy crop into fermentable sugar. The fermentable sugars may be fermented into ethanol thereby enhancing the ethanol yield. In addition, separation of ethanol from the fermentation product yields a whole stillage product having enhanced protein content and reduced fiber content. The process requires little or no modification to the configuration of existing commercial ethanol facilities.

Abstract: A process for obtaining high ethanol yield from the fermentation of an energy crop and for producing a nutritionally enhanced feed co-product is provided. In particular, the process includes converting non-fermentable polysaccharides in an energy crop into fermentable sugar. The fermentable sugars may be fermented into ethanol thereby enhancing the ethanol yield. In addition, separation of ethanol from the fermentation product yields a whole stillage product having enhanced protein content and reduced fiber content. The process requires little or no modification to the configuration of existing commercial ethanol facilities.

Abstract: The invention relates to a closure device for man-door in overhead garage doors. The invention is suitable for garage doors (12) having a man-door (33) which opens into the garage. The invention includes a first supporting element (1, 1a, 45) in the garage door (12) for retaining a moving element (4, 4a, 4b) assisted by at least one spring (30, 37, 41), such that the moving element projects from the garage door (12) to the exterior of the garage. The moving element is connected to a pin (25, 25a) provided in a second supporting element (28, 45) secured to the garage door (12) opposite the man-door (33). In order to close the door (12), the moving element presses against a fixed zone (13) of the garage and maintains the pin (25, 25a) in a position in which the man-door (33) is open and, when the garage door (12) is opened, the pin (25, 25a) closes the man-door, thereby ensuring that the man-door closes when the garage door (12) opens.