| CPC C12F 3/06 (2013.01) [C10G 3/60 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1014 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1055 (2013.01); C10G 2400/04 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |

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1. A method for co-production of ethanol and pretreatment of a diesel feedstock, comprising:
distilling an ethanol-containing beer within a distillation apparatus of an ethanol plant using grain as a feedstock;
producing ethanol and a crude vegetable oil product in the ethanol plant;
directing the crude vegetable oil product from the ethanol plant to a pretreatment plant comprising a fiber reactor comprising a conduit having a plurality of fibers disposed therein;
in the pretreatment plant, purifying the crude vegetable oil product by contacting the crude vegetable oil product with an aqueous extractant solution within the fiber reactor to produce a purified oil and wastewater, wherein the aqueous extractant solution consists of water or purified water; and
recycling the wastewater from the pretreatment plant to the ethanol plant;
wherein purifying the crude vegetable oil removes 70% or more of impurities.
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