1. A method for recovering oil from corn in ethanol production, the method comprising applying a formulation comprising
(i) a compound of formula (I),
wherein
R1 is a fatty acid residue;
R2 and R3 are the same or different and each is a polyalkoxy group or \u2014C(O)R1, provided that at least one of R2 and R3 is a polyalkoxy group;
(ii) an oil, and
(iii) a metal oxide
to a corn-based product from an ethanol production process.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the corn-based product is milled corn, thick stillage, thin stillage, syrup, distillers wet grain (DWG), distillers dry grain (DDG), distillers dry grains with soluble (DDGS), or any combination thereof.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the applying step is performed after the corn has been milled, after thick stillage has been formed, after thin stillage has been formed, after distillers wet grains (DWG) have been formed, andor after distillers dry grains with solubles (DDGS) have been formed.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein R1 is a saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched alkyl C7-22 chain.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein R1 is a saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched alkyl C8-18 chain.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein both R2 and R3 are a polyalkoxy group.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein one of R2 and R3 is \u2014C(O)R1 and the other is a polyalkoxy group.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the polyalkoxy group is a polyethoxy group comprising up to 40 moles of ethylene oxide.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the fatty acid residue is a residue of lauric acid, oleic acid, stearic acid, palmitic acid, or a combination thereof.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the formulation comprises more than one compound of formula (I) to form a mixture of compounds defined by formula (I).
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the mixture of compounds defined by formula (I) comprises ethoxylated C1-18 mono- and diglycerides.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the oil is mineral oil, a vegetable oil, or a combination thereof.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the oil is mineral oil.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the metal oxide is selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, iron oxide, aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, and a combination thereof.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the metal oxide is silicon dioxide.
16. The method of claim 1, wherein the formulation comprises
(i) 25-70 wt % of at least one compound of formula (I),
(ii) 25-74 wt % of an oil, and
(iii) 1-5 wt % of a metal oxide,
wherein the amounts of (i), (ii), and (iii) add up to 100 wt % of the total formulation.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A removable medium device configured to transmit information stored in a removable medium via a network based on a predetermined communication protocol, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device storing instructions for execution by the processor that cause the removable medium device to perform the steps of:
reducing each of a plurality of original images stored in the removable medium and generating a reduced screen image in which the plurality of reduced images are arranged;
generating an image file that includes the reduced screen image generated and image specifying information for specifying an original image in the removable medium for each of the plurality of reduced images arranged in the reduced screen image;
sending the image file via the network; and
sending the original image specified by the received image specifying information in response to receiving image specifying information that is included in the image file and which specifies one of the plurality of original images stored in the removable medium.
2. The removable medium device according to claim 1, configured to transmit information stored in the removable medium via the network based on an FTP (File Transfer Protocol).
3. The removable medium device according to claim 2, wherein generating the reduced screen image is based on a JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format, and
wherein the image specifying information included in the image file is written in a web descriptive language.
4. The removable medium device according to claim 1, wherein the image file includes a memory location of the reduced screen image in the image file and a memory location of the image specifying information in the image file.
5. The removable medium device according to claim 1, wherein the image file includes a network address of the removable medium device.
6. A non-transitory computer usable medium containing computer readable instructions that cause a computer to control a removable medium device, configured to transmit information stored in a removable medium via a network based on a predetermined communication protocol, to:
reduce each of a plurality of original images stored in the removable medium;
generate a reduced screen image in which the plurality of reduced images are arranged;
generate an image file that includes the reduced screen image generated by the reduced image generating system and image specifying information for specifying an original image in the removable medium for each of the plurality of reduced images arranged in the reduced screen image;
send the image file generated by the image file generating system via the network; and
in response to receiving image specifying information that is included in the image file sent by the image file sending system and specifies one of the plurality of original images stored in the removable medium, send the original image specified by the received image specifying information.
7. The non-transitory computer usable medium according to claim 6, wherein the removable medium device is configured to transmit information stored in the removable medium via the network based on an FTP (File Transfer Protocol).
8. The non-transitory computer usable medium according to claim 7, wherein the reduced screen image is generated based on a JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format, and
wherein the image specifying information included in the image file is written in a web descriptive language.
9. The non-transitory computer usable medium according to claim 7, wherein the image file includes a memory location of the reduced screen image in the image file and a memory location of the image specifying information in the image file.
10. The non-transitory computer usable medium according to claim 6, wherein the image file includes a network address of the removable medium device.
11. A non-transitory computer usable medium containing computer readable instructions for controlling a network device connected with a removable medium device configured to transmit information stored in a removable medium via a network based on a predetermined communication protocol, the network device including a receiving system configured to receive the information stored in the removable medium via the network and a display system configured to display the information received by the receiving system, the instructions causing a computer to control the network device so as to:
receiving an image file sent by the removable medium device, the image file including a reduced screen image with a plurality of reduced images generated by reducing a plurality of original images stored in the removable medium being arranged therein and image specifying information for specifying an original image in the removable medium for each of the plurality of reduced images;
extracting the reduced screen image and the image specifying information separately from the image file;
displaying the reduced screen image extracted from the image file on the display system; and
in response to one of the plurality of reduced images included in the reduced screen image being selected, requesting the removable medium device to send an original image corresponding to the selected reduced image based on the image specifying information that is included in the received image file.
12. The non-transitory computer usable medium according to claim 11, wherein the instructions cause the computer to control the network device so as to receive the image file sent by the removable medium device via the network based on an FTP (File Transfer Protocol).
13. The non-transitory computer usable medium according to claim 12, wherein the reduced screen image is generated based on a JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format, and
wherein the image specifying information included in the image file is written in a web descriptive language.
14. The non-transitory computer usable medium according to claim 11, wherein the image file includes a memory location of the reduced screen image in the image file and a memory location of the image specifying information in the image file, and
wherein the instructions cause the computer to control the network device so as to display the reduced screen image extracted from the image file on the display system based on the memory location of the reduced screen image and the memory location of the image specifying information included in the image file.
15. The non-transitory computer usable medium according to claim 11,
wherein the image file includes a network address of the removable medium device, and
wherein the instructions cause the computer to control the network device so as to request the removable medium device to send the original image corresponding to the selected image based on the image specifying information and the network address of the removable medium device.
16. A removable medium device configured to transmit information stored in a removable medium via a network based on a predetermined communication protocol, the removable medium device being connected with an external device via the network, the removable medium device comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device storing instructions for execution by the processor that cause the removable medium device to perform the steps of:
generating a pseudo file representing reduced images to be generated by reducing a plurality of original images stored in the removable medium in response to a request for a list of files stored in the removable medium issued from the external device;
sending the pseudo file to the external device;
reducing each of a plurality of original images stored in the removable medium and generating a reduced screen image in which the plurality of reduced images are arranged, in response to the pseudo file being selected at a side of the external device;
generating an image file that includes the reduced screen image and image specifying information for specifying an original image in the removable medium for each of the plurality of reduced images arranged in the reduced screen image;
sending the image file to the external device via the network; and
sending to the external device via the network, in response to the image specifying information that is included in the image file, an original image stored in the removable medium corresponding to a reduced image that has been selected on the reduced screen image displayed at the side of the external device.
17. The removable medium device according to claim 16, configured to transmit information stored in the removable medium via the network based on an FTP (File Transfer Protocol).
18. The removable medium device according to claim 17, wherein generating the reduced screen image is based on a JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format, and
wherein the image specifying information included in the image file is written in a web descriptive language.