applied biochemistry and biotechnology for fuels chemicals the twenty fifth symposium editors mark finkelstein james d mcmillan brian h davison barbara evans volumes 113 116 12 issues spring 2004 issn 0273 2289 executive editor ashok mulchandani or copyright by humana press inc all rights of any nature whatsoever reserved 04 115 1139 1159 25 00 conversion distiller s grain into fuel alcohol a higher value animal feed dilute acid pretreatment melvin p tucker 1 nicholas j nagle edward w jennings kelly n ibsen andy aden quang nguyen kyoung kim 2 sally l noll 3 national renewable energy laboratory bioenergy center bioprocess engineering group 1617 cole boulevard golden co 80401 e mail melvin_tucker nrel gov department food science korea university seoul 136 701 405b haecker hall minnesota 1364 eckles avenue st paul mn 55108 6118 abstract over past three decades ethanol production in united states has increased more than 10 fold to approx 9 billion gal yr mid 2003 with expected reach 5