TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INSTRUMENTATION AND TESTING - Preferred System: The system comprises (a) a hammermill configured to reduce whole or raw biomass to a milled biomass-based product and produce an output stream of milled biomass-based product, an extractor containing a solvent and in communication with the output stream from the hammermill configured to mix the milled biomass-based product with the solvent to form a solvent mixture and produce a solvent mixture stream, and a solvent stripper in operable communication with an output solvent mixture stream from the extractor, where the solvent stripper is configured to remove solvent from the solvent mixture to form a deoiled milled biomass-based product stream, and the solvent stripper is further in operable communication with the extractor to provide at least a portion of the solvent stream to the extractor and in operable communication with a fermentor to provide a deoiled milled biomass-based product stream to the fermentor, (b) an extractor containing a solvent and in operable communication with a fermentor (where the extractor is configured to receive an output thick stillage stream from the fermentor and form a solvent mixture), a phase settler in operable communication with the extractor configured to receive the solvent mixture (where the phase settler is configured to separate a deoiled biomass-based product phase from an oil in solvent phase), a distillation assembly in operable communication with the phase settler configured to receive an oil in solvent phase stream (where the distillation assembly is configured to separate the oil from the solvent, and the distillation assembly is in operable communication with the extractor to provide at least a portion of the solvent to the extractor) and a reboiler desorption unit operably attached to the phase settler configured to receive a deoiled biomass-based product phase stream (where the reboiler desorption unit is configured to receive solvent remaining in the deoiled biomass-based product phase, and the reboiler desorption unit is in operable communication with the extractor configured to provide at least a portion of the solvent stream to the extractor), (c) an extractor containing a solvent and in operable communication with a fermentor (where the extractor is configured to receive an output distillers wet grain stream from centrifuging of a thick stillage from the fermentor and forming a solvent mixture), a phase settler, a distillation assembly and a reboiler desorption unit, or (d) an extractor containing a solvent and in operable communication with a fermentor (where the extractor is configured to receive an output distillers dried grains with solubles stream from the production facility and form a solvent mixture), phase settler, distillation assembly and reboiler desorption unit. The system further comprises a filtration device operably attached to the reboiler desorption unit configured to receive the deoiled biomass-based product stream (where the filtration device is configured to separate the deoiled thick stillage into an oil free distillers wet grain), a membrane configured for water removal in communication with an oil free thin stillage and a drying device to produce an oil free distillers dried grain with solubles. The system further comprises a water removal device in operable communication with the reboiler desorption unit configured to receive the deoiled biomass- based product stream, where the water removal device is configured to remove of a percentage of water from the deoiled biomass-based product stream. The system further comprises a combustion device in operable communication with the water removal device configured to receive deoiled distillers wet grain biomass-based product stream, where the combustion device is configured to generate energy output from the deoiled biomass-based product stream.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: The production of co-products from alcohol or biofuel production process involves (a) placing biomass in a hammermill to produce a milled biomass-based product, transferring the milled biomass-based product into an extractor and mixing the milled biomass-based product with an alkyl acetate solvent mixture to form a combined mixture for extracting an oil, separating the oil from the deoiled milled biomass-based product, removing the solvent mixture from the oil and deoiled milled biomass-based product and recycling the solvent mixture back into the extractor, and transferring the deoiled milled biomass-based product to fermentor to produce at least one of ethanol, methanol, butanol, diesel, mixed alcohols and hydrogen, (b) placing biomass in a particle size reduction process to form a reduced size biomass-based product, transferring the reduced size biomass-based product into an extractor and mixing the biomass-based product with a solvent to form a combined solvent/oil and solvent/solids slurry mixture, clarifying and separating the solvent/oil from the solvent/solids slurry, partially removing the solvent from the solvent/oil in a solvent stripper and recycling the solvent back into a solvent mixing process, partially separating the solvent/oil from the solvent/solids slurry mixture in a solvent washing column through the use of a counter-current solvent stream, further removing the solvent from the solvent/oil and recycling the solvent back into the solvent mixing process, separating a stream in the solvent displacement washing column through the use of a counter-current fluid displacement stream, removing the displacement fluid from a portion of the stream in a separation process, recycling the displacement fluid back into the solvent displacement washing column, and separating the oil from a portion of the stream in a solvent stripper, further removing the displacement fluid from a portion of the stream in a separation process, and recycling the displacement fluid back into the solvent displacement washing column, and transferring a resultant deoiled biomass-based product to a fermentor to produce at least one of ethanol, methanol, butanol, diesel, mixed alcohols and hydrogen, (c) obtaining thick stillage from a fermentation unit, placing the thick stillage in a mixing unit with an alkyl acetate solvent mixture and mixing to form a combined mixture for extracting an oil, allowing the combined mixture to settle into a first phase containing the solvent mixture and oil and a second phase containing deoiled thick stillage and water, separating the first phase and distilling the first phase to separate the oil from the solvent mixture and recycle the solvent mixture to the mixing unit, placing the second phase in a reboiler desorption unit to remove unseparated solvent for recycling, filtering the second phase containing deoiled thick stillage to produce deoiled distillers wet grains and deoiled thin stillage and concentrating the deoiled thin stillage to produce a retentate solution and drying the combined solution and deoiled distillers wet grains to produce oil free distillers dry grains with soluble, (d) obtaining distillers wet grain from a post fermentation process, mixing the distillers wet grain with an alkyl acetate solvent mixture to form a combined mixture for extracting an oil, allowing the combined mixture to settle into a first phase containing the solvent mixture and oil and a second phase containing deoiled distillers wet grain and water, separating the first phase and distilling the first phase to separate oil from the solvent mixture and recycle the solvent mixture, placing the second phase into a reboiler desorption unit to remove unseparated solvent for recycling to produce a deoiled, dewatered second phase, removing additional water content from the deoiled, dewatered second phase, and placing the deoiled, dewatered second phase into a combustion/boiler unit for the production of energy, or (e) obtaining distillers dry grains with solubles from a post fermentation process, mixing the distillers dry grains with solubles with an alkyl acetate solvent mixture to form a combined mixture for extracting an oil, separating the oil to produce deoiled dry grains and recycling the solvent mixture, removing the solvent remaining in the deoiled dry grains with solubles to produce oil free distillers dry grains with soluble, and recycling the remaining solvent. The process of applying the alkyl acetate solvent involves applying alkyl acetate solvent before fermentation in the process. The process of applying the alkyl acetate solvent involves applying alkyl acetate solvent post fermentation in the process and is applied to at least one byproduct of the fermentation process. The alkyl acetate is azeotrope. The removed alkyl acetate solvent is recycled into the process. The deoiled second phase comprises deoiled second phase concentrated by removal of a percentage of water. The method further involves concentrating the deoiled second phase to produce a filter cake. The method further involves applying a displacing liquid to the filter cake to dissolve any remaining water and drying any deoiled remaining solids by the application of carbon dioxide. The displacing liquid applied to the filter cake is at least one of ethanol azeotrope, alkyl acetate and alkyl acetate azeotrope. The displacing liquid carried by carbon dioxide from the drying step is removed from the carbon dioxide through a condenser and the carbon dioxide is recycled back to the production process. The biomass-based product comprises at least one of raw corn materials including corn cobs, milled corn, raw wheat materials or milled wheat, raw barley materials or milled barley, raw rice materials or milled rice, other raw grains or milled grains, raw sugarcane materials or milled sugarcane, raw tree materials, plant, animal or agricultural waste, other biological materials, thick stillage and distillers wet grain. The biomass-based process comprises an alcohol or biofuel production process that comprises at least one of ethanol production and biofuel production. The method further involves producing a byproduct that comprises distillers dried grains with solubles. The method further involves producing a deoiled biomass-based product that is further processed to produce syngas. The syngas is further processed to produce at least one of anhydrous ammonia, dimethyl ether, mixed alcohols, diesel, methanol, butanol and hydrogen. EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.