Ethanol Plant - 10 MM GPY
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Ethanol Plant - 10 MM GPY

Stock # 440
Capacity 10 MM GPY
Products Ethanol

Overview

Used 10 MM gallons/year (approximately 30,000 tons per year) Ethanol Plant commissioned in 1996, and upscaled around 2005 - 2006. Many equipment items have been replaced with new ones in the recent years. The new equipment is designed according to industrial standards for continuous operation (24 hours/day, 7 days/week). The plant includes all process areas: Grain Receiving and Storage, Corn Cleaning and Milling, Liquefaction and Cooking, Yeast Propagation and Fermentation, Distillation, Dehydration, Stillage Evaporation, Stillage Separation, WDG Storage and Shipping, Fuel Ethanol Storage and Loading, CIP System, and Chemical Storage. The plant yield is an average of 0.5 lb of anhydrous ethanol and 0.49 lb of WDG (wet cake) per lb of fermentable starch. Instrumentation is mainly Endress Hauser. Operation system is Siemens PCS7 installed in 2015.

Major Equipment

• Centrifuge (2005)
• Beer Column (2006)
• Stripper Column (2006)
• Acid Reduction Column (2006)
• Rectifier Column (2006)
• Molecular Sieve Vessels (2006)
• Regeneration Receiver (2006)
• Hammer Mill A (2000) & B (2007)
• Condensate Separator (2006)
• CO2 Scrubber (2006)
• Liquefaction Tank A & B (1999)
• West Yeast Propagation Tank (2006)
• East Air Compressor (2014)
• Dilute Caustic Tank (2006)
• Liquefaction Tank (2006)
• Condensate Exchanger (2006)
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SPECIFICATIONS RESOURCES
Year Built
1996
Year Shut
2015
Capacity
10 MM GPY
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