Design and construction of a 7,500 liter immobilized cell reactor-separator for ethanol production from whey

Conference · Thu Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:10157570

Dale, M C

A 7,500 liter reactor/separator has been constructed for the production of ethanol from concentrated whey permeate. This unit is sited in Hopkinton IA, across the street from a whey generating cheese plant A two phase construction project consisting of (1) building and testing a reactor/separator with a solvent absorber in a single unified housing, and (2) building and testing an extractive distillation/product stripper for the recovery of anhydrous ethanol is under way. The design capacity of this unit is 250,000 gal/yr of anhydrous product. Design and construction details of the reactor/absorber separator are given, and design parameters for the extractive distillation system are described.

• Research Organization: Purdue Univ., Lafayette, IN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-85CE40772
• OSTI ID: 10157570
• Report Number(s): CONF-921104-15; ON: DE94013113; BR: ED0102000/ED0113000
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Institute of Chemical Engineers annual meeting,Miami, FL (United States),1-6 Nov 1992; Other Information: PBD: [1992]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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