TVA/DOE integrated onfarm alcohol production system. Phase II. Progress report, October 1981-February 1982. Circular Z-134

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5250136

Badger, P C; Pile, R S; Burch, D W; Mays, D A; Lewis, J M

Equipment and procedures necessary for using a grain (corn) feedstock for onfarm alcohol production were refined and documented to provide benchmark data. Also, significant progress was made in developing technology to convert other agricultural crops into 190-proof alcohol with the farm-sized alcohol production facility. This was achieved by modifying the base alcohol-from-grain facility to process the nongrain feedstocks (Irish potatoes, sweet sorghum, sweet potatoes, sugar beets, fodder beets, and Jerusalem artichokes) being evaluated in field production trials by TVA. Alcohol production capacities of cull potatoes, water chestnuts, and cull apples were also tested. A computerized investment model was refined to predict rapidly the economic implications for alcohol production levels, feedstocks, and various system components.

• Research Organization: National Fertilizer Development Center, Muscle Shoals, AL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-80CS80010
• OSTI ID: 5250136
• Report Number(s): TVA/OACD-82/14; ON: DE82016973
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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