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Carbery milk products in Ireland produces alcohol from whey

Abstract

A brief illustrated description is given of alcohol production by Carbery Milk Products Ltd., introduced in 1976 as an alternative to whey drying. The initial investment into the new alcohol factory was 1.6 million. The process includes whey ultrafiltration at a rate of 125,000 gallons/day, fermentation of the premeate in 6 fermentation tanks (total capacity 42,000 gallons) in batch operation, each requiring on average 6 hours; efficiency of lactose conversion to alcohol is 86% of the theoretical yield. After separation of the yeasts, the liquor is pasteurized and heated to the correct temperature for distillation which is carried out in a plant consisting of six 32-metre high cylinders incorporating rectification towers. The finished alcohol is stored under customs supervision in 3 storage tanks, each with a capacity of 125000 gallons. The waste products from the fermentation and distillation stages necessitated the installation of a purification plant for treating daily about 200000 gallons effluent with 9000 lb BOD, in addition to another plant handling 400 000 gallons with also 9000 lb BOD of normal dairy waste water.
Authors:
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1980
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-83-056573
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Nordeuropaeisk Mejeri-Tidsskr.; (Denmark); Journal Volume: 46:1/2
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; ETHANOL; PRODUCTION; IRELAND; ETHANOL PLANTS; WHEY; FERMENTATION; BIOCONVERSION; DISTILLATION; LACTOSE; RESIDUES; WASTE PROCESSING PLANTS; WASTE WATER; ALCOHOLS; CARBOHYDRATES; DISACCHARIDES; EUROPE; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROXY COMPOUNDS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; LIQUID WASTES; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SACCHARIDES; SEPARATION PROCESSES; WASTES; WATER; WESTERN EUROPE; 090222* - Alcohol Fuels- Preparation from Wastes or Biomass- (1976-1989); 140504 - Solar Energy Conversion- Biomass Production & Conversion- (-1989)
OSTI ID:
6568106
Country of Origin:
Denmark
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: NMTID
Submitting Site:
HEDB
Size:
Pages: 10-13, 17
Announcement Date:
Dec 01, 1982

Citation Formats

Hansen, R. Carbery milk products in Ireland produces alcohol from whey. Denmark: N. p., 1980. Web.
Hansen, R. Carbery milk products in Ireland produces alcohol from whey. Denmark.
Hansen, R. 1980. "Carbery milk products in Ireland produces alcohol from whey." Denmark.
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title = {Carbery milk products in Ireland produces alcohol from whey}
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abstractNote = {A brief illustrated description is given of alcohol production by Carbery Milk Products Ltd., introduced in 1976 as an alternative to whey drying. The initial investment into the new alcohol factory was 1.6 million. The process includes whey ultrafiltration at a rate of 125,000 gallons/day, fermentation of the premeate in 6 fermentation tanks (total capacity 42,000 gallons) in batch operation, each requiring on average 6 hours; efficiency of lactose conversion to alcohol is 86% of the theoretical yield. After separation of the yeasts, the liquor is pasteurized and heated to the correct temperature for distillation which is carried out in a plant consisting of six 32-metre high cylinders incorporating rectification towers. The finished alcohol is stored under customs supervision in 3 storage tanks, each with a capacity of 125000 gallons. The waste products from the fermentation and distillation stages necessitated the installation of a purification plant for treating daily about 200000 gallons effluent with 9000 lb BOD, in addition to another plant handling 400 000 gallons with also 9000 lb BOD of normal dairy waste water.}
journal = []
volume = {46:1/2}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Denmark}
year = {1980}
month = {Jan}
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