Alcohol production from cheese, whey and corn for a farm-size operation. Final report, July-December 1981

Technical Report · Thu Dec 24 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5748582

Helstad, S

The goal of this project was to construct a farm size alcohol distillery, capable of producing 200,000 gallons per year of equivalent 200 proof alcohol that is both labor and energy efficient. The distillery was completed in October and was operated on a weekly basis. It has taken until mid-November to work many of the bugs out. This operation is now capable of demonstrating the energy consumption and economics of producing alcohol on a small scale. The data and conclusions that can be made from results achieved so far are: (1) a batch process can be energy efficient if it operates at an optimum level; (2) the cost of producing alcohol in small batch operations is likely to be prohibitive; and (3) it is doubtful a farmer could construct a small, efficient distillery alone.

• Research Organization: Helstad (Scott), La Crosse, WI (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-81AF92018
• OSTI ID: 5748582
• Report Number(s): DOE/AF/92018-2; ON: DE82010534
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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