Feasibility study for alternate fuel production from biomass resources

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6083078

The propsed project will be a 50 mm USGPY anhydrous alcohol plant to be located at Walhalla in northeastern North Dakota. The plant will use barley grown in the region as the raw material to produce a Motor Fuel Grade Alcohol through a fermentation and distillation process. North Dakota lignite coal will be used as the primary energy source to produce alcohol from the barley. The site is located on an active branch of the Burlington Northern Railroad, providing efficient and economical access to North Dakota's vast lignite coal fields in western North Dakota and to the established grain and grain by-product markets of Duluth and Minneapolis. The site is also adjacent to paved secondary highways, providing access to state and interstate highway systems. The plant site is adjacent to the City of Walhalla and will be annexed to the city limits and served by community facilities. Electrical energy to operate plant equipment will be partially produced by co-generation within the plant but the total electrical energy cannot be produced internally and additional power will be purchased from Otter Tail Power Co., supplier to the community. A technical review of the plant is provided in this report. The process, plant layout and major equipment procurement and costs are described. A complete economic analysis is provided using the data derived from the technical evaluation and cost estimates and is provided in a separate section. Siting and the environmental and socio-economic considerations are covered separately. A review of the proposed management and personnel structure completes the report.

• Research Organization: Dawn Enterprises, Inc., Walhalla, ND (USA); North Central Consultants Ltd., Jamestown, ND (USA); Katzen (Raphael) Associates, Cincinnati, OH (USA); Touche Ross and Co., Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG07-80RA50361
• OSTI ID: 6083078
• Report Number(s): DOE/RA/50361-T1; ON: DE82002616
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

09 BIOMASS FUELS
BARLEY
ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS
FERMENTATION
ETHANOL
PRODUCTION
ETHANOL PLANTS
EQUIPMENT
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
BIOMASS CONVERSION PLANTS
DESIGN
DIAGRAMS
DISTILLATION
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
FLOWSHEETS
HEAT TREATMENTS
MANAGEMENT
MANPOWER
NORTH DAKOTA
STEAM
ALCOHOLS
BIOCONVERSION
CEREALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
ECONOMICS
GRAMINEAE
GRASS
HYDROLYSIS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LYSIS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLVOLYSIS
USA
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