Design for a small-scale fuel alcohol plant

Journal Article · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · Chem. Eng. Prog.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6399104

Berglund, G R; Richardson, J G

The paper describes the small-scale fuel alcohol plant (SSFAT) which was designed as a small-scale chemical processing plant. The DOE publication, Fuel from Farms, set forth the basic design requirements. To lower operating costs, it was important that all the processes required to produce alcohol were integrated. Automated control was also an important consideration in the design to reduce the number of operators and operator time, thus reducing operating costs. Automated control also provides better quality control of the final product. The plant is presently operating in a test mode to evaluate operating characteristics. The discussion covers the following topics - design requirements; plan operations; fermentation; distillation; microprocessor control; automatic control; operating experience. 1 ref.

• Research Organization: EG and G, Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA
• OSTI ID: 6399104
• Journal Information: Chem. Eng. Prog.; (United States), Vol. 78:8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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