ABB’s offering for Nedalco’s ethanol production plant in Manchester

Nedalco is a leading European producer of natural ethanol (ethyl alcohol), with activities in about 20 countries worldwide and four production sites in Europe. Their plant in Manchester takes waste wheat sugars from a neighbouring food manufacturing plant and turns them into 40 million litres per annum of top quality alcohol, used in beverage, fuel and as an additive in perfume, cosmetics, pharmaceutical products and printing inks. By-products of the process are used in the production of animal feeds for cattle and pigs. ABB helped with commissioning the Extended Automation System 800xA control system and provides round-the-clock technical support in [...]

Does anyone know of a good website on ethanol production?

Question by travelingin2006: Does anyone know of a good website on ethanol production?
I am curious as to how much raw material is needed to produce a gallon of ethanol. Corn vs. sugarcane and other materials that might be used to produce ethanol. Also what the cost of production might be.

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Answer by FryemallEthanol can be produced in different ways, using a variety of feedstocks. [1] Brazil uses sugarcane as primary feedstock, but a large variety of feedstocks are possible. For information on Brazil’s method of ethanol production, see ethanol fuel in Brazil.

Crops with higher yields of energy, such as [...]

Need a rebuttal for an arguement against corn ethanol production in the US?

Question by Car915: Need a rebuttal for an arguement against corn ethanol production in the US?
I am writing a proposal argument on corn ethanol production and I need a rebuttal. I start with an intro, tell the problem including background, seriousness, and any previous attempts to solve. Go into my proposal listing alternative solutions. Opposition is next followed by the “rebuttal”. This is where I am stuck. I need a good example to go here. Like an analogy maybe? Thanks!

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Answer by 80istTo put things in perspective, there are more than 180,000 stations nationwide selling gasoline. While all of them [...]

Q&A: How can I invest in Wind Turbine Energy Production through Vanguard? Do they have a fund for alternative energ

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Question by marycotter5678: How can I invest in Wind Turbine Energy Production through Vanguard? Do they have a fund for alternative energ
y?
How do you buy into a wind farm directly?

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Answer by gato_del_sol_3Start Here:

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Then surf around on Vanguard funds until you find what you’re looking for….

either that or call Vanguard Directly.

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Q&A: Ethanol production???????????????

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Question by banana H: Ethanol production???????????????
How big does distallition still have to be to produce 1000 liters of ethanol a day? ie height and diameter

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Answer by MefSizing of a still will have a decent amount of variation depending upon other specifications:

What is the composition of product are you looking for?
Is this a batch or a flow system?
Are we only considering distillation, or is this vessel also being used as a fermenter?
Are you planning on having several stages in your still? Or perhaps running it as more of a packed column?

If you’re looking for a flow system [...]

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Grow mass amounts of algae and produce 20000+ gallons of bio-fuel on one acre. With the amount of farm space of 1/10 the size of New Mexico we could produce enough fuel to fill the United States’ need for oil.

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