October 7, 2008

  • Ethanol plants are awsome!

     Friday I got to go visit an Ethanol Plant. It was a 3hr drive there, but it was worth it. We were guided throught the plant and shown how ethanol is made. Here are some pictures I took.

     

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    The whole Plant.

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    The Fermenting Silo's

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    The Carbon Monoxide Plant.

    They take the Carbon Monoxide that comes from the fermentation process and sell it to beverage companies.

     

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    Me; in my hard hat and safety goggles. I needed them, I ran into a door.

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    The bucket they use to move corn and brewers grain.

    It is huge.

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    This is the grate that corn is dumped onto, below it are large augers that send the corn to be processed.

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    The lab where they test the ethanol.

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    The computer lab where they keep an eye on all the machinery, on the temperature and pressure of the pipes and silos.

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    Inside the plant. Green pipes are water and yellow are air.(I think)

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