Title: Unit 10 Readings and Lecture
Course: BFM 201 Ethanol Production > Section: BFM 201 Ethanol Production

Unit 10 Readings and Lecture

To Do:
Read Textbook: Ethanol Process Fundamentals – Chapter 6 pages 6.11 – 6.16
Ethanol critics claim the production of ethanol consumes more energy than is produces.  This may have been the case in older designed ethanol facilities without the technological advances now available to modern facilities, particularly in the distillation process.  Technological advancement for ethanol production has been achieved with the new vacuum distillation. Modern facilities pay particular attention to energy consumption during this process by focusing on water recycling, ethanol concentration in the final beer to be distilled (13 – 14%), and computer control systems for process optimization.
References:

Chapter 6 (2006). In Ethanol process fundamentals: An introduction to ethanol processing. Granite Falls, MN: Minnesota Energy Enterprise Center.

Walker, G. M. (n.d.). Bioethanol: Science and technology of fuel alcohol. Bioethanol: Science and Technology of Fuel Alcohol. Retrieved from http://bookboon.com/en/bioethanol-science-and-technology-of-fuel-alcohol-ebook

Brown, R. C. (2003). Chapter 7. In Biorenewable resources: Engineering new products from agriculture. Ames, IA: Iowa State Press.