Case Study | Ethanol Plant Boosts Operating Margin | Chemical Processing

Case Study | Ethanol Plant Boosts Operating Margin | Chemical Processing

THE BENEFITS
Since its installation was completed in February 2011, the Pavilion8-based MPC solution has greatly improved overall plant stability and reduced variability of all crucial process parameters — especially in the batch fermentation operations. Key gains include:

• 2.2% increase in ethanol yield per bushel of corn;
• 7.2% boost in overall ethanol production;
• 7.7% decrease in energy consumption per gallon;
• better stability of all key process variables;
• 40–70% reduction in the standard deviation for each variable, and
• payback of less than 12 months.

Bio-crude Turns Cheap Waste Into Valuable Fuel

Bio-crude Turns Cheap Waste Into Valuable Fuel

How to use banana peel to purify water

Recent study be a team of scientists from Brazil demonstrated the possibility of using banana peels to treat water contaminated by copper, lead and other heavy metal ions.Other natural waste materials such as sugar cane bagasse (the fibrous material left over after sugar cane has been crushed), peanut shells and apple waste could also be used as alternative materials in the treatment process. The principle is based on the affinity of the banana  contents towards retaining heavy metal ions.

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10 new Innovative technologies for developing countries

1. E-Smart Device for Rural Education 

 This innovation tries to reduce illiteracy by using a smart device that is embedded with applications to teach them the basics of education like addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc. More

2. Energy Recovering Stove

Using TEG (ThermoElectric Generators) the radiation heat loss for thermal energy sources is recovered. For instance, the heat passing through the TEG can be used to boil water which is further passed through a radiator producing heat and distilled water. More

  

3. Air Heat with Solar Energy

The new approach in this system is by vacuum evaporation of water, the latent heat of vaporization of water comes from the atmosphere. The vapor is heated further in solar collectors whose size is now reduced because of the vacuum evaporation. This contributes to efficiency and reduced costs. More

4. A Self-sustaining Mosquito Larvae Killer 

The innovation here is to kill mosquito larvae at the source; in the water where they live. Using a

Spherical Generator ; clean electricity out of ocean waves, Innovation

Create the Future Design Contest :: TO:CMA Spherical Generator

A team of Cornell engineers developed a patented technology, the TO:CMA Spherical Generator, that creates copious amounts of clean electricity out of ocean waves at costs below all major existing renewable energy sources. The design was elaborated to defy the global rise in energy demand, which is projected to grow by 49% over the next 30 years and the depletion of current resources that are used for energy.

This device surpasses in potential and efficiency existing renewable energy technology, and is more economical. The innovative geometrical arrangement of the magnets within the technology generates more power and greater efficiency at less cost.

Conventional point absorbers employ linear generators, which can only harness energy from movement in the vertical motion. The limited one-degree of freedom of motion of the magnets in the linear generators drastically reduces the ability to harness energy from the waves since buoys experience motion in all six

Mechanical engineering final project ideas

Assembly & Fabrication of Walking Tiller & Tractor

Fabrication & Assembly of Hand Pumps

Fabrication & Assembly of Small Mechanical Threshers

Assembly & Fabrication of Mechanical Seed Cleaners

Fabrication and Assembly of Oil Crushers

Fabrication and Assembly of Grain Mills

Assembly & Fabrication of Bicycles

Fabrication & Assembly of Wind Mills

Fabrication & Assembly of Welding Machines

Assembly of Centrifugal Pumps

Establishment of High Standard Office and Household Furniture

Winnowers up To 5.H.P. Making Plant

Solar Cookers Producing Plant

Poultry Equipment Making Plant

3-Wheelers Assembly Plant

Solar Water Heaters Making Plant

Small Scale Foundry Plant

Fabrication of Household Hand Knitting Machines

Sewing Machines Assembly Plant

Pilot-Scale Comparison of Steam Gasification with Herbaceous and Woody Feed stocks, Research proposal

Background

Production of renewable transportation fuels from biomass has become an important priority to reduce the nation's dependence upon imported oil and minimize the impact upon the environment. However, a sustainable biofuels economy will require conversion processes that utilize the lignocellulosic components of plants so as not to compete with food production. [2] This research focuses on developing processes that use a variety of feed stocks, such as agricultural residues, waste from forest thinning, and energy crops. Biomass gasification combined with catalytic synthesis has the potential to meet these criteria. This approach can potentially produce alcohols or Fischer-Tropsch fuels from a variety of biomass sources. [3]

Key to the economic viability of gasification/catalytic synthesis processes is the production of a syngas with