Product and By-Product Stream for a |
40,000,000 |
Gallon/year Ethanol Production Facility,
PER: |
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Second |
Minute |
Hour |
Day |
Week |
Month |
Year |
% |
Corn |
Rail Cars |
0.000132 |
0.0079 |
0.5 |
11.4 |
80 |
346 |
4,148 |
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(in) |
Trucks |
0.000548 |
0.0329 |
2.0 |
47.4 |
332 |
1,440 |
17,284 |
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Bushels |
0.4698 |
28.186 |
1,691 |
40,589 |
284,900 |
1,234,568 |
14,814,815 |
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Pounds |
26.3074 |
1,578 |
94,707 |
2,272,958 |
15,954,416 |
69,135,802 |
829,629,630 |
100.0% |
Ethanol |
Rail Cars |
0.000044 |
0.003 |
0.2 |
3.8 |
27 |
115 |
1,379 |
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(out) |
Gallons |
1.2684 |
76.104 |
4,566 |
109,589 |
769,231 |
3,333,333 |
40,000,000 |
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Pounds |
8.3549 |
501 |
30,078 |
721,863 |
5,066,923 |
21,956,667 |
263,480,000 |
-31.8% |
DWGS(out) |
Trucks |
0.000443 |
0.027 |
1.6 |
38.3 |
269 |
1,164 |
13,968 |
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65% H20 |
Pounds |
21.2607 |
1,276 |
76,538 |
1,836,921 |
12,893,773 |
55,873,016 |
670,476,190 |
-80.8% |
CO2(out) |
Pounds |
7.6150 |
456.9 |
27,414 |
657,940 |
4,618,234 |
20,012,346 |
240,148,148 |
-28.9% |
H20(in) |
Gallons |
1.31 |
78.5 |
4,712 |
113,084 |
793,764 |
3,439,643 |
41,275,712 |
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Pounds |
10.92 |
655.4 |
39,324 |
943,766 |
6,624,514 |
28,706,226 |
344,474,709 |
41.5% |
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Below Values used
in calculations above |
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Properties of: |
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Pounds per Bushel
of Corn |
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56 |
Ethanol |
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Water |
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gallons/bu of
Corn Conversion Used in calculations |
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2.7 |
0.7893 |
Density* |
1.00 |
Mass per
unit volume |
Days of
Production per Year |
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365 |
49.276 |
Wt-lbs/cu.ft. |
62.43 |
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Tons per
Truck-Incoming Corn & Outgoing DWGS |
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24 |
6.587 |
Wt-lbs/gallon |
8.3457 |
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Tons per Rail
Car-Incoming Corn |
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100 |
C2H6O |
Formula |
H2O |
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Tons
of Ethanol per Rail Car = 29000 Gallons per Rail Car |
95.51 |
76,000 |
BTU's/gallon |
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Heat Energy |
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Pounds of DDGS
(dry basis) yield per bushel of corn |
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15.84 |
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Pounds of CO2
yield per Bushel of Corn (.1234 pcf @ 32°F, 1atm.*) |
16.21 |
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*Handbook
of Chemistry and Physics, 43rd Edition |
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