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News Release from: Chemineer | Subject: HT agitators on Biofuel plants
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 August 2006
Agitator success at large bioethanol
plant
HT agitators made by Chemineer of Derby in England are playing a significant role in the expansion of what is already the world's biggest single bioethanol plant in the city of Jilin in NE China
HT agitators made by Chemineer of Derby in England are playing a significant role in the expansion of what is already the world's biggest single bioethanol plant in the far north eastern city of Jilin in China Particularly suitable for large tanks where long shafts and 24/7, 365 days per year operation is required, the process at the Jilin Fuel Ethanol Plant successfully utilises the Chemineer agitators in the giant 3 million litre fermenters where the enzyme treated mash is fermented with the aid of specially formulated yeast
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 14 Feb 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Rugged and extremely reliable, the HT agitators have shaft lengths up to 15m long and steadily concentrate the alcohol in a series of main fermenters, preceded by a pre-fermenter.
Chemineer agitators are also used in the mash preparation tanks where the grain is converted to a slurry and mixed with enzymes, and other locations in the plant where mixing is important.
Initially handling 600 million litres per year, soon increasing to a capacity of 1,100 million LPY, the higher bioethanol production at Jilin is designed to help provide a cost-effective and sustainable alternative supply to the massive rise in demand for petroleum in Cina, which expects to have a 200 million ton deficit by 2020.
Since 2001, when the Jilin fuel ethanol plant opened, China has been actively promoting ethanol-based fuel on a pilot basis across five cities in its central and north-eastern regions, in a move designed to reduce oil consumption and create a new market for its surplus grain.
Late in 2004, virtually every car in the North East China Liaoning Province had to switch to ethanol fuel, with only a handful of exemptions such as army and State strategic storage facilities.
In England, work started in January on what is set to become the first UK bioethanol production facility.
Based on Indian technology, the GBP20M plant near Downham Market in Norfolk, will utilise Chemineer agitators in the fermentation stages to help produce 70 million litres of biofuel per year, from sugar beet grown by farmers in East Anglia.
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