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News Release from: Pavilion Technologies | Subject: Ethanol APC
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 January 2006
Ethanol production processes enhanced
Pavilion Technologies, a world leader in advanced process control (APC) and environmental compliance, has secured four additional customer commitments for its industry-leading ethanol APC Solution
Pavilion Technologies, a world leader in advanced process control (APC) and environmental compliance solutions, today announced that it has secured four additional customer commitments for its industry-leading ethanol APC Solution Companies such as Adkins Energy, Badger State Ethanol and East Kansas Agri-Energy mark the latest group of ethanol manufacturers to deploy the Pavilion control solution to increase overall productivity and efficiency
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 6 Feb 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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More than 14 leading ethanol manufacturers have elected to use Pavilion solutions to achieve emissions compliance, reduce energy costs, increase ethanol production, and enhance product yields.
"In just a year, we've seen an excellent return on investment from Pavilion," said Glacial Lakes Energy plant manager, David Culver.
"Pavilion enables us to control the distillation columns and molecular sieve processes, which are challenging to manage optimally and yet critical to achieve our operating objectives - more, high quality ethanol for less.
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Furthermore, we are able to continuously reduce our energy usage.
And in today's marketplace, being able to produce more ethanol at higher yields equals real money".
As the demand for alternative fuels grows and manufacturers seek strategies to quickly capitalise on record-high ethanol prices, Pavilion provides an effective technology solution to enable the production of more high quality ethanol for less.
Simultaneously, ethanol manufacturers can drive down energy costs, combating the sky rocketing prices for natural gas.
This helps ethanol producers achieve two key goals: more efficient use of energy and a "greener" end product.
Pavilion software - Pavilion8 - combines powerful predictive and dynamic control capabilities which allow manufacturers to more effectively control complex processes exhibited in the production of ethanol.
With the Pavilion control solution, ethanol manufacturers have improved the performance of the dryer, evaporator, thermal oxidiser, mole sieve distillation and other stages of the production cycle.
Most customers report a payback in 2 - 6 months on projects completed in 8 - 16 weeks.
"As consumers clamour for 'greener' fuel sources, ethanol companies are working to meet demand," said Pavilion Technologies CEO, Ralph Carter.
"We are honoured that leaders like Broin Companies, Glacial Lakes, and Badger State Ethanol look to us as a partner that will help deliver rapid value".
The Pavilion Ethanol Solution has helped major producers increase production capacity and yield, reduce costs, enhance product quality and maintain environmental compliance.
Pavilion provides a suite of advanced process control and emissions compliance applications across all key areas of the manufacturing process - from milling to distillation.
The Pavilion Ethanol Solution leverages the powerful Pavilion8 technology, an integrated software suite which enables ethanol companies to drive operational performance to desired business objectives while maintaining regulatory compliance.
Pavilion8 combines powerful technology for modelling, control, monitoring, analysis, visualisation and integration, combined to provide targeted solutions, delivering faster time-to-value and greater cumulative value than alternative solutions.
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