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Complete Industrial Alcohol and Grain Processing Facility

Renewable solvent/grain processing facility. Sterile process seed train and fermentation capable. Featuring 60,000 square feet between all the buildings. 27.23 acres over 3 parcels. Include a full product testing and micro lab, scale house/grain receiving & storage, oil extraction system, milling, sugar clarification system, spent grain dryer and Laidig overhead feed storage/loadout.

Also includes Aerobic Wastewater Treatment system, administration/office building with conference room, and a spare parts/chemical storage. One of a kind, low capital entry opportunity for flexible production of high protein feed products, renewable biochemicals (notably n-butanol, acetone and isobutanol) and industrial/GNS alcohols.

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Building Highlights

Number of Buildings

Square Footage

Acres

Utilities

City Water
City Sewer
Electricity and Natural Gas

 

Land Features

Storm Water Retention Pond

Water Treatment

Aerobic Wastewater Treatment Facility

Labratories

Analytical Laboratory
Microbiology Laboratory

Equipment Offerings Include:

  • Grain Handling:
    • 3 grain silos
      • 20,000 bushels
      • 80,000 bushels
      • 250,000 bushels
    • Blending system]
    • Running 1500 bushels per hour
  • Milling and Conversion:
    • Hammermills (2)- 1000 Bu/hr. 250HP
    • Ribbon blender
    • Slurry Tank: 17000 gallons
    • Jet cooker
    • Cooker tank: 4000 gallons
    • Liquefication tanks:
      • 18,000 gallons
      • 33,000 gallons
    • Saccharification tank: 121,000 gallons
    • Enzyme tank: 7000 gallons
    • Rates:
      • Grind and jet cook: Approximately 1,000 bushels/hour, approximately 38 percent solids
      • Peak annual usage approximately 7.2 million bushels
  • Corn Separations:
    • Rates:
      • approximately 350 gallons per minute at approximately 38 percent solids
  • Nutrients and Additives:
    • Aqueous ammonia tank and containment: 11000 gallons
    • Nutrient storage tanks:
      • 7,500 gallons
      • (2) oil tanks: 7,000 gallons each
    • Bulk bag unloader with 50 pound dump station
    • Nutrient mix tank: 2,000 gallons
    • Sulfuric acid: 4500 gallons
    • Clarified sugar distribution:
      • 121000 gallons
      • 300 gallons per minute
    • Rates:
      • Ammonia: 5 gallons per minute
      • Nutrient sterilizer: 25 gallons per minute
      • Water sterilizer: 250 gallons per minute
  • Seed Cultures:
    • Seed Fermenters:
      • (2) 44 gallons
      • (2) 2,000 gallons
      • (1) 28,500
    • Fermentation:
      • (4) stainless fermenters: 285,000 gallons
      • CIP Systems
    • Fermentation Broth Handling:
      • (10) Alfa Laval filtration skids
      • (1) Alfa Laval CIP skid
      • Rates:
        • Up to 2000 gallons per minute dependent on filter element
  • Distillation:
    • Dilute stripping tower
    • Beer stripper: 130 gallons per minute
    • CIP system
    • Solvent Purification towers & treatment
    • Molecular siev
  • Evaporation of stillage:
    • Operated at 120 gallons per minute at less than 10 percent solids and achieved 35 percent solids
  • Animal Feed Dryer:
    • Drum dryer: natural gas burner
    • Cooling drum
    • Bulk dry bins
    • Rates:
      • 8000 therms of natural gas per day
      • 7 tons per hour dry output (14 percent moisture) with 65 percent moisture on feed
  • Product Tank Farm and Load Out:
    • Acetone Storage Tank: 28000 gallons-SS
    • Acetone Shift Tank: 3500 gallons-SS
    • Acetone Shift Tank: 3500 gallons-SS
    • Butanol Shift Tank: 30000 gallons-CS
    • Butanol Shift Tank: 30000 gallons-CS
    • Butanol Final Product Tank: 185000 gallons-CS
    • Ethanol Storage Tank: 15000 gallons-CS
    • Off Spec Tank: 30000 gallons-CS
  • Warehouse and Other Equipment:
    • Boilers:
      • 34500 pounds of steam per hour
      • 28000 pounds of steam per hour
    • Cooling towers
      • 37.5 million btu per hour per cell-2cell
      • 7500 gpm per cell with circulation pumps
    • Chillers
    • Air compressors
    • Reverse osmosis skids
  • Analytical Laboratory
    • (2) Ultimate HPLC-RID systems
    • (5) GC-FID systems
    • Anton Paar-Bench Densitometer
    • Anton Paar-Automatic Distillation Unit
    • Anton Paar-Flash Point Tester
    • MT Coulometric KF
    • (2) MT Auto titrators
    • Auto-pipettes
    • Distillation apparatus
    • Microscopy station
    • Multiple Moisture Balances
    • Multiple Analytical Balances
  • Microbiology Laboratory
    • Laminar Flow Hood
    • Media prep station
    • Microscopy Station
    • (2) Amsco/Steris Model 3043: Pre-vac sterilizers
    • Multiple Incubators/Shakers
    • Full Lab RO system/Dishwasher
    • Dedicated Glassware & Carboy Inventory
    • Lab Centrifuges-J6M & multiple bench top/microtube units

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