cellulose ethanol plant Articles
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How is Ethanol Produced?
What is ethanol? Ethanol is an alternative fuel made from corn, sugarcane, wheat, and other agricultural products, and is produced by the fermentation of carbohydrates such as sugar, starch, and cellulose. Ethanol Feedstocks All plants contain sugars that can be fermented to make ethanol in a process called biochemical conversion. Plant material can also be converted to ethanol using heat and ...
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Commercial demonstration plant Westbury, Quebec (Canada)
Status: Operations started in 2009 Feedstock: Used electricity poles Main Product: Syngas, Biomethanol (Cellulosic Ethanol in the future) Capacity: 5 million litres /1.3 million gallons per year Enerkem’s Westbury facility is the company’s first commercial biofuels and biochemicals facility. This demonstration-scale facility will be the world's first ethanol and biochemicals plant ...
By Enerkem
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