
Organization / Workplace
American Process IncLocation
Greater Atlanta Area United StatesOccupation
Sr. Scientific Researcher / Chemical Process EngineerIndustry
CleanTech / Environment
About
Working with http://www.AmericanProcess.com in the areas of: @ Alpena Biorefinery, Alpena, MI. uses the wood sugar rich wash water from DPI’s manufacturing process as the feedstock for the biorefinery. The wood sugars will be concentrated, hydrolyzed, fermented, distilled and purified. The resulting ethanol will produce up to 945,000 gallons of standard denatured ethanol. The biorefinery will also produce approximately 700,000 gpy of an aqueous potassium acetate (50 wt%) coproduct. In addition, the biorefinery will significantly reduce the effluent volume and BOD load to the lagoon @ AVAP® Demonstration Plant, AVAPCO, Thomaston, GA. The plant is able to handle both wood chips and ag...