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Software Company Profits From Ethanol Boom In The US
By Mr Ethanol | June 20, 2007
Biopact:
Large companies are the driving forces in the biofuels sector. Both agribusinesses and oil companies have a big stake in the production of feedstocks and their conversion into liquid fuels. But what often goes unnoticed is the large number of small and medium enterprises that are benefiting tremendously from the global expansion of biofuels. Ethanol and biodiesel stimulate development and innovation in engineering, logistics, agronomy, biotechnology, consulting and a range of other services.
Over at Ethablog, Henrique Oliveira shows how in Brazil SMEs are flocking around the sector and thriving because of its expansion. Another example comes from the U.S. where Pavilion Technologies, a developer of model-based control software, has enjoyed a surge of new customer wins for a package that predicts and monitors the process flow of ethanol production. Its sales in the sector have grown 300% year over year.
Pavillion’s ethanol market share has increased to more than 20 percent of all ethanol plants that are operational in the U.S. today. Producers including East Kansas Agri-Energy, VeraSun Energy, Mid-Missouri Energy, Quad County Corn Processors and Yuma Ethanol have selected its ‘Ethanol Solution’ to increase production, improve yields and reduce energy costs. Pavilion’s model-predictive control (MPC) solutions are now used by 25 leading manufacturers in the production of more than a billion gallons of ethanol per year.
The software optimizes plant performance by tracking the fermentation, dryer, evaporator, thermal oxidizer, mole sieve and distillation processes, as well as full plant-wide deployment. Reduced energy utilization and increase ethanol yield across the plant is the result. Specific results include:
* Increased ethanol production by two to 10 percent
* Increased ethanol yields by 2.5 to five percent
* Reduced energy costs by three to six percent
* Reduced product quality variability by 50 percent
* Reduced air emissions by up to 20 percent.
Topics: BizOp, Ethanol, News, Positives, Technology, Trends |
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