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Measurement Automation Strategy Key To Bio-Ethanol Refinery
By Mr Ethanol | January 23, 2008
Water Online:
The conversion of corn into fuel ethanol is once again gaining popularity and is an appealing business opportunity for farm communities and agribusinesses in the mid-west and other regions of the U.S. and Canada. Investors are attracted by the prospect of more than doubling the monetary value of a bushel of corn by converting it into 2.75 gallons of fuel ethanol, 17 pounds of animal feed, and other value added byproducts.
In the U.S. alone, over 120 plants are now producing ethanol from corn feedstock, and another 76 are under construction. Dozens more are in various stages of planning, with total domestic production capacity expected to double during the next 5 years. The Des Moines Register recently reported that farmers planted more corn in 2007 than in any year since 1944, based on expectations of increased ethanol production. More.
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