Food and Fermentation Industries

Technology on Reducing Overall Energy Consumption of Cassava Alcohol Production

  • Zhang Qi-jun Wei Ji-gao Liang Zhi
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Online published: 2012-09-25

Abstract

To solve the problem of high energy consumption in cassava alcohol production industry and reduce overall energy consumption,the paper focuses on energy saving in pre-treatment of raw material,optimization of grinding and cooking processes,fermentation using of high-concentration mash,differential pressure distillation and heat pump technique etc..The results show that 3.78% ~ 6.62% of electricity and 3.82%~6.69% of steam could be saved by peeling and cleaning cassavas.Furthermore,increasing the grinding grade and fineness and decreasing the cooking temperature save 32.15% of steam.Meanwhile,more than 40% of steam could be saved via differential pressure distillation compared to normal pressure distillation,and 10.21%~9.73% of steam could be saved by using heat pump for recycling of effluent residual heat.

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Zhang Qi-jun Wei Ji-gao Liang Zhi . Technology on Reducing Overall Energy Consumption of Cassava Alcohol Production[J]. Food and Fermentation Industries, 2012 , 38(09) : 73 -76 . DOI: 10.13995/j.cnki.11-1802/ts.2012.09.023

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