Ethanol production line The ethanol production line is consisted of six sections: A. Comminution B. Liquification C. Saccharification D. Fermentation E. Distillation F. Packaging
Specifications
A. Comminution section work for comminuting the date palm fruits in
the grinding mill. Date palm ( Phoenix dactylifera L. ) is considered the most
important fruit crop in the North African and Arabian Peninsula.
The statistics reflect the importance of date palm tree to the
people who have lived with this tree for centuries. As a raw
material, there are calories 142, moisture 31.9-78.5 g, protein
0.9-2.6g, fat 0.6-1.5g, carbohydrates 36.6g, fiber 2.6-4.5g, and
ash 0.5-2.8g per 100g of edible fresh date palm fruit. It is
valuable for ethanol fermentation as a raw material. B. Liquification section work for liquidizing the communicated date
pulm fruits through heating in the mixing tanks and the cooking
Kettles. C. Saccharification section work for saccharifying liquidized
materials with addition of saccharifying enzyme in the
saccharifying tanks. D. Fermentation section work for alcohol fermentation with addition
of yeast. Fermentation is the process by which all drinking
alcohols are produced. Yeast, added as a pure culture, produces
alcohol and carbon dioxide by fermenting the sugars in date fruit
juice or other raw material. Maximum alcohol content of a fermented
beverage is 14-15% by volume, higher alcohol contents are produced
by a further process of distillation. E. Distillation section work for alcohol distillation in the
distiller. Alcohol boils at 78.3° C (173° F) and water at 100° C
(212° F). When a mixture of alcohol and water is heated, the
alcohol boils at a lower temperature. The resultant stream is
caught and cooled. By repeating this process, nearly pure ethanol
can be obtained F. Alcohol packaging line