KBR awarded FEED and procurement contract for Ethanol plant
KBR has been awarded a contract for engineering and procurement services for DuPont’s first cellulosic ethanol plant in Nevada, Iowa.
KBR will provide front-end engineering, detailed engineering and procurement services to DuPont’s Industrial Biosciences Group for this first-of-a-kind plant to be constructed in the Midwest United States. The ethanol facility is designed to process 1300 tpd of corn stover and produce 27.5 million gallons of ethanol per year. The cellulosic ethanol product will be used as a blending component in gasoline by fuel manufacturers and will enable them to meet U.S. EPA-mandated requirements for ethanol derived from cellulosic sources.
Ground breaking is scheduled for the second half of 2012 with a 12-18 month construction period.
Adapted from press release by Peter Farrell.
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/gas-processing/06072012/kbr-to-build-cellulosic-ethanol-plant/
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