Economic Viability of Brewery Spent Grain as a Biofuel [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 621.48 Nuclear engineering
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. National Nuclear Security Administration ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2016
• Mô tả vật lý: Size: 45 p. : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 264713
• Chủ đề: 1. 09 biomass fuels

Tóm tắt

This report summarizes an investigation into the technical feasibility and economic viability of use grain wastes from the beer brewing process as fuel to generate the heat needed in subsequent brewing process. The study finds that while use of spent grain as a biofuel is technically feasible, the economics are not attractive. Economic viability is limited by the underuse of capital equipment. The investment in heating equipment requires a higher utilization that the client brewer currently anticipates. It may be possible in the future that changing factors may swing the decision to a more positive one.