The given diagram illustrates how corn is being used to produce ethanol fuel.
Overall, the corn needs to undergo a complex process with a total of eight stages, being changed physically into different conditions and chemically, before being distributed to gas stations as fuel.
To begin with, the corn is preserved in storage before being sent to the engine-driven mill, where it’s being grinded to small particles. Moving to the next stage, the crushed corn is moved to a large cylindrical device, where it’s cooked with the addition of water. Next step includes this product being transferred by pipes to the next cylinder, where the process of fermentation occurs for a total of 45 hours. Following this, on the fifth stage the previous outcome is being separated into liquid and solid by-products that won’t be needed for our fuel.
After this the purifying happens, taking 5 hours, finally biologically transforming a product into ethanol. At the end, it’s being stored, before being transported by trucks to the gas stations.
