This illustration depicts the production of ethanol fuel by using corn, detailing various stages from storage to transportation.
Overall, the production process involves storing the corn, milling, cooking it with water, fermenting for 48 hours, seperating the liquid and the solid by-product, purifing the liquid into ethanol, storing it and finally transporting the produced ethanol fuel.
At the ninitial stage, corn is stored and transferred to the milling process. Subsequently the processed corn is cooked in water for 4 hours. Afterwards, the cooked mixture is fermented for 48 hours before seperating the liquid from the soil by-product (which will then be discarded). The extacted liquid then undergoes purification for 5 hours to produce ethanol. Finally, the prooduced ethaol will be stored until it’s transported to its final destination.
The entire process takes place over a specific timeframes. The fermenting process takes up the longest time with 48 hours, followed by the purification of ethanol requiring 5 hours. Additionally, the diagram also shows that the final product, ethanol fuel, undergoes seperate storage until it’s to be delivered to its intended location