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ericsp
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Posted by ericsp on Sunday, December 5, 2004 2:05 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by JPM335

is it liquid waste danny?


These hoppers come to the various feed elevators around here all the time. I am guessing they are carrying distillers grain.
http://www.verasun.com/photos/jan_04/rail_car.jpg
http://www.verasun.com/grains.htm

http://www.verasun.com/04_mar.htm
http://www.verasun.com/04_sept_fd.htm
http://www.distill.com/usa.html

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 27, 2004 8:47 PM
well, for corn a covered hopper of course
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Posted by ericsp on Saturday, November 27, 2004 8:36 PM
This site should be of intetrest if you are building a model of an ethanol plant. You can follow the construction of a real ethanol plant.
http://www.badgerstateethanol.com/

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 27, 2004 8:33 PM
is it liquid waste danny?
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 27, 2004 8:28 PM
I work at a feedmill and we buy the one of the by-products of ethanol, corn distillers which by the way is shipped to us via rail.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 27, 2004 7:44 PM
Im modeling an Ethanol plant, how do you suppose they would get rid of
the waste corn after it was brewed?[:D]
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