January 2005 - Customers relying on GEA Wiegand technology are already
producing hundred thousands of liters of alcohol in their plants, whereas other
locations in Germany still are construction sites.
At the end of
December of last year, Nordbrandenburger Bioenergie in Schwedt could commission
the actually largest and most modern bioethanol plant after a construction
period of only 11 months. The plant processes 600,000 tons of rye per year, and
on this basis, produces 660,000 liters of bioethanol per day. The core of the
plant is a multi-effect GEA Wiegand distillation and rectification plant -
equipped with most modern molecular strainer technology - working according to
the principle of pressure / vacuum. Hundreds of control and regulation circuits
ensure a fully-automatic operation of the plant. The commissioning of this
plant was carried out in a record time thanks to computer simulation.