Mcilvaine Insights

 

No. 182   December 2, 2021


Betty Tessien

·        Briefs

·        Most Profitable Market - Ethanol Example

 

Briefs

·        Omicron impact not yet known. But in any case there will be expanded vaccine production.

·        Renewable fuel using dairy manure is rated as carbon negative by some authorities.

·        PowerGen will have a number of papers on biomass, biogas, and hydrogen. However the exhibitor list is yet to be posted just 8 weeks from the opening.

·        McIlvaine feature articles are appearing this month in Pump Engineer, Valve World, Hose & Coupling, Stainless Steel World and International Filtration News.

·        Waterloo Filtration Institute will host a virtual conference on December 7&8. Speakers from AAF, McIlvaine, Johnson Controls and others will discuss the filter industry and the impact of COVID https://www.wfinstitute.com/

 

Most Profitable Market - Ethanol Example

Opportunities are first identified by industry code. The location of products within each process is identified. The cost of ownership factors are evaluated. The markets are forecast. Where a supplier has a superior product the routes for validation are provided.  Here is an ethanol example. The path taken is highlighted in yellow.


311313

Beet

Sugar

 

325193

Ethanol

Reference

# 1002

 

321599

Biodiesel

 

Paths

Process

Markets

Suppliers

 TCO

Prospects

Validation

Processes

Milling

Separation 1

Mashing

Liquefaction

Saccharification

Fermentation

Distillation

Dehydration

Storage

Separation 2

Evaporation

Dryer

Products

Centrifuge

Filter

Valve

Pump

Instruments

 Scrubber

Oxidizer

Evaporator

Dryer

Fan

Compressor

Chemicals

Centrifuge Subdivision

Decanter

Disk

Other

 

 

 

TCO 1

 

Flow

Solids %

Damage

Corrosion

Sanitation

 

TCO 2

Capital

Labor

Parts

Life

Service

 

Markets in each country for each of the next five years

Equipment

Controls

Parts

Service

Solutions

 

Decanter Suppliers and Comparative TCO

Alfa Laval

Flottweg

GEA

Andritz

Centrysis

 

Prospects in Each Country

Grain

 

Sugar

 

Other

 

Green Plains

Poet

Redwood

Little Sioux

Abengoa

Aventine

 Validation of lowest total cost of ownership  through associations and magazines

Ethanol  Producer

BBI

Growth Energy

Biodiesel

Food

Engineering

Processing

 

Details on the program are explained at www. mcilvainecompany.com

Bob McIlvaine can answer your questions at rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com or 847 226 2391

 

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