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From the raw material to the end product, Vogelbusch has unique expertise in the implementation of biological production techniques and related upstream and downstream processes.
From the raw material to the end product, Vogelbusch has unique expertise in the implementation of biological production techniques and related upstream and downstream processes.
Along with the design of complete plants we also supply single processing units and integrate them into your manufacturing facility.
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Starch and sugar containing natural sources require different strategies and processes for biotech applications. We provide an array of pretreatment processes, which are tailored to the composition of the substrate and its specific requirements of fermentation processes and enzymatic conversions.
Our technologies can utilize a wide range of biobased feedstocks, including sugars derived from cellulose conversion
Grain crops such as maize, wheat, triticale, sorghum (milo), or tubers such as cassava, sweet potatoes or potatoes
»Sugar beet, sugar cane or sweet sorghum in the form of molasses, thick juice or syrups
»Determination of suitability of input materials for bioprocess needs is carried out in our laboratories
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Raw sugar from local production was the substrate of choice for Citro Misr Co. of Egypt. This raw material required a new approach in the fermentation process to assure the economic feasibility of the plant. The spore cultivation was adapted and the fructose utilization was optimized for the substrate.
Products include…
This plant for baby milk powder and protein drink concentrates was realised by Vogelbusch in 2002 with a process licensed from a German producer of infant formula. The enterprise is the first manufacturer of infant formula in the Middle East. The production capacity is 32 tons per day. The plant location,…
The plant of Kimia Gharb Gostar Industries Co. has a capacity of 36 tons per day and is the first citric acid plant set up in Iran. It is suitable for processing of raw sugar and sugar beet molasses. The process concept allows for a choice between production of either…
Hydrolysis is a break down of a chemical bond by addition of water. The reaction is catalyzed either by acids or, more common in the biobased industries for their beneficial process properties, by enzymes.
In bioprocess applications, hydrolyzation is used to break the molecular structure of polymers such as starch, cellulose, or inulin, into smaller fractions of polysaccharides (= polymers of sugar molecules) and ultimately to glucose or fructose.
Vogelbusch applies two-step enzymatic conversion processes (liquefaction and saccharification) that are adjusted to either
The biotechnological complex put up by JSC «Biotech Rosva» uses wheat as a feedstock to produce speciality goods such as starch, gluten and various starch sugars, which are intended as ingredients for the food industry. A by-product is used as animal feed.
Vogelbusch is responsible for the planning and delivery of…
OOO «DonBioTech», a joint venture of Russian Varshavsky group and German industrial group Evonik, sets up a grain processing facility for the production of L-lysine from wheat.
Vogelbusch has been awarded with the detailed design and the supply of the process plant for the conversion of starch milk to glucose solution…
ZAO Agroholding «Yubileinii» sets up a wheat processing complex - AminoSib - in Ishim in the Tyumen Region. Vogelbusch has been assigned by the general contractor, Talmax Engineering s.r.o., with the supply of a glucose plant to produce a fermentation substrate.
The order includes the process design as well as the supply of…
Fermentation is the conversion of pre-treated raw material to desired products by using the metabolic activities of application-specific micro-organisms.
Vogelbusch has developed own processes using fungi, bacteria and yeasts, and has the know-how to ensure robust production and system integrity in batch, fed batch and continuous fermentation processes. With our many years of experience with microbial production techniques we can come up with the ideal configuration for every fermentation system and we know how to maintain optimal conditions for microorganism and substrate.
Vogelbusch MultiCont© process for highly reliable continuous alcohol fermentation.
»Testing feedstocks and micro-organisms for suitability in industrial fermentation.
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Located in Jilin City in Northeast China, this production line for bioethanol was officially commissioned in November 2003 after an implementation period of 22 months. The plant produces 300,000 tons of fuel alcohol annually from maize. The product is used as a 10 % petrol additive.
Process design by Vogelbusch provided…
Mendes Gonçalves, a well known Portuguese producer of vinegar and condiments ordered a vinegar fermenter from Vogelbusch. The new fermenter raised production capacity in Golegã, north of Lisbon by 15,000 liters to some 27,000 liters per day. We supplied the fermenter including IP-8-Self-Priming Aeration and process equipment such as pumps, control…
DHW of Hamburg decided to convert an existing fermenter to the Vogelbusch aeration system. The given situation required the redesign of the drive and included engineering and supply of the complete aerator system.
The reconstructed fermenter has a capacity of 27,000 kg per day of baker’s yeast made from beet molasses.…
Abengoa Bioenergy reached sustained capacity at their 88 million gallons per year (950,000 liters per day), state-of-the-art fuel ethanol facility located in Madison, Illinois in February 2010.
This is the third Abengoa Bioenergy plant in the U.S. that utilizes technology licensed by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc., including the Vogelbusch MultiCont© continuous fermentation…
The Chief Ethanol Fuels facility is utilizing Vogelbusch-licensed technology. In 2007, a third molecular sieve drying system was designed and installed, raising operating capacity to 832,000 liters per day.
The cooperation first started in 1983 when Chief Ethanol Fuels set up af 120,000 liters per day plant. Vogelbusch process design included…
Supply of a vinegar fermenter type 1200 including IP-8-Self-Priming Aeration with a daily capacity of 15,000 liters (10 %) for processing pure ethanol and grape and apple wine.
The unit, originally set up for Gsonek in 1998 in Laa an der Thaya (Lower Austria), was later acquired by Mautner Markhof and integrated…
Tharaldson Ethanol started up their state-of-the-art fuel ethanol facility located in Casselton, North Dakota in 2009.
The plant utilizes technology licensed by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc., including the Vogelbusch MultiCont© continuous fermentation process, and is currently operating at a capacity of 1,300,000 liters per day, making it one of the largest dry…
The fine alcohol plant of Harbin Winery, a Chinese producer of potable alcohol from corn, was upgraded by Vogelbusch in several steps. The client required specifically high alcohol quality in terms of organoleptic and analytical criteria and in particular with regard to methanol separation. The facility was designed to set…
Raw sugar from local production was the substrate of choice for Citro Misr Co. of Egypt. This raw material required a new approach in the fermentation process to assure the economic feasibility of the plant. The spore cultivation was adapted and the fructose utilization was optimized for the substrate.
Products include…
Following a feasibility study on the production of baker's yeast, the pre-engineering for a yeast plant designed for a daily capacity of 10,000 kg based on molasses was carried out in 2015.
As part of a wet milling complex, this plant is designed to utilize wheat starch and optionally milled grain. It has a daily capacity of 400,000 liters of ethanol and was put into operation in 2008.
Vogelbusch provided the know-how and technology package for the process plant and supplied key equipment for…
Penford Products Company successfully started up their state-of-the-art fuel ethanol facility in May 2008. The plant utilizes technology licensed by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. and has a nameplate capacity of 450,000 liters per day. Corn hydrolysate from the company’s existing wet corn milling operation is used as feedstock.
Tom Malkoski, Penford’s President…
In March 2004 the molecular sieve unit at the Aventine Renewable Energy plant was brought on stream. With a rated capacity of 1.2 million liters per day (110 mm gallons per year) anhydrous alcohol, at that time the largest capacity molecular sieve alcohol dehydration unit in the world.
The molecular sieve…
The utilization of a hydrolysate made from bakery waste was the object of the order by Special Yeast. The process for this novel feedstock was developed and implemented, including supply of the aeration system.
The unit has a capacity of 9,000 kg per day and was started up in 2006.
SGP Cegro on behalf of AYS Algerian Yeast Society in 2014 ordered a feasibility study to investigate the production of 10,000 tons per year of baker's yeast to be made from imported molasses.
Almagest opted for Vogelbusch in 2009 to produce top quality extra neutral alcohol with the highest purity and organoleptic demands, to be used in the production of alcoholic beverages. The excellent alcohol quality convinced Almagest to commission Vogelbusch again in 2011 to expand the plant capacity to 80,000 liters per…
The Promaíz plant produces bioethanol from corn which is used as fuel additive in the local markets. Besides the technology package for the complete plant and detailed planning of piping and vessels, Vogelbusch has been assigned with the supply of equipment such as fermenter internals, distillation columns, molecular sieve dehydration and…
The plant now operated by Razi (formerly Sugar Cane By-Products Corporation) was designed for a daily capacity of 110,000 liters of high quality pharmaceutical alcohol from cane molasses complying with EU standards. A special challenge was designing the plant for the extreme climatic conditions (0°C to 50°C) and the highest…
Inbicon has developed a proprietary process for the conversion of wheat straw. Complementing this biomass conversion process Inbicon has opted for sound and energy efficient technology from Vogelbusch for part of ethanol fermentation as well as the distillation, dehydration and stillage evaporation.
The 17,000 liters per day demonstration plant served as…
Abengoa Bioenergy successfully started up their state-of-the-art fuel ethanol facility located in Ravenna, Nebraska in September 2007. The plant utilizes technology licensed by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc., including the Vogelbusch MultiCont© continuous fermentation process, and has a nameplate capacity of 88 million gallons per year (950,000 liters per day). The facility…
VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. started up the ethanol plant of Cornhusker Energy in spring 2006, with a production capacity of 450,000 liters per day of bioethanol from corn.
The plant employs a state-of-the-art Vogelbusch continuous fermentation process. An energy integrated distillation, evaporation and dehydration system ensures maximum efficiency.
In 2016, Chief Ethanol Fuels…
The 800,000 liters per day plant of CropEnergies, a unit of German Südzucker group, is designed for multiple grain sources together with by-products of beet sugar processing. The plant and is highly advanced in terms of energy saving and environmental protection. Vogelbusch contributed process design for the raw material processing,…
The plant was built using know-how provided by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc., including the Vogelbusch MultiCont© continuous fermentation process, and has a nameplate capacity of 908,000 liters per day. The facility uses 32 million bushels (813,000 metric tons) of local corn annually and to produce approximately 250,000 metric tons of distiller’s…
The plant of Kimia Gharb Gostar Industries Co. has a capacity of 36 tons per day and is the first citric acid plant set up in Iran. It is suitable for processing of raw sugar and sugar beet molasses. The process concept allows for a choice between production of either…
To raise the production capacity of Oriental Yeast in Osaka, Komatsugawa Chemical Engineering Co. assigned Vogelbusch with the engineering for an additional yeast fermenter and the supply of key equipment (aeration).
The unit is designed for the production of 20,000 kg per day of baker's yeast made from cane molasses. Start-up…
Abengoa Bioenergy reached sustained capacity at their 88 million gallons per year (950,000 liters per day), state-of-the-art fuel ethanol facility located in Mt. Vernon, Indiana in January 2010 after 18 month engineering/construction time.
This is the second Abengoa Bioenergy plant in the U.S. that utilizes technology licensed by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc.,…
DHW Nuremberg enhanced their manufacturing capacity by adding a fermenter which had to be placed outside the production building.
Vogelbusch engineered the expansion and supplied the key equipment (EB4 aerator system including drive, mash pumps and heat exchangers). The fermenter is designed for 25,000 kg of baker's yeast per day made…
Razi Yeast & Alcohol Company, formerly Sugar Cane By-Products Corporation, assigned Vogelbusch with the process design, engineering and supply of a complete plant for the production of baker's yeast from cane molasses.
Production in the yeast plant started in 2009, since manufacturing 32,000 kg per day of high quality instant active dry…
Isomerization is a chemical process of transformation of a molecule into its isomeric form. The new molecule has the same chemical composition but the atoms are arranged in a different way, resulting in different physical and chemical properties.
Isomerization is applied by Vogelbusch for the conversion of glucose into fructose to increase the sweetness of the product. The resulting isoglucose syrup is further processed to commercial high fructose syrups.
The process is designed using immobilized enzymes in a set of parallel operated fixed bed reactors. In consideration of the aging of the enzymes, process parameters (flow, temperature) are adjusted for each reactor to ensure stable syrup properties at a constant feed rate to the system. Maximizing productivity and lifetime of the enzymes is achieved by appropriate treatment of the feed stream.
The biotechnological complex put up by JSC «Biotech Rosva» uses wheat as a feedstock to produce speciality goods such as starch, gluten and various starch sugars, which are intended as ingredients for the food industry. A by-product is used as animal feed.
Vogelbusch is responsible for the planning and delivery of…
Distillation and rectification are the standard procedure for separating mixtures of liquids with different boiling points by intensive mass transfer between liquid and vapor phase. A typical example of distillation is the separation of fermented mash into raw alcohol and stillage. Rectification is used for concentration and purification of the alcohol.
Vogelbusch has unique experience with all distillation and rectification needs in the ethanol industry. With our advanced column systems we have set the industry standard for premium product quality and energy saving processes.
Our proprietary designs are the solid foundation to develop and install the optimum solution for every customer, from standard configurations to completely customized systems.
Our generally recognized, highly efficient energy recovery and re-use system.
»Advanced thermal integration techniques considerably reduce your process energy demand.
»Rectification units for highest purity and organoleptic quality standards.
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The fine alcohol plant of Harbin Winery, a Chinese producer of potable alcohol from corn, was upgraded by Vogelbusch in several steps. The client required specifically high alcohol quality in terms of organoleptic and analytical criteria and in particular with regard to methanol separation. The facility was designed to set…
VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. supplied the ethanol distillation and dehydration equipment for the 2G (second generation) demonstration plant of Ineos Bio’s , a first-of-its-kind waste-to-bioenergy facility near Vero Beach, Florida.
The project uses a feedstock-flexible biomass conversion technology. It's unique combination of gasification and fermentation technologies turns different types of waste materials,…
Inbicon has developed a proprietary process for the conversion of wheat straw. Complementing this biomass conversion process Inbicon has opted for sound and energy efficient technology from Vogelbusch for part of ethanol fermentation as well as the distillation, dehydration and stillage evaporation.
The 17,000 liters per day demonstration plant served as…
The plant now operated by Razi (formerly Sugar Cane By-Products Corporation) was designed for a daily capacity of 110,000 liters of high quality pharmaceutical alcohol from cane molasses complying with EU standards. A special challenge was designing the plant for the extreme climatic conditions (0°C to 50°C) and the highest…
The plant in Leopoldov produces extra neutral alcohol for the company's well established range of beverage brands.
30,000 liters of high quality alcohol are distilled per day from alcoholic mashes from molasses and grain. Vogelbusch designed the distillation and rectification unit and supplied key equipment for the plant, which was commissioned in…
As part of a wet milling complex, this plant is designed to utilize wheat starch and optionally milled grain. It has a daily capacity of 400,000 liters of ethanol and was put into operation in 2008.
Vogelbusch provided the know-how and technology package for the process plant and supplied key equipment for…
VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. started up the ethanol plant of Cornhusker Energy in spring 2006, with a production capacity of 450,000 liters per day of bioethanol from corn.
The plant employs a state-of-the-art Vogelbusch continuous fermentation process. An energy integrated distillation, evaporation and dehydration system ensures maximum efficiency.
In 2016, Chief Ethanol Fuels…
Some 400,000 liters per day of crude industrial alcohol from a refinery in Saudi Arabia are processed in the Bahrain unit. After entering the plant, the feed is purified in a rectification column where low-boiling substances such as diethylether and acetaldehyde are separated before being dehydrated by molecular sieve technology…
Renowned starch manufacturer Lantmännen Reppe is one of the largest Swedish alcohol distillers too. The MultiPressure distillation unit in Lidköping, commissioned in 2010, can produce some 50,000 liters of high quality alcohol that add to the company's beverage alcohol supply. The alcohol production is based on wheat starch.
The distillation was…
In March 2004 the molecular sieve unit at the Aventine Renewable Energy plant was brought on stream. With a rated capacity of 1.2 million liters per day (110 mm gallons per year) anhydrous alcohol, at that time the largest capacity molecular sieve alcohol dehydration unit in the world.
The molecular sieve…
This is another facility that integrates a VOGELBUSCH Annex Distillery into an existing ethanol plant to produce high quality alcohols. It has a production capacity of 270,000 liter per day (25 million gallons per year) of Grain Neutral Spirits (GNS) that takes a stream of 190 proof ethanol from the…
The 800,000 liters per day plant of CropEnergies, a unit of German Südzucker group, is designed for multiple grain sources together with by-products of beet sugar processing. The plant and is highly advanced in terms of energy saving and environmental protection. Vogelbusch contributed process design for the raw material processing,…
The bioethanol plant of Lantmännen Agroetanol AB utilises process technology licensed by Vogelbusch for distillation and dehydration. The proprietary MultiPressure system considerably reduces the steam consumption compared to traditional distillation systems and optimum thermal integration further improves the energy-saving properties of the plant.
The facility, which is Agroetanol’s second production…
Penford Products Company successfully started up their state-of-the-art fuel ethanol facility in May 2008. The plant utilizes technology licensed by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. and has a nameplate capacity of 450,000 liters per day. Corn hydrolysate from the company’s existing wet corn milling operation is used as feedstock.
Tom Malkoski, Penford’s President…
VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. integrated an Annex Distillery into an existing fuel ethanol plant and supplied equipment for a molecular sieve unit to produce either 378,000 liter per day of Grain Neutral Spirits (GNS) or dehydrated GNS out of a stream of the existing fuel ethanol plant that uses fermented mash…
Located in Jilin City in Northeast China, this production line for bioethanol was officially commissioned in November 2003 after an implementation period of 22 months. The plant produces 300,000 tons of fuel alcohol annually from maize. The product is used as a 10 % petrol additive.
Process design by Vogelbusch provided…
The Chief Ethanol Fuels facility is utilizing Vogelbusch-licensed technology. In 2007, a third molecular sieve drying system was designed and installed, raising operating capacity to 832,000 liters per day.
The cooperation first started in 1983 when Chief Ethanol Fuels set up af 120,000 liters per day plant. Vogelbusch process design included…
Following conceptual design studies for the reduction of the energy demand - and therefore CO2 emissions - Czech bioethanol producer Ethanol Energy assigned Vogelbusch with the basic design of the process optimization.
Production in the reconstructed plant was launched in the fourth quarter in 2018.
The commercial-scale, cellulosic ethanol facility in Hugoton utilizes Abengoa’s own enzymatic hydrolysis technology to produce 25 million gallons of ethanol and 21 megawatts of electricity from 300,000 tons of biomass per year.
Implemented in 2014, VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. provided process design for the distillation and molecular sieve dehydration areas and also…
Vogelbusch was employed by COFCO Bioenergy Zhaodong to build an energy efficient distillation, rectification and dehydration system with the aim to replace two existing old and energy intensive units.
The order's scope included the basic engineering of the unit as well as technical assistance during procurement of critical items such as…
The plant was built using know-how provided by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc., including the Vogelbusch MultiCont© continuous fermentation process, and has a nameplate capacity of 908,000 liters per day. The facility uses 32 million bushels (813,000 metric tons) of local corn annually and to produce approximately 250,000 metric tons of distiller’s…
The Promaíz plant produces bioethanol from corn which is used as fuel additive in the local markets. Besides the technology package for the complete plant and detailed planning of piping and vessels, Vogelbusch has been assigned with the supply of equipment such as fermenter internals, distillation columns, molecular sieve dehydration and…
Abengoa Bioenergy reached sustained capacity at their 88 million gallons per year (950,000 liters per day), state-of-the-art fuel ethanol facility located in Madison, Illinois in February 2010.
This is the third Abengoa Bioenergy plant in the U.S. that utilizes technology licensed by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc., including the Vogelbusch MultiCont© continuous fermentation…
Tharaldson Ethanol started up their state-of-the-art fuel ethanol facility located in Casselton, North Dakota in 2009.
The plant utilizes technology licensed by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc., including the Vogelbusch MultiCont© continuous fermentation process, and is currently operating at a capacity of 1,300,000 liters per day, making it one of the largest dry…
Local palm oil producer Sime Darby together with the Japanese company Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (MES) installed a pilot plant for second generation (2G) bioethanol in Tennamaram, Malaysia. Based on technology licensed from the Danish company Inbicon the plant produces bioethanol from empty fruit bunches that are left…
Almagest opted for Vogelbusch in 2009 to produce top quality extra neutral alcohol with the highest purity and organoleptic demands, to be used in the production of alcoholic beverages. The excellent alcohol quality convinced Almagest to commission Vogelbusch again in 2011 to expand the plant capacity to 80,000 liters per…
VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. supplied a system for recovery of ethanol from brewery waste streams. The facility was designed as a PLC-controlled, two-stage process that consists of a two-column distillation, which produces an ethanol/water vapour that is then dried in the molecular sieve unit.
For easy installation, the system was prefabricated in two…
Abengoa Bioenergy reached sustained capacity at their 88 million gallons per year (950,000 liters per day), state-of-the-art fuel ethanol facility located in Mt. Vernon, Indiana in January 2010 after 18 month engineering/construction time.
This is the second Abengoa Bioenergy plant in the U.S. that utilizes technology licensed by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc.,…
VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. contributed to the existing ethanol plant an additional distillation unit (Annex Distillery) to produce high quality alcohols. It allows the plant to manufacture more than 216,000 liter per day (20 million gallons per year) of Grain Neutral Spirits (GNS) from a stream of 190 proof ethanol from…
Abengoa Bioenergy successfully started up their state-of-the-art fuel ethanol facility located in Ravenna, Nebraska in September 2007. The plant utilizes technology licensed by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc., including the Vogelbusch MultiCont© continuous fermentation process, and has a nameplate capacity of 88 million gallons per year (950,000 liters per day). The facility…
Dehydration is used to eliminate water from ethanol or other chemicals for product purification. Required for bioethanol production and other industrial applications, the final water content can be reduced as low as 0.01 %vol,. Systems in industrial use include adsorption with molecular sieves, entrainer dehydration and membranes.
By merging specialized process know-how with existing technology Vogelbusch succeeded in pioneering the use of pressure-swing adsorption (PSA) technology for ethanol dehydration which has become state-of-the-art. The Vogelbusch process employs a two-bed system using molecular sieves. It is reliable and easy to operate and particularly suitable for heat integration with other units.
Pressure swing adsorption with synthetic molecular sieves for alcohol dehydration.
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The Promaíz plant produces bioethanol from corn which is used as fuel additive in the local markets. Besides the technology package for the complete plant and detailed planning of piping and vessels, Vogelbusch has been assigned with the supply of equipment such as fermenter internals, distillation columns, molecular sieve dehydration and…
Borregaard replaced a decades old ethanol dehydration system by a state-of-the-art molecular sieve unit from Vogelbusch. The limited space in the biorefinery recommended a skid construction with minimum footprint. A special feature of the installation is an unusually wide capacity span, which was realized in a fully automated process.
The unit has…
The commercial-scale, cellulosic ethanol facility in Hugoton utilizes Abengoa’s own enzymatic hydrolysis technology to produce 25 million gallons of ethanol and 21 megawatts of electricity from 300,000 tons of biomass per year.
Implemented in 2014, VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. provided process design for the distillation and molecular sieve dehydration areas and also…
VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. contributed to the existing ethanol plant an additional distillation unit (Annex Distillery) to produce high quality alcohols. It allows the plant to manufacture more than 216,000 liter per day (20 million gallons per year) of Grain Neutral Spirits (GNS) from a stream of 190 proof ethanol from…
The plant was built using know-how provided by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc., including the Vogelbusch MultiCont© continuous fermentation process, and has a nameplate capacity of 908,000 liters per day. The facility uses 32 million bushels (813,000 metric tons) of local corn annually and to produce approximately 250,000 metric tons of distiller’s…
Abengoa Bioenergy reached sustained capacity at their 88 million gallons per year (950,000 liters per day), state-of-the-art fuel ethanol facility located in Mt. Vernon, Indiana in January 2010 after 18 month engineering/construction time.
This is the second Abengoa Bioenergy plant in the U.S. that utilizes technology licensed by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc.,…
Hydrous ethanol imported from Brazil is the feedstock for a molecular sieve dehydration facility set up by EthylChem at the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery in Trinidad. It has a production capacity of 1,082,000 liters per day (100 MMGY) of fuel ethanol with a purity of over 99.9 per cent that is intended…
VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. integrated an Annex Distillery into an existing fuel ethanol plant and supplied equipment for a molecular sieve unit to produce either 378,000 liter per day of Grain Neutral Spirits (GNS) or dehydrated GNS out of a stream of the existing fuel ethanol plant that uses fermented mash…
As part of a wet milling complex, this plant is designed to utilize wheat starch and optionally milled grain. It has a daily capacity of 400,000 liters of ethanol and was put into operation in 2008.
Vogelbusch provided the know-how and technology package for the process plant and supplied key equipment for…
In March 2004 the molecular sieve unit at the Aventine Renewable Energy plant was brought on stream. With a rated capacity of 1.2 million liters per day (110 mm gallons per year) anhydrous alcohol, at that time the largest capacity molecular sieve alcohol dehydration unit in the world.
The molecular sieve…
CEPSA (Compañía Española de Petróleos, S.A.U.) ordered a molecular sieve dehydration unit from Vogelbusch to purify ethanol which subsequently is to be processed to ETBE.
The 12,000 liters per day unit has been prefabricated and skid-mounted in Austria and transferred to Gibraltar by truck to be integrated in the San Roque…
VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. supplied a system for recovery of ethanol from brewery waste streams. The facility was designed as a PLC-controlled, two-stage process that consists of a two-column distillation, which produces an ethanol/water vapour that is then dried in the molecular sieve unit.
For easy installation, the system was prefabricated in two…
Abengoa Bioenergy successfully started up their state-of-the-art fuel ethanol facility located in Ravenna, Nebraska in September 2007. The plant utilizes technology licensed by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc., including the Vogelbusch MultiCont© continuous fermentation process, and has a nameplate capacity of 88 million gallons per year (950,000 liters per day). The facility…
Abengoa Bioenergy reached sustained capacity at their 88 million gallons per year (950,000 liters per day), state-of-the-art fuel ethanol facility located in Madison, Illinois in February 2010.
This is the third Abengoa Bioenergy plant in the U.S. that utilizes technology licensed by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc., including the Vogelbusch MultiCont© continuous fermentation…
The bioethanol plant of Lantmännen Agroetanol AB utilises process technology licensed by Vogelbusch for distillation and dehydration. The proprietary MultiPressure system considerably reduces the steam consumption compared to traditional distillation systems and optimum thermal integration further improves the energy-saving properties of the plant.
The facility, which is Agroetanol’s second production…
Located in Jilin City in Northeast China, this production line for bioethanol was officially commissioned in November 2003 after an implementation period of 22 months. The plant produces 300,000 tons of fuel alcohol annually from maize. The product is used as a 10 % petrol additive.
Process design by Vogelbusch provided…
Euro Ethyl’s molecular sieve system was supplied preassembled by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. and the performance test was successfully completed in November 2006.
The plant has a rated capacity of 120,000 liters of dehydrated alcohol per day. The integration of the molecular sieve with the existing plant required additional distillation equipment to…
VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. supplied the ethanol distillation and dehydration equipment for the 2G (second generation) demonstration plant of Ineos Bio’s , a first-of-its-kind waste-to-bioenergy facility near Vero Beach, Florida.
The project uses a feedstock-flexible biomass conversion technology. It's unique combination of gasification and fermentation technologies turns different types of waste materials,…
Inbicon has developed a proprietary process for the conversion of wheat straw. Complementing this biomass conversion process Inbicon has opted for sound and energy efficient technology from Vogelbusch for part of ethanol fermentation as well as the distillation, dehydration and stillage evaporation.
The 17,000 liters per day demonstration plant served as…
The fine alcohol plant of Harbin Winery, a Chinese producer of potable alcohol from corn, was upgraded by Vogelbusch in several steps. The client required specifically high alcohol quality in terms of organoleptic and analytical criteria and in particular with regard to methanol separation. The facility was designed to set…
Vogelbusch was employed by COFCO Bioenergy Zhaodong to build an energy efficient distillation, rectification and dehydration system with the aim to replace two existing old and energy intensive units.
The order's scope included the basic engineering of the unit as well as technical assistance during procurement of critical items such as…
The Chief Ethanol Fuels facility is utilizing Vogelbusch-licensed technology. In 2007, a third molecular sieve drying system was designed and installed, raising operating capacity to 832,000 liters per day.
The cooperation first started in 1983 when Chief Ethanol Fuels set up af 120,000 liters per day plant. Vogelbusch process design included…
Cosmo Oil produces 140,000 liters per day (12 MMGPY) of low moisture ethanol (300 ppm) utilizing process design by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc.. The skid-mounted unit was installed as part of a larger project to retrofit an existing MTBE production facility at their Sakai Refinery for ETBE production.
Penford Products Company successfully started up their state-of-the-art fuel ethanol facility in May 2008. The plant utilizes technology licensed by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. and has a nameplate capacity of 450,000 liters per day. Corn hydrolysate from the company’s existing wet corn milling operation is used as feedstock.
Tom Malkoski, Penford’s President…
Some 400,000 liters per day of crude industrial alcohol from a refinery in Saudi Arabia are processed in the Bahrain unit. After entering the plant, the feed is purified in a rectification column where low-boiling substances such as diethylether and acetaldehyde are separated before being dehydrated by molecular sieve technology…
Tharaldson Ethanol started up their state-of-the-art fuel ethanol facility located in Casselton, North Dakota in 2009.
The plant utilizes technology licensed by VOGELBUSCH USA Inc., including the Vogelbusch MultiCont© continuous fermentation process, and is currently operating at a capacity of 1,300,000 liters per day, making it one of the largest dry…
VOGELBUSCH USA Inc. started up the ethanol plant of Cornhusker Energy in spring 2006, with a production capacity of 450,000 liters per day of bioethanol from corn.
The plant employs a state-of-the-art Vogelbusch continuous fermentation process. An energy integrated distillation, evaporation and dehydration system ensures maximum efficiency.
In 2016, Chief Ethanol Fuels…
The 800,000 liters per day plant of CropEnergies, a unit of German Südzucker group, is designed for multiple grain sources together with by-products of beet sugar processing. The plant and is highly advanced in terms of energy saving and environmental protection. Vogelbusch contributed process design for the raw material processing,…
Centrifugation is a method for separating mixtures of solid and/or liquid components by using rotating equipment with high g-forces such as decanters, centrifuges and separators.
Vogelbusch evaluates and specifies the separation requirements considering the feed and product properties and incorporates the suitable rotating equipment from trusted producers into its processes.
In alcohol production decantation is an approved measure to remove suspended solids from stillage and for the recovery of corn oil. In starch sweetener processing it is applied for demudding of raw glucose solution prior to filtration.
In combination with crystallization processes different types of batch and continuous centrifuges are deployed in citric acid and dextrose production.
Nozzle and disk separators are used in yeast manufacturing.
The plant of Kimia Gharb Gostar Industries Co. has a capacity of 36 tons per day and is the first citric acid plant set up in Iran. It is suitable for processing of raw sugar and sugar beet molasses. The process concept allows for a choice between production of either…
Raw sugar from local production was the substrate of choice for Citro Misr Co. of Egypt. This raw material required a new approach in the fermentation process to assure the economic feasibility of the plant. The spore cultivation was adapted and the fructose utilization was optimized for the substrate.
Products include…
Evaporation is an approved solution in the bioprocess industry, not only for the concentration of intermediate and final products but also for the separation of thin slops or low concentrated waste water streams into a concentrated fraction and a condensate stream, which often are reused in the process.
Vogelbusch offers proprietary evaporation systems for many different applications such as the concentration of mono- and polysaccharides, polyols, citric acid, yeast cream and fruit juice as well as corn steep water, distillation stillage, effluents, slops and other chemical and foodstuff industry products.
A wide range of proprietary evaporator designs and energy saving concepts is available to meet the most diversified requirements associated with bioprocesses
Multiple use of primary heat input and thermal integration of evaporation plants
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ZAO Agroholding «Yubileinii» sets up a wheat processing complex - AminoSib - in Ishim in the Tyumen Region. Vogelbusch has been assigned by the general contractor, Talmax Engineering s.r.o., with the supply of a glucose plant to produce a fermentation substrate.
The order includes the process design as well as the supply of…
Almagest opted for Vogelbusch in 2009 to produce top quality extra neutral alcohol with the highest purity and organoleptic demands, to be used in the production of alcoholic beverages. The excellent alcohol quality convinced Almagest to commission Vogelbusch again in 2011 to expand the plant capacity to 80,000 liters per…
The 800,000 liters per day plant of CropEnergies, a unit of German Südzucker group, is designed for multiple grain sources together with by-products of beet sugar processing. The plant and is highly advanced in terms of energy saving and environmental protection. Vogelbusch contributed process design for the raw material processing,…
OOO «DonBioTech», a joint venture of Russian Varshavsky group and German industrial group Evonik, sets up a grain processing facility for the production of L-lysine from wheat.
Vogelbusch has been awarded with the detailed design and the supply of the process plant for the conversion of starch milk to glucose solution…
Raw sugar from local production was the substrate of choice for Citro Misr Co. of Egypt. This raw material required a new approach in the fermentation process to assure the economic feasibility of the plant. The spore cultivation was adapted and the fructose utilization was optimized for the substrate.
Products include…
The biotechnological complex put up by JSC «Biotech Rosva» uses wheat as a feedstock to produce speciality goods such as starch, gluten and various starch sugars, which are intended as ingredients for the food industry. A by-product is used as animal feed.
Vogelbusch is responsible for the planning and delivery of…
The plant of Kimia Gharb Gostar Industries Co. has a capacity of 36 tons per day and is the first citric acid plant set up in Iran. It is suitable for processing of raw sugar and sugar beet molasses. The process concept allows for a choice between production of either…
Vogelbusch was assigned by VetterTec to design a new evaporation plant for LLC RIAL’s existing DDGS production plant.
LLC RIAL is a wheat processing plant in Russia for the production of potable alcohol with DDGS as a by-product.
The Vogelbusch evaporation plant is used to concentrate the decanted wheat stillage and has…
Located in Jilin City in Northeast China, this production line for bioethanol was officially commissioned in November 2003 after an implementation period of 22 months. The plant produces 300,000 tons of fuel alcohol annually from maize. The product is used as a 10 % petrol additive.
Process design by Vogelbusch provided…
The Promaíz plant produces bioethanol from corn which is used as fuel additive in the local markets. Besides the technology package for the complete plant and detailed planning of piping and vessels, Vogelbusch has been assigned with the supply of equipment such as fermenter internals, distillation columns, molecular sieve dehydration and…
Inbicon has developed a proprietary process for the conversion of wheat straw. Complementing this biomass conversion process Inbicon has opted for sound and energy efficient technology from Vogelbusch for part of ethanol fermentation as well as the distillation, dehydration and stillage evaporation.
The 17,000 liters per day demonstration plant served as…
Ion exchange is a separation process for the removal of dissolved impurities by using gel type or macroporous resins. Typically strong acidic cation exchange and weak or strong basic anion exchange resins are used.
In bioprocessing it is employed upstream to treat raw materials for biological processing requirements, and downstream to purify and de-colorize the final product to comply with commercial specifications.
Vogelbusch know-how covers the embedding of ion exchange into the overall process in fixed bed reactors with co- or counter-current regeneration, including the selection of cation and anion exchange resins and automation for continuous operation. Eco-friendly design of regeneration procedures minimizes fresh water and chemical consumption and product losses.
Raw sugar from local production was the substrate of choice for Citro Misr Co. of Egypt. This raw material required a new approach in the fermentation process to assure the economic feasibility of the plant. The spore cultivation was adapted and the fructose utilization was optimized for the substrate.
Products include…
The biotechnological complex put up by JSC «Biotech Rosva» uses wheat as a feedstock to produce speciality goods such as starch, gluten and various starch sugars, which are intended as ingredients for the food industry. A by-product is used as animal feed.
Vogelbusch is responsible for the planning and delivery of…
The plant of Kimia Gharb Gostar Industries Co. has a capacity of 36 tons per day and is the first citric acid plant set up in Iran. It is suitable for processing of raw sugar and sugar beet molasses. The process concept allows for a choice between production of either…
Chromatography is a versatile method for separating components of a solution on basis of the different bonding properties of molecules. The technique is state-of-the-art for analysis and processing in the food industry and for innovative pharma and biotech applications.
Batch type chromatography is mostly used for analysis and in pharmaceutical plants. In the commodity business, the continuously working simulated moving bed (SMB) chromatography is preferred. It is a separation technique that emulates the countercurrent flow of the solid phase and liquids and hence has a lower demand of eluent and a better utilization of the adsorbent.
Vogelbusch developed a novel SMB chromatography carried out in a single column. This technology forms a perfect solution for pilot scale and small production capacities as often seen in the area of fine chemicals and other special applications.
For processing of large quantities like in the production of high fructose syrups or in the production of organic acids commercial scale chromatographic systems are embedded in our process solutions.
Simulated moving bed technology in a single adsorbent bed
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The biotechnological complex put up by JSC «Biotech Rosva» uses wheat as a feedstock to produce speciality goods such as starch, gluten and various starch sugars, which are intended as ingredients for the food industry. A by-product is used as animal feed.
Vogelbusch is responsible for the planning and delivery of…
Filtration is a mechanical procedure for the separation of solid substances from liquids by using appropriate types of porous material as filter. Bioprocess applications include the separation of microorganisms, the concentration of biomass and the clarification of an intermediate or the final product.
Depending on the application, filtration requirements can vary widely. We select suitable methods from first class manufacturers in line with process conditions and product specifications.
A wide variety of proven filtration systems is utilized, including
Further, dead-end cartridge filters are used for sterilization of fermentation air, fermentation substrates and clean steam. Similar filters are used for final filtration of product solutions to comply with microbiological specifications.
Raw sugar from local production was the substrate of choice for Citro Misr Co. of Egypt. This raw material required a new approach in the fermentation process to assure the economic feasibility of the plant. The spore cultivation was adapted and the fructose utilization was optimized for the substrate.
Products include…
The biotechnological complex put up by JSC «Biotech Rosva» uses wheat as a feedstock to produce speciality goods such as starch, gluten and various starch sugars, which are intended as ingredients for the food industry. A by-product is used as animal feed.
Vogelbusch is responsible for the planning and delivery of…
Supply of a vinegar fermenter type 1200 including IP-8-Self-Priming Aeration with a daily capacity of 15,000 liters (10 %) for processing pure ethanol and grape and apple wine.
The unit, originally set up for Gsonek in 1998 in Laa an der Thaya (Lower Austria), was later acquired by Mautner Markhof and integrated…
Razi Yeast & Alcohol Company, formerly Sugar Cane By-Products Corporation, assigned Vogelbusch with the process design, engineering and supply of a complete plant for the production of baker's yeast from cane molasses.
Production in the yeast plant started in 2009, since manufacturing 32,000 kg per day of high quality instant active dry…
Following a feasibility study on the production of baker's yeast, the pre-engineering for a yeast plant designed for a daily capacity of 10,000 kg based on molasses was carried out in 2015.
The plant of Kimia Gharb Gostar Industries Co. has a capacity of 36 tons per day and is the first citric acid plant set up in Iran. It is suitable for processing of raw sugar and sugar beet molasses. The process concept allows for a choice between production of either…
SGP Cegro on behalf of AYS Algerian Yeast Society in 2014 ordered a feasibility study to investigate the production of 10,000 tons per year of baker's yeast to be made from imported molasses.
ZAO Agroholding «Yubileinii» sets up a wheat processing complex - AminoSib - in Ishim in the Tyumen Region. Vogelbusch has been assigned by the general contractor, Talmax Engineering s.r.o., with the supply of a glucose plant to produce a fermentation substrate.
The order includes the process design as well as the supply of…
OOO «DonBioTech», a joint venture of Russian Varshavsky group and German industrial group Evonik, sets up a grain processing facility for the production of L-lysine from wheat.
Vogelbusch has been awarded with the detailed design and the supply of the process plant for the conversion of starch milk to glucose solution…
Crystallization refers to the separation of a substance or compound from a concentrated solution in the form of crystalline structures.
Particular emphasis in this process is placed on the isolation of pure solid substances. Target can be the formulation of a final product which is subsequently dried, or the purification of an intermediate which in turn is dissolved and processed further.
In the production of citric acid crystallization is used to isolate the product as calcium salt from the fermentation broth. Citric acid as well as starch sugars are crystallized to formulate the final product.
Vogelbusch crystallization designs include cooling as well as evaporation crystallizers. Sophisticated crystallizing and separation technology ensures the desired product quality.
Raw sugar from local production was the substrate of choice for Citro Misr Co. of Egypt. This raw material required a new approach in the fermentation process to assure the economic feasibility of the plant. The spore cultivation was adapted and the fructose utilization was optimized for the substrate.
Products include…
The plant of Kimia Gharb Gostar Industries Co. has a capacity of 36 tons per day and is the first citric acid plant set up in Iran. It is suitable for processing of raw sugar and sugar beet molasses. The process concept allows for a choice between production of either…
The biotechnological complex put up by JSC «Biotech Rosva» uses wheat as a feedstock to produce speciality goods such as starch, gluten and various starch sugars, which are intended as ingredients for the food industry. A by-product is used as animal feed.
Vogelbusch is responsible for the planning and delivery of…
A multitude of drier technologies is applied in the bioprocess industries to achieve the required final product quality. Methods differ in
In common use are spray and fluidized bed driers, ring and rotary drum driers as well as tube bundle driers.
We determine the drying requirements depending on the product and integrate the suitable drier technology in line with available energy sources. Particular attention has the reuse and recycling of heat within the overall plant so to reduce the primary energy demand, for instance by using the thermal discharge from drying to run an evaporation.
SGP Cegro on behalf of AYS Algerian Yeast Society in 2014 ordered a feasibility study to investigate the production of 10,000 tons per year of baker's yeast to be made from imported molasses.
Located in Jilin City in Northeast China, this production line for bioethanol was officially commissioned in November 2003 after an implementation period of 22 months. The plant produces 300,000 tons of fuel alcohol annually from maize. The product is used as a 10 % petrol additive.
Process design by Vogelbusch provided…
The 800,000 liters per day plant of CropEnergies, a unit of German Südzucker group, is designed for multiple grain sources together with by-products of beet sugar processing. The plant and is highly advanced in terms of energy saving and environmental protection. Vogelbusch contributed process design for the raw material processing,…
This plant for baby milk powder and protein drink concentrates was realised by Vogelbusch in 2002 with a process licensed from a German producer of infant formula. The enterprise is the first manufacturer of infant formula in the Middle East. The production capacity is 32 tons per day. The plant location,…
Following a feasibility study on the production of baker's yeast, the pre-engineering for a yeast plant designed for a daily capacity of 10,000 kg based on molasses was carried out in 2015.
The biotechnological complex put up by JSC «Biotech Rosva» uses wheat as a feedstock to produce speciality goods such as starch, gluten and various starch sugars, which are intended as ingredients for the food industry. A by-product is used as animal feed.
Vogelbusch is responsible for the planning and delivery of…
Raw sugar from local production was the substrate of choice for Citro Misr Co. of Egypt. This raw material required a new approach in the fermentation process to assure the economic feasibility of the plant. The spore cultivation was adapted and the fructose utilization was optimized for the substrate.
Products include…
The plant of Kimia Gharb Gostar Industries Co. has a capacity of 36 tons per day and is the first citric acid plant set up in Iran. It is suitable for processing of raw sugar and sugar beet molasses. The process concept allows for a choice between production of either…
The Promaíz plant produces bioethanol from corn which is used as fuel additive in the local markets. Besides the technology package for the complete plant and detailed planning of piping and vessels, Vogelbusch has been assigned with the supply of equipment such as fermenter internals, distillation columns, molecular sieve dehydration and…
Razi Yeast & Alcohol Company, formerly Sugar Cane By-Products Corporation, assigned Vogelbusch with the process design, engineering and supply of a complete plant for the production of baker's yeast from cane molasses.
Production in the yeast plant started in 2009, since manufacturing 32,000 kg per day of high quality instant active dry…