REPORT ON INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IN DISTILLARY

SUBMITTED BY: ABHISHEK P SHUKLA

08BBT009

B.TECH- BIOTECHNOLOGY

VIT UNIVERSITY, VELLORE

 

COMPANY PROFILE: INDIA GLYCOLS LIMITED

Public Limited Company Established in November 19, 1983 Establishments: Kashipur, Gorakhpur, Ludhiana, Baroda, Jodhpur, Ahmadabad, Hyderabad, Surat, Tirupur, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai Products: Chemicals including ethylene glycols, ethoxylates, glycol ethers, performance liquids; natural gums; spirits; potable alcohols; industrial gases as liquid CO2

Gorakhpur Unit established at June 11, 2006

ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004, and OHSAS* 18001:2007 Certified

* Occupational Health & Safety Advisory Services

ALCOHOL MANUFACTURING

C12H22O11 + H2O 2C6H12O6

Sucrose Water (Glucose + Fructose)

C6H12O6 2C2H5OH + CO2

Glucose Ethanol

UTILITIES AND EQUIPMENTS IN FERMENTATION Molasses Storage Tanks (MST) Molasses Weighing Tanks (MWT) Sterilizer Vessel Yeast Vessels (YV) Prefermenters (PF) Fermenters/ Fermentation Vessels (FV) Clarified Wash Tank (CWT) Sludge Settler Tank (SST)

Zymase

FERMENTATION PROCESS Microorganism used: Saccharomyces cerevisiae Media: Molasses Main constituents of molasses: Sugars (Glucose, Sucrose, Fructose), Ashes (CaO, K2O, SO3), Nitrogenous organic acid (Bitanine), Biotin, Thiamine.

Microbiology Laboratory Culture Sets (3×5 ltrs)

Prefermenters YV3 YV2 YV1 (Yeast Vessels)

Fermenters Wash (8-9% alcohol)

 

CWT, SST

Clarified wash Sludge

 

To Distillation

12 hrs8 hrs8 hrs8 hrs

16 hrs

DISTILLATION

QUALITY CONTROL