United states : SPEC Process Engineering & Construction Helps Qteros Achieve Cellulosic Ethanol Milestone.Byline: shiv03 SPEC (1) See specs and specification. (2) (SPEC) (Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation, Warrenton, VA, www.specbench.org) An organization founded in 1988 to establish standard benchmarks for computers. Process Engineering & Construction helped Qteros, a rising star in the cellulosic ethanol Cellulosic ethanol is a type of biofuel produced from lignocellulose, a structural material that comprises much of the mass of plants. It is composed mainly of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. industry, reach an important milestone last week. After less than a year working with SPEC to develop their new process, Qteros broke ground on their pilot plant. SPEC started working with Qteros a year ago when they were still located at a UMass Amherst lab. Qteros had developed a 1 L bench scale model of their fermentation fermentation, process by which the living cell is able to obtain energy through the breakdown of glucose and other simple sugar molecules without requiring oxygen. Fermentation is achieved by somewhat different chemical sequences in different species of organisms. process and needed to bring it up to a 100 L scale. The scale up was to be part of Qteros's new facilities which would provide for a greatly expanded R&D capability as well as office space to accommodate their expanding staff. SPEC initially worked with Qteros in the selection of laboratory analytical analytical, analytic pertaining to or emanating from analysis. analytical control control of confounding by analysis of the results of a trial or test. equipment, allowing their scientists to remain focused on process development. This was followed by lab lay out, fermenter fer·ment·er n. 1. An organism that causes fermentation. 2. also fer·men·tor An apparatus that maintains optimal conditions for the growth of microorganisms, used in large-scale fermentation and in the commercial selection, and the design of supporting infrastructure and utilities. SPEC's close involvement with the scale up lab and resultant This article is about the resultant of polynomials. For the result of adding two or more vectors, see Parallelogram rule. For the technique in organ building, see Resultant (organ). In mathematics, the resultant of two monic polynomials knowledge of the process allowed SPEC to assist Qteros in evaluating potential sites when the time came to scale up even further to the pilot level facility. SPEC provided analysis of the potential facilities' utilities, structure, and other factors key to Qteros' manufacturing process, allowing Qteros to make an informed decision as to the expansion's location. With their pilot scale facility construction now underway, Qteros is perfectly positioned for their upcoming Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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