Table 1.
Material balances for the continuous ROAD process
| Stream | Stream | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass flowrate (kg/h) | 100 | Mass flowrate (kg/h) | 10 | ||
| Water (% w/w) | 87 | Water (% w/w) | 76.6 | ||
| IW | EtOH (% abv) | 13.5 (10.7% w/w) | DSSE | EtOH (% abv) | 0.5 (0.4% w/w) |
| SE (% w/w) | 2.3 | SE (% w/w) | 23 | ||
| VAC (ppm) | 500 | VAC (ppm) | – | ||
| Mass flowrate (kg/h) | 170 | Mass flowrate (kg/h) | 159 | ||
| Water (% w/w) | 93.7 | Water (% w/w) | 100 | ||
| P | EtOH (% abv) | 8 (6.3% w/w) | BS | EtOH (% abv) | – |
| SE (% w/w) | – | SE (% w/w) | – | ||
| VAC (ppm) | 500 | VAC (ppm) | – | ||
| Mass flowrate (kg/h) | 10 | Mass flowrate (kg/h) | 79 | ||
| Water (% w/w) | 72.2 | Water (% w/w) | 100 | ||
| R1 | EtOH (% abv) | 6 (4.8% w/w) | VW | EtOH (% abv) | – |
| SE (% w/w) | 23 | SE (% w/w) | – | ||
| VAC (ppm) | 20 | VAC (ppm) | – | ||
| Mass flowrate (kg/h) | 80 | Mass flowrate (kg/h) | 0.2 | ||
| Water (% w/w) | 100 | Water (% w/w) | – | ||
| RVW | EtOH (% abv) | – | CAS | EtOH (% w/w) | 80 |
| SE (% w/w) | – | SE (% w/w) | – | ||
| VAC (ppm) | – | VAC (%w/w) | 20 | ||
| Mass flowrate (kg/h) | 80 | Mass flowrate (kg/h) | 11 | ||
| Water (% w/w) | 99.5 | Water (% w/w) | 5 | ||
| P2 | EtOH (% abv) | 0.6 (0.5% w/w) | FGA | EtOH (% w/w) | 95 |
| SE (% w/w) | – | SE (% w/w) | – | ||
| VAC (ppm) | 20 | VAC (ppm) | – |