Alcohol Recovery Process Optimization
Faculty Mentor(s)
Keith Schimmel
Dr. Joseph Schroeder
Project Type
Senior Design Project
Scholarship Domain(s)
Scholarship of Community Application
Presentation Type
Presentation
Abstract
Location: Reed Hall of Science Room 330
CSL Behring in Bradley, IL needed help improving their alcohol recovery system. This process allows used alcohol to be reused by the plant. Improvements were made in a virtual simulation software. Suggestions will be used to help the senior engineers at CSL Behring decide what they will do in the future to improve their outdated system.
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The Kankakee manufacturing site is a biotech facility that manufactures plasma-based products. Plasma fractionation is a key step in the manufacturing process. Plasma fractionation requires significant quantities of alcohol to be used in the process. At the end of the fractionation process, the alcohol is recovered through the use of a distillation column. It is theorized that the quality of the recovered alcohol impacts the yields of the fractionation process. The goal of the project is to optimize the alcohol recovery process at the Kankakee site.
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Alcohol Recovery Process Optimization
Reed 330
Location: Reed Hall of Science Room 330
CSL Behring in Bradley, IL needed help improving their alcohol recovery system. This process allows used alcohol to be reused by the plant. Improvements were made in a virtual simulation software. Suggestions will be used to help the senior engineers at CSL Behring decide what they will do in the future to improve their outdated system.
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The Kankakee manufacturing site is a biotech facility that manufactures plasma-based products. Plasma fractionation is a key step in the manufacturing process. Plasma fractionation requires significant quantities of alcohol to be used in the process. At the end of the fractionation process, the alcohol is recovered through the use of a distillation column. It is theorized that the quality of the recovered alcohol impacts the yields of the fractionation process. The goal of the project is to optimize the alcohol recovery process at the Kankakee site.