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RET 250 Ethanol Process Fundamentals
Credit Hours:  3
Effective Term: Spring 2011
SUN#: None
AGEC: None
 Credit Breakdown: 3 Lectures
Times for Credit: 1
Grading Option: A/F
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Description: The history, chemistry, legal and political issues, and fundamental processes of ethanol production, including the rationale for feedstock and additives used in ethanol processing, and co-product production and use. Ethanol plant Process Flow Diagram (PFD) includes residence time, pressures, and temperatures in production stages.

Prerequisites: RDG094

Corequisites: None

Recommendations: CBJT 3 Grant curriculum

Measurable Student Learning Outcomes
1. (Comprehension Level) Describe basic distillation principles applied to fuel processes.
2. (Comprehension Level) Explain the need for evaporation in fuel production processes.
3. (Analysis Level) Compare mass balance to steady state operation.
4. (Synthesis Level) Explain the importance of temperature, pressure and composition to the distillation process.
5. (Application Level) Demonstrate how to safely start up and shut down a distillation column.
6. (Evaluation Level) Troubleshoot and maintain distillation systems in operation.
7. (Synthesis Level) Develop a compliance recording system.
8. (Synthesis Level) Describe the history of ethanol development and how it has evolved based on legal and political influences.
Internal/External Standards Accreditation