Corny Questions
This is the weight of a bushel of yellow dent corn.
What is 56 pounds?
This tool stops when it reaches a specified setting. It helps reduce the risk of under or over tightening a nut or bolt.
What is a torque wrench?
This equipment replaces calcium and magnesium with sodium ions to minimize scale.
What is a water softener?
This document, filled out by the operations department, contains information about every time a dryer or boiler has problems and kicks out?
What is a trip log?
Once fermentation is complete, fermenters are sent to this tank.
What is the beerwell?
This type of corn is used in LSCP's process to make ethanol.
What is #2 yellow dent corn?
These types of tools should be used in areas where flammable vapors are present.
What is non sparking brass tools?
This program has responsibilities that are designed to keep storm water pollutants from entering waterways?
What is SWPPP?
The lowest moisture content that should be safely found in rotary dryer.
What is 10%?
These two flows are what determine fermentation gap timing.
What are beer feed rates and liquefaction rates?
Ethanol production primarily comes from the endosperm of the corn kernel and is typically about 67-74% of this product.
What is starch?
Before using this piece of equipment, one must inspect the equipment for permanent mounting, work rest placement from the wheel, tongue guard placement from the wheel, side guards, electrical cords, wheel face, shielding, and area free of clutter.
What is the bench grinder?
This chemical, often referred to as bleach, is added to well water to kill bacteria and pathogens.
What is 12% Sodium Hypochlorite?
This is required when feed is lost from the centrifuges, a dryer ID fan is lost or there are conveyor problems entering or exiting the dryers.
What is an emergency shutdown?
This vessel removes CO2 from beer before it enters the beer column.
What is the beer flash vessel?
These toxic compounds linked to long term health effects are regulated in corn for food safety and are produced by molds and fungi.
What are microtoxins?
This type of welding is faster, cheaper, and easier than most type of welding and involves a small wire fed through a tube.
What is MIG welding?
These three sources make up the effluent outfall water.
What are greensands blowdown, cooling tower blowdown, and RO reject water?
Combustion systems constantly watch this to determine safe and efficient burning.
What is air and gas ratios?
This device protects a vessel from over pressure.
What is a burst sensor or Pressure Safety Valve (PSV)?
Test weight, damaged kernels, heat damage, foreign material, and smell are parameters checked during this process.
What is grading corn?
This stamp, rewarded by the NBBI, certifies repairs meet or exceed initial construction standards for pressure vessels and boilers.
What is an R stamp?
Process condensate is hot water used in flushes and floor washing that comes from where in the LSCP process?
What is the 2nd effect evaporators?
This process clears gases out of a chamber and ductwork before starting a burner.
What is an air purge?
What is considered normal operating temperature ranges for the beer column?
What is 160 oF (top) to 185 oF(bottom)