Ethanol
Distillery Division
- The distillery plant was installed and commissioned during 1985-86.
- Initially, it had the capacity to produce 50,000 Liters per day of industrial-grade ethanol.
- In 1998-99, an Effluent Treatment Plant was installed to treat distillery plant waste and produce energy from Bio-gas.
- A new plant with a production capacity of 30,000 Liters per day was added during 2002-03.
- In 2004-05, an Anhydrous Ethyl Ethanol Plant with a daily capacity of 100,000 Liters of fuel-grade Ethanol was installed to produce fuel-grade ethanol.
- Another plant with a capacity of 50,000 Liters per day was added during 2017-2018.
- The total cumulative production capacity of the distillery plant is now 130,000 Liters per day.
- The ongoing in-house plant modernization process we aims to achieve a daily capacity of up to 140,000 liters.
- The distillery division has been ISO certified since 1998 and currently holds ISO 9001:2015 certification from United Registrar of Systems.
Product Specification of Industrial Grade Ethyl Alcohol
We manufacture Industrial Grade Ethyl Alcohol, which has the following characteristics and is considered to be one of the premium product in market.
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Parameters
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Guaranteed Product Specifications Industrial Grade Alcohol
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Alcohol Contents
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Minimum 95% by volume at 15o C
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96.01
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Clear, Colorless, free from suspended matter
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Clear and free of suspended matter
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Odour
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Dry Matter
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Maximum 10gr/hl (100ppm)
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< 5.0
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Acidity
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Maximum 7gr/hl (70ppm) as acetic acid
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0.96
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Esters
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Maximum 25gr/hl (250ppm) as ethyl acetate
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1.42
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Aldehydes
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Maximum 20gr/hl (200ppm) as acetaldehyde
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1.34
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Higher Alcohols
n - Propanol lso - Butanol n - Butanol lso - Amyl Alcohol n - Amyl Alcohol |
Maximum 25gr/hl (250ppm)
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4.6
0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 |
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Furfural
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Not detectable
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Not detectable
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Methanol
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Maximum 10gr/hl (100ppm)
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3.65
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Water Miscibility
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-
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Passes Test
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Permanganate Time of Alcohol at 20° C
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25 min
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Water Content by Volumetric KF
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4.890 % v/v
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Water Content by Volumetric KF
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60478 mg/kg
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