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Bilboa, Spain—HPD has been awarded the design-build project for the evaporation system for Abengoa Bioenergy’s new bioethanol plant in the port of Rottderdam in the Netherlands.

The new facility will produce 480 million litres (126 million gallons) renewable fuel per year and will be one of the single largest production sites in Europe.

The stillage evaporation system supplied by HPD will concentrate the co-product stream as a crucial part of removing water from the stillage produced from bioethanol production.

The system is comprised of a three-effect falling film evaporation train followed by a high-solids concentration unit.

The overall system will efficiently produce up to 35% TS (total solids) prior to final water removal in the grain drying unit.

The HPD system features enhanced forced circulation evaporation that allows higher solids concentration with minimal fouling even with the high viscosity experienced with the processing of stillage.

This proprietary technology increases heat transfer efficiency while reducing power consumption when compared to standard forced circulation designs.

HPD was selected for this project due previous, successful installations of this technology and its resulting energy efficiency.

Previous pilot tests of the evaporation system also confirmed the design parameters based on Abengoa Bioenergy’s requirements for the new facility.

Abengoa Bioenergy, the leader in European bioethanol production and fifth in the United States, has a total annual production capacity of more than one billion litres.

Abengoa Bioenergy operates three bioethanol production plants in Spain at present, with an installed annual capacity of more than 500 million liters.

HPD provides process solutions, which utilize evaporation and crystallization as well as ceramic membrane technology, to industrial customers worldwide.

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies is the technological subsidiary of Veolia Water.

Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (VWS), which includes seven subsidiaries in North America (Biothane, Crown Solutions, HPD, John Meunier, Kruger, N.A. Water Systems, and Whittier Filtration), provides engineering and technological solutions in water treatment for industrial companies and municipal authorities.

For more information, call 815-609-2042.

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