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Table 2 Disk mills used in cellulosic ethanol processing

From: Promise of combined hydrothermal/chemical and mechanical refining for pretreatment of woody and herbaceous biomass

Model

Power (kW)

Diameter (inch)

Throughput (kg/hr)

Company

Reference

Sprout Waldron disk mill (Model: 12-1CP)

44.8

12

1−5 oven dried kg/run

Koppers Company, Inc. (Muncy, PA)

[53]

Beloit double-disk (Model: 4342HS)

112

42

10,000−20,000

Beloit (Dalton, MA)

[53]

Sprout-Bauer twin flow refiner

 

42

10,000−20,000

Andritz Sprout-Bauer (Muncy, PA)

[53]

Sprout 401 double disk refiner

224

36

NR

Andritz Sprout-Bauer (Muncy, PA)

[42]

Lab disk mill: 12″

37.3

12

NR

Andritz Sprout-Bauer (Muncy, PA)

[49, 52]

KRK continuous high-consistency refiner (No. 2500-II)

30

12

NR

Kumagai Riki Kogyo Co, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan)

[65]

Supermasscolloider (Model: MKZA10)

15

9.84

80–1200

Masuko Sangyo Co, Ltd. (Saitama, Japan)

[56, 60, 72]

Supermasscolloider (Model: MKCA6-2)

1.50

5.9

35−120

Masuko Sangyo Co, Ltd. (Saitama, Japan)

[54, 63, 73]

  1. NR means not reported