FQTalks

What information do you need to make “Good Decisions”, each operational day, let alone during a crisis? How can I navigate the pitfalls and mistakes that have taken other facilities down? Who has the answers I need today, this hour, this minute? Plant to plant, engineers solving problems in a conversational setting. Great conversations, some humor, and all the information you need to run adapt, lead your teams, and plant more efficiently for better tomorrows.

Sometimes just hearing what another plant is facing and how they are approaching it can create a spark of ingenuity to help you solve your problem. Other times, we may be the spark for someone else. Either way, the Leaders at Fluid Quip Technologies have experienced a lot and have helped many plants overcome challenges. Now we are sharing our knowledge in a way that the biofuels industry can utilize for free. anytime. FQTalks are 60-minute informational webinars that can be viewed, on-demand.

We are creating a space for all to share and all to learn, including 1000’s of tips and techniques that we have developed over the years to improve biofuels facilities .

Most Recent Episode

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FQTalks #64 Innovative Oil Recovery Solutions

FQTalks #1 10+ Ways to cut OPEX

Chemicals, Enzymes, Operations, Yeast

The show that began it all. Looking to cut direct cost in your biofuels facility begins with input cost controls. The FQT team walk you though the areas and techniques you can implement to gain more control over these OPEX costs.

FQTalks #2 Distillation and Dehydration

Analytics, Beer Column, Deydration, Energy Savings, Regen

The complete distillation system is covered in this in depth walk through on how distillation works, and areas for improvements. A great overall lesson on the functional properties of alcohol production as well as analytics.

FQTalks #3 Evaporation – Part 1

Decanter Operations, Thin Stillage Quality

The good, the bad, and the ugly. This first lesson walks through the operating principles of evaporation in a biofuel plant, including how other plant areas can impact the evaporator function.

FQTalks #4 Evaporation – Part 2

Evap Design Basis, Evap Fouling, Heat Transfer, Optimizations for Evaporators, Thin Stillage

We continue on from part 1 of evaporators, expanding on operations around the evaps. How the different evaporator designs function in the respective plants.

FQTalks #5 Oil Recovery

Disc Stack, Fermentation, Grind, Tricanter, Viscosity

Corn, oil, what it is , where is found, and how can we ensure we get all of it recovered in the biofuels plant. From grind to heat and hold, we cover the basics of oil recovery.

FQTalks #6 Industrial Alcohol

Ethanol Applications, Fusels and Contaminate Removal

Bridging the gap; from fuel grade to industrial grade alcohol. The First Lady of Ethanol, Kristi Moore, (Kmoore Consulting) joins the team to walk you through the pitfalls, regulations, and various aspects of producing higher grades of alcohols.

FQTalks #7 Fermentation – Part 1

Enzyme Types and Functions, Yeast Stress

Optimizing your fermentation strategy begins with a in depth study of the rules and interactions of the components in the fermentation process.

FQTalks #8 Fermentation – Part 2

Agitation, CIP, Header Design, Heat Exchangers, Pressure Relief

Many efficiencies can be realized through effective and thoughtful fermentation design. This show covers the best practices and how to adapt existing plants to achieve better fermentation strategies through better design.

FQTalks #9 Cooling Tower

Design Criteria, Fundamental Operation, Pump Design, Wet Bulb

Cooling towers 101, a primer on cooling water in your plant. Design basics, Trouble shooting, and the operation of are covered, including a neat little engineering trick to help summer time cooling blues.

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