CPC International Corn Wet Milling Complex
Client: CPC International
Location: Argo, IL, U.S.
Business Segment: Urban Solutions
Industry: Manufacturing
Executive Summary
This CPC International plant is one of the world's largest refineries of liquid corn sweeteners (glucose, dextrose and fructose). The facility has a rated capacity of 180,000 bushels per day. Fluor conducted extensive studies prior to revamping this 70-year-old corn wet milling complex located on the west side of Chicago. A major energy audit was conducted as part of this study and scoping effort. We performed the design, engineering, procurement and construction for the $300 million rebuild to be carried out in two phases.
Client's Challenge
Based on the advanced age of the existing CPC International facility, special considerations were incorporated in the design and construction to maximize product quality and to control bacteriological problems, as well as other clean design considerations such as clean in place.
Special consideration was also given to material handling, storage, safety, dust control and sanitary requirements.
Fluor's Solution
Phase 1 included relocating the existing operations (material storage, starch bagging, boxing and warehousing), as well as the design and construction of new corn sweetener refinery plant and major modification of dextrose crystallization and packaging facilities.
Conclusion
In addition to the increased capacity and enhanced material handling systems, the plant is now highly automated by use of both distributed control and programmable logic controllers to manage operations efficiently.
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