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Ethanol Loading Hours
Monday - Friday: 6:00 am to 5:00 pm
"After Hours" is available with an approved "after hours load number"
100% of the ethanol production at Badger State Ethanol is sold and distributed through Murex n.a., LTD. They can be contacted at: 972-702-0021.
Quality Control is Important at Badger State Ethanol
Badger State Ethanol has a very stringent QA/QC program for all ethanol produced. Every gallon of ethanol produced at Badger State Ethanol must pass ASTM designation D 4806-01a; "Standard Specification for Denatured Fuel Ethanol for Blending with Gasolines for Use as Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel". To assure our ethanol passes all of these requirements we monitor the process very closely, taking alcohol samples every 2 hours during production. At the end of every production day a non denatured composite sample is taken and tested. Once quality is confirmed, it is mixed with denaturant and sent to our finished fuel ethanol storage. Before the product is allowed to be sold it goes through a final analysis which provides the data needed to generate the Certificate of Analysis. The finished Certificate of Analysis has all of the following data included; Visual Appearance, Apparent Proof, Water Content, Acidity, Specific Gravity, Sample Temperature, and pHe. Additionally, Badger State Ethanol sends out monthly samples to an independent laboratory for all of the above tests plus the following; Ethanol volume percent, methanol content, solvent-washed gum, denaturant content, inorganic chloride content, copper content, and sulfur content.
The quality specs are as follows:
| Apparent Proof (60 F/60 F) |
200 - 203 |
| Water (mass %) |
1.00 max. |
| Appearance |
Clear & Bright |
| pHe |
6.5 - 9.0 |
| Acidity (mass %) |
0.0070 max. |
| Ethanol (vol. %) |
92.1 min. |
| Methanol (vol. %) |
0.5 max. |
| Denaturant (vol. %) |
1.96 - 4.76 |
| Corrosion Inhibitor (per mfr specs) |
20 pounds/thousand barrels |
| Benzene (vol. %) |
0.06 max. |
| Olefins (vol. %) |
0.5 max |
| Total Aromatics (vol. %) |
1.7 max. |
| Copper (mg/kg) |
0.1 max. |
| Chlorides (ppm) |
40 max. |
| Solvent Washed Gum (mg/100 mL) |
5.0 max. |
| Sulfur (1 ppm) |
1 max. |
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