VeraSun Energy
Aurora, SD.
Summary of Project:
McC Inc. was subcontracted to design/build the grain handling portion of this 1st 100 MGPY ethanol facility in the country. This facility was the focal point which led to many others being built throughout the United States. McC self performed the excavation, concrete foundations/tunnels, steel buildings, slipforms, equipment purchase installation and commissioning as well as all structural design.
Project Details
| • Grain Receiving System | |
| • (2) Truck Receiving lanes @ 20,000 bph each; (1) Rail Receiving lane @ 20,000 bph | |
| • Dust collection on all receiving pits | |
| • (2) 100’ long truck scales for incoming and outgoing trucks w/truck probes and lights on either lane. | |
| • Grain Storage System | |
| • (2) 500,000 bushel slipform concrete silos | |
| • 10,000 bph bin sweeps with zero bin access operation | |
| • Grain Reclaim System | |
| • Tunnel reclaim rated @ 6,000 bph each or side taps rated @ 10,000 bph. | |
| • (2) Reel scalpers rated @ 3,000 bph ea. | |
| • Grinding System | |
| • (4) hammermills rated @ 1,500 bph each w/air assist systems | |
| • DDG Storage System | |
| • (1) 1,000 ton flat storage building | |
| • (2) 4,000 ton slipform concrete silo storage | |
| • DDG Load out System | |
| • Bulkwiegher load out system rated @ 200 tph | |
| • Ability to load out in either rail lane. | |
| • Rail gangway access with fall protection | |
| • Auxiliary Buildings | |
| • Grain receiving building w/(2) truck lanes and (2) rail lanes | |
| • DDG Storage Building w/pile storage inside | |
| • Truck scale building housing both scale and probing operations. | |