Pannonia Bio builds into barley
DUNAFÖFOLDVÁR, HUNGARY — Pannonia Bio sees great potential in the versatility, resilience and sustainability of barley, convincing the Hungarian company to add to its sprawling biorefinery plant with what it describes as “the world’s first high-capacity production plant for barley protein concentrates.”
Located on more than 40 hectares along the Danube River near the town of Dunaföfoldvár in central Hungary, the plant has the capacity to process 800 tonnes of barley per 24 hours and is designed so that production capacity can be doubled in the coming years.
Pannonia Bio hired Uzwil, Switzerland-based Bühler to be its primary equipment supplier. Equipment installed in the plant includes Bühler’s LAAB grain cleaner, MTRC separator, MTSD destoner, BSPB polisher, MDDZ Diorit roller mills, MPAK Sirius sifters, DFZC hammermill, AHHD pellet mill and MSDH and MSDM scales.
Pannonia biorefinery complex
Pannonia Bio’s sprawling biorefinery complex includes the largest single-site corn ethanol plant in Europe.
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Barley plant
The newest addition to Pannonia Bio’s biorefinery complex is this barley plant that has the capacity to process 800 tonnes of barley per 24 hours.
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Barley production
The company describes the new barley mill as “the world’s first high-capacity production plant for barley protein concentrates.”
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Barley scales
A Pannonia Bio employee examines the Bühler scales inside the barley processing plant.
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Barley rollers
The barley mill features Bühler MDDZ Diorit roller mills.
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Barley bag
The finished product from the barley plant is sold in 1-tonne bags.
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Barley fermenters
Ethanol production has almost tripled since the plant opened with more than half a billion liters of renewable fuel manufactured per year.
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DDGS
Pannonia Bio produces hundreds of thousands of tonnes per year of DDGS derived from corn processed at the company’s ethanol plant.
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Ethanol trucks
The company uses a large fleet of trucks to transport its various products to customers.
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Pannonia administration building
Pannonia Bio contributes more than €1 billion to Hungary’s GDP and supports more than 6,000 jobs indirectly, mostly in rural areas.
Credit: ©PANNONIA BIO
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