Factory

Thursday, March 25, 2010

The complex


In the top left corner of this hilly site, south of Port au Prince, you will find the housing complexes, a day care to the right of them, and a class and work out building below. The starch and ethanol factories are on a separate hill more towards the middle of the site.

The housing complexes are made up of mostly single occupancy studios. There are, however, eight family studios (having more than one bed). The buildings consist of a concrete skeleton and brick in between with a paneling facade. The windows are mostly the tall, thin, vertical screens with wide accent windows through out. Stairs are clearly marked by the columns surrounding them.

The factories are separated from the rest of the complex because of potential noise and toxins. The Cassava plant will be throughout the site, mostly between the two hills that the different buildings sit on.

Cassava Production

The production of Alcohol involves:
- peeling roots (tubers)
- washing
- grating
- cooking in a jet cooker
- fermenting
- distilling
- bottling

this produces 280 litres per tonne, roughly 4,000 litres per day at 96% and 10,000 litres per day at 40%.

The production of Starch includes:
- peeling
- washing
- rasping/grating/pulping
- filtering
- settling
- purification (starch washing)
- dewatering (pressing in clean bag)
- drying/toasting
- milling/packaging