Plant sources products chart

Figure 9.10 Flow chart of an ethanol fermentation plant. (Source United States. National Agricultural Library Office of Alcohol Fuels Solar Energy Research Institute. Fuel from Farms A Guide to Small-Scale Ethanol Production. Golden, Colo. Technical Information Office, Solar Energy Research Institute, 1982 published at www //dnr.state.Ia.us.)...

The control chart is set up to answer the question of whether the data are in statistical control, that is, whether the data may be retarded as random samples from a single population of data. Because of this feature of testing for randomness, the control chart may be useful in searching out systematic sources of error in laboratory research data as well as in evaluating plant-production or control-analysis data. ... 

Most facilities keep records on the operating status of the plant, usually in the form of monthly status reports or a chart that displays production level versus days, weeks, or months over the plant life. Changes in plant status are generally noted by date on either of these two data sources, but may also be logged separately. This information is important so that an accurate count of the number of hours spent in each plant state (operating versus nonoperating) and number of demands due to plant state changes can be used for reliability and risk analysis. 

The organismic sources of the metabolites are reported in the charts at the lowest possible taxonomic level (species, genus, family, order, phylum), as required by the distribution of the metabolites at issue. With terrestrial plants the tradition of giving also the family was always followed, although a broader exploration of plants, and the advent of high-sensitivity analytical systems, have rendered the family of scarce taxonomic significance. With few exceptions of highly specific metabolites, the order is the taxonomic rank most representative of the distribution of natural products. 

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