For my internship, I have been helping Scott Gordon at Green Technologies in Winooski, VT. Scott runs a small-scale bio diesel factory. I have been helping Scott build a falling film evaporator for methanol recovery. During the process of creating bio diesel one of the by products is glycerol, which is a mixture of glycerin and methanol. Normally the methanol has to be delivered to the factory, so using this evaporator will allow the methanol to be recycled. After the glycerin is separated it can be safely composted with no unpleasant effects on plant life. As a mechanical engineer I have really enjoyed this internship and being able to get hands on experience has been a lot of fun.

 

Scott Gordon

Green Technologies, LLC
150 W. Canal St.,  Suite 1
Winooski, VT  05404

 

802-655-1995