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Conversion. Converters at one of the four butadiene units at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia, where the processing of grain alcohol to butadiene is stored

Conversion. Converters at one of the four butadiene units at the Insti...

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Production of butylene glycol. Dr. George E. Ward turns a valve in one of the experimental fermentation vats in which corn is being converted into butylene glycol at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Peoria, Illinois. This is part of the laboratory work that led to the development of a fermentation process for converting corn and other grains into butylene glycol on a semi-commercial scale. Butylene glycol can be used in making anti-freeze for automobiles and in the production of commercial solvents for various manufacturing purposes. Department scientists have succeeded on a laboratory scale in turning butylene glycol into butadiene, from which synthetic rubber can be made. Now they are trying to do it on a semi-commercial scale

Production of butylene glycol. Dr. George E. Ward turns a valve in one...

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Storing butadiene. Butadiene storage tanks at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia. The pressure of the butadiene gaseous is so high that only huge spherical tanks can hold large volumes

Storing butadiene. Butadiene storage tanks at the Institute plant at I...

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Control room. The meter control room for the four butadiene units

Control room. The meter control room for the four butadiene units

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Storage. Butadiene, chief ingredient of synthetic rubber, is stored in nine tanks at the Institute plant operated by the United States Rubber Company at Institute, West Virginia. These tanks will hold butadiene for three days operations, the equivalent of more than 180,000 passenger car tires

Storage. Butadiene, chief ingredient of synthetic rubber, is stored in...

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Shipping butadiene. Butadiene is pumped into tank cars for shipment at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia

Shipping butadiene. Butadiene is pumped into tank cars for shipment at...

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A black and white photo of a train yard. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of a train yard. America during Great Depressi...

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Production of butylene glycol. Butylene glycol is recovered from corn fermentation liquors in an experimental still in the pilot plant of the Northern Regional Research Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Peoria, Illinois. This is one step in the Department's research that led to the development of a fermentation method for converting corn into butylene glycol, a chemical that can be used in making anti-freeze for automobiles and in the production of commercial solvents for various manufacturing purposes. Research now is directed toward the development of a practical way to turn the butylene glycol into butadiene, from which synthetic rubber can be made. The work has already been done on a laboratory scale

Production of butylene glycol. Butylene glycol is recovered from corn ...

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Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). These tanks contain vegetable fats and butadiene, a highly volatile gas "cracked" from crude petroleum. These raw materials for synthetic rubber are piped from freight cars into these storage tanks. Goodrich

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). These tanks contain vegetable fats and bu...

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Distilling. Distillation tanks where the butadiene is purified

Distilling. Distillation tanks where the butadiene is purified

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Butadiene and styrene production. Butadiene units (in the foreground) and styrene units (in the background) which produce the two basic chemicals for the production of Buna S Rubber at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia

Butadiene and styrene production. Butadiene units (in the foreground) ...

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Conversion. A converter at one of the four butadiene units at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia, where the processing of grain alcohol to butadiene is started. The distillation towers are shown in the background

Conversion. A converter at one of the four butadiene units at the Inst...

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Production of butylene glycol. A department scientist checks the results of experimental fermentations of corn to produce butylene glycol at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Peoria, Illinois. This research led to the development of a semi-commercial scale of a fermentation process for converting corn into butylene glycol, a chemical that can be used in making anti-freeze for automobiles and in the production of commercial solvents for various purposes. Studies are now underway to devise a practical method for turning butylene glycol into butadiene, from which synthetic rubber can be made. The work has already been done on a laboratory scale

Production of butylene glycol. A department scientist checks the resul...

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Styrene. This is the plant of the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation at Institute, West Virginia, which produces styrene; the chemical which when polymerized with butadiene produces synthetic rubber

Styrene. This is the plant of the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corpora...

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This sheet of synthetic rubber coming off the rolling mill at the plant is now ready for drying, B.F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio. Synthetic rubber made by the "ameripol" process is derived from butadiene (a petroleum derivative). In this rolling mill the crumbs of rubber are squeezed dry of excess water and pressed together into the blanket shown here

This sheet of synthetic rubber coming off the rolling mill at the plan...

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Production of butylene glycol. P. Burke Jacobs checks the milling of corn for which new industrial uses are sought at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Peoria, Illinois. A method for converting corn and other grains into butylene glycol by the action of bacteria, developed in the laboratory, has proven effective on a semi-commercial scale in the pilot plant. This chemical can be used in making anti-freeze for automobiles and in the production of commercial solvents for various manufacturing purposes. Department scientists have succeeded on a laboratory scale in turning butylene glycol into butadiene, from which synthetic rubber can be made. Now they are trying to do it on a semi-commercial scale

Production of butylene glycol. P. Burke Jacobs checks the milling of c...

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Butadiene production. One of the four butadiene units at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia

Butadiene production. One of the four butadiene units at the Institute...

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Collecting. Process collection tank containing butadiene. From these tanks the liquid is pumped to the spherical storage tanks shown in picture number 5

Collecting. Process collection tank containing butadiene. From these t...

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Production of butylene glycol. Corn for which new industrial uses are sought is milled at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Peoria, Illinois. A fermentation process for converting grain into butylene glycol, developed in the laboratory, has proved successful on a semi-commercial scale in the pilot plant. Butylene glycol, hitherto a relatively rare chemical, can be used in making anti-freeze for automobiles and in the production of commercial solvents for various manufacturing purposes. Department scientists have succeeded on a laboratory scale in turning butylene glycol into butadiene, from which synthetic rubber can be made. The problem now is to develop a practical commercial process

Production of butylene glycol. Corn for which new industrial uses are ...

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Storing butadiene. Butadiene storage tanks at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia. The pressure of the butadiene gaseous is so high that only huge spherical tanks can hold large volumes

Storing butadiene. Butadiene storage tanks at the Institute plant at I...

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Mixing. The raw materials, butadiene and styrene, and many special chemicals, are moved by these pumps from storage to the reactor areas at the Institute plant

Mixing. The raw materials, butadiene and styrene, and many special che...

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Control laboratory. Shown here are the distillation units in the control laboratory where various tests are made in the production of butadiene

Control laboratory. Shown here are the distillation units in the contr...

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A black and white photo of a factory. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of a factory. America during Great Depression ...

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Conversion. Converters at one of the four butadiene units at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia, where the processing of grain alcohol to butadiene is stored

Conversion. Converters at one of the four butadiene units at the Insti...

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Storing butadiene. The pressure of the butadiene gaseous is so high that huge spherical tanks such as these can hold large volumes

Storing butadiene. The pressure of the butadiene gaseous is so high th...

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Storing butadiene and grain alcohol. Storage tanks for butadiene (in the background) and grain alcohol (at the right) at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia

Storing butadiene and grain alcohol. Storage tanks for butadiene (in t...

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Recovery. Butadiene, which did not take part in the reaction, is cooled, condensed and recovered

Recovery. Butadiene, which did not take part in the reaction, is coole...

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Storing butadiene. Butadiene storage tanks at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia. The pressure of the butadiene gaseous is so high that only huge spherical tanks can hold large volumes

Storing butadiene. Butadiene storage tanks at the Institute plant at I...

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Butadiene units. General view of one of the four butadiene units of the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation at Institute, West Virginia

Butadiene units. General view of one of the four butadiene units of th...

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A black and white photo of pipes and pipes. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of pipes and pipes. America during Great Depre...

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A black and white photo of a bunch of pipes. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of a bunch of pipes. America during Great Depr...

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Polymerization. When polymerization has reached the proper point, the batch is blown down by butadiene pressure in these blow-down tanks. The unreacted butadiene and styrene are then recovered.

Polymerization. When polymerization has reached the proper point, the ...

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Production of butylene glycol. Dr. George E. Ward inspects two types of pure butylene glycol made from corn at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Peoria, Illinois. Dr. Ward and his associates developed a fermentation process for converting corn and other grains into butylene glycol that has given good results on a semi-commercial scale. This chemical can be used in making anti-freeze for automobiles and in the production of solvents for various manufacturing processes. Department scientists have succeeded on a laboratory scale in turning butylene glycol into butadiene, which can be used in making synthetic rubber. Now they are trying to do it on a semi-commercial scale

Production of butylene glycol. Dr. George E. Ward inspects two types o...

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A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. America during ...

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A black and white photo of a large tank. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of a large tank. America during Great Depressi...

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A black and white photo of a train yard. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of a train yard. America during Great Depressi...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Production of butylene glycol. Dr. Lynferd J. Wickerham selects the bacteria that will convert corn into butylene glycol at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Peoria, Illinois. This is one step in the research that led to the development of a fermentation process for converting corn into butylene glycol, which has proved successful on a semi-commercial scale. Butylene glycol, hitherto a relatively rare chemical, can be used in making anti-freeze for automobiles and in the production of commercial solvents for various purposes. In the laboratory, the scientists have succeeded in turning butylene glycol into butadiene, from which synthetic rubber can be made. The next step is to find a way to carry out this process on a larger scale

Production of butylene glycol. Dr. Lynferd J. Wickerham selects the ba...

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Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). These tanks contain vegetable fats and butadiene, a highly volatile gas "cracked" from crude petroleum. These raw materials for synthetic rubber are piped from freight cars into these storage tanks. Goodrich

Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). These tanks contain vegetable fats and bu...

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Conversion. Converters at one of the four butadiene units where the processing of grain alcohol to butadiene is started

Conversion. Converters at one of the four butadiene units where the pr...

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Conversion. Converters at one of the four butadiene units at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia, where the processing of grain alcohol to butadiene is stored

Conversion. Converters at one of the four butadiene units at the Insti...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a large tank. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of a large tank. America during Great Depressi...

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Storage. Butadiene, chief ingredient of synthetic rubber, is stored in nine tanks at the Institute plant operated by the United States Rubber Company at Institute, West Virginia. These tanks will hold butadiene for three days operations, the equivalent of more than 180,000 passenger car tires

Storage. Butadiene, chief ingredient of synthetic rubber, is stored in...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Conversion. Converters at one of the four butadiene units at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia, where the processing of grain alcohol to butadiene is stored

Conversion. Converters at one of the four butadiene units at the Insti...

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Conversion. Converters at one of the four butadiene units at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia, where the processing of grain alcohol to butadiene is stored

Conversion. Converters at one of the four butadiene units at the Insti...

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A black and white photo of gas tanks. America during Great Depression and World War Two. FSA / OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of gas tanks. America during Great Depression ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More