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The pictures depict the process of producing ethanol from corn.

Overall, there are 3 primary stages


encompassing 8 smaller steps in the process, beginning with the growing and storing of corns,
followed by the transformation of them to ethanol in a factory, and ending with the transportation of
ethanol to gas station. Most importantly, to ensure the successful transformation of corn, a natural
product, to ethanol, a biofuel, complex specialised technology are used successively along with water
as a catalyst. Also, the fermenting step is the most prolonged one in the process.

Firstly, the corns are grown, collected and stored in a warehouse, ready for processing in the factory.
Here, the corns are initially crushed in a mill and then drop on a conveyer belt in a row. Next, the
milled corns and water are blended and cooked for 4 hours in machinery consisting of interconnected
large and small metal drums. Afterward, the mixture undergoes fermentation for 48 hours in the
same machine, followed by the separation of solid by-product from the liquid which are then purified
in a place with other machines for 5 hours to become ethanol. Finally, the process culminates with
the delivery of ethanol to gas stations for sale.

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