Model Number: 900:BioET

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What is Bioethanol?
Bioethanol is a renewable fuel made from biological materials like plants, algae, and food waste. It can be used as an alternative to fossil fuels like petrol in cars, to generate electricity, or to heat homes. 

Our Trainer:
The DarbyTech Bioethanol Process Trainer is a pilot-scale plant that demonstrates batch fermentation and continuous distillation of a suitable feedstock into fuel-grade ethanol (in this case, white sugar). The produced ethanol is denatured by a process that renders it unsuitable for human consumption as per any local regulations regarding Completely Denatured Alcohol.

​This trainer is available as a basic model for chemical conversion using a refined sugar feedstock solution and ethanol separation by an integrated binary distillation system.
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Equipment Specification and Process Highlights:

• Approximately 5 litres of produced ethanol per 50 litres of batch fermentation (using refined sugar feedstock)
• Two visual inspection ports in the SS primary fermentation vessel with electric heat for fermentation temperature control
• Clean in place (CIP) of fermentation vessels
• 3” Diameter glass distillation column (with SS random packing)
• Translucent storage vessels
• Electric process heaters and distillation reboiler
• Molecular sieve dehydration models the process but does not actually make fuel-grade products. (sieve regeneration not included)

DarbyTech BioEthanol Process Trainer - Clean Energy Trainer