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Our associates have a combined 30 years experience designing and building renewable energy systems. We are a primary designer and builder of ethanol plants. We also design and build individual components such as distilling towers, molecular sieves and co2 scrubber systems.
Make Ethanol

Ethanol: Fuel ethanol is nothing more than whiskey or good ole moonshine.

Therefore, if you intend to make it, you must get an alcohol fuel producers permit from the government.

The permit is easy to fill out. It is only 5 pages and will keep the revenuers happy.

>> Click Here! To download the permit.

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Some relevant data:

  • 1 gallon [US, liquid] = 3.7854118 liter; 80 liters = 21.1 gallons
  • Energy content of 1 gallon of ethanol equals 77,000 BTU
  • Weight of 1 gallon of ethanol equals 6.59 lbs

  • Sugar related data for Brazil: http://www.parc.gov.pk/sugar.html
  • t/h of cane 68.4 % sugar recovery 14.5 t/h of sugar 9.91
  • 0.145 ton-sugar/ton-cane = 290 lb-sugar/t-cane

  • Reaction of sugar to ethanol requires 12.4 lb-sugar/gal-ethanol
  • 290/12.4 = 23.4 gallons; yield then 90.2%

  • Ethanol energy content from 1 ton-short = 1,620,000 BTU

  • Ethanol energy content for 300 ton-long = 330 ton-long equals = 0.535 billion BTU

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    We Don't Need Gasoline, Never Did

    Facts: Scientific and historical about gasoline and alcohol

  • 1. The original automobiles ran on alcohol because when they were invented gasoline was not available.

  • 2. Rockefeller spent $4 million (that we know of) to promote Prohibition, a ban on alcohol manufacturing in the US that started in 1919 just as the car industry was taking off.

  • 3. When Prohibition was lifted in 1933, gasoline stations were ubiquitous and most engines ran on gasoline only.

  • 4. Alcohol can be manufactured locally and on a community level from renewable plant material for $1 per gallon.

  • 5. The growing of plant material for alcohol would have no effect on the price of food.

  • 6. The growing of plants for fuel would more than neutralize the carbon created by burning alcohol for fuel.

  • 7. In Brazil, over 50% of new cars sold can already run on 100% alcohol.

  • 8. Producing alcohol from plant material is incredibly energy efficient.

  • 9. The oil companies aggressively promote garbage science to deceive the public into believing that alcohol fuels: a) will cause starvation, b) are uneconomical, and c) are net polluters.

  • 10. Gasoline is a high toxic material.

  • 11. It is entirely unneeded to fuel our cars.

  • 12. Oil companies like Chevron have pressured PBS, commercial TV networks and other news media to keep this basic information from the public for decades - and the censorship continues to this day.

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    We specialize in designing and building small to medium size ethanol stills and continuous flow vapor phase ethanol molecular sieves using 3A ethanol grade zeolite.

    We can provide individual components or design and build a complete turnkey plant such as the one pictured above.

    Below is our vapor phase continuous flow ethanol molecular sieve. It has 2 cylinders of 3A ethanol grade zeolite. All of our sieves are supplied with this ethanol grade of 3 Angstrom zeolite.

    Here is front right view of molecular sieve (below).

    Here is front view of molecular sieve (below).

    Here is another front view of molecular sieve (below).

    Here is rear view of molecular sieve (below).

    Our Ethanol Lab (below)

    Pictures Building This 6 Million Gallon Still In Our Shop And Onsite

    Click on the links below to view this still under construction.

    >>> 32 Inch Column with tray and downcomer

    >>> Inside The 32 Inch Column

    >>> Top Of 26 Foot Tall Still

    >>> 32 Inch Column with tray

    >>> Laser Cut Trays

    >>> 12 Inch still connecting pipes

    >>> Trays And Pipes

    >>> 46 Thousand Gallon Fermenting Tanks, Boiler And Control Room

    >>> Building Ethanol Plant Control Room

    >>> 22 Thousand Gallon 200 Proof Tanks

    >>> More Ethanol Fermentors

    >>> CO2 Scrubber

    >>> Elephant Stools Inside Tank Bottoms Of Ethanol Molecular Sieve

    >>> Building Manways On Top Of Fermentors

    >>> Boiler And Control Room

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    Make Ethanol Fuel

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    You can make your own ethanol fuel with our high tech ethanol still.

    Contrary to popular belief, the reflux column was not invented by Robert Warren. It has been around for decades. It employs a column fitted with internal packing to provide a large surface area inside. This allows the distillate vapors from a boiler to rise up the column towards the top, where the vapors are then condensed. This condensed liquid is then allowed to run back down through the rising vapors. As the condensed liquid cascades back down through the packing it becomes enriched by the rising vapors in the column. As the descending liquid passes down the column, a point is reached where the temperature becomes hot enough that the liquid boils again. This process is called a reflux cycle.

    As this cycle continues, the mixture inside the tower is re-distilled many times. The reflux column can be used with either continuous or batch distillation operations, and it can be scaled up or down to meet either industrial or home distillation needs.

    Alcohol is an amazing thing: it gives us pleasure, relieves pain, can be used as medicine, and has many commercial uses, including automotive fuel.

    You can ferment any starchy or sugary foods or waste products into a mash that you can distill into 190 proof alcohol.

    Alcohol is the waste product from yeast. Yeast is a living organism that causes fermentation. Very simply - yeast takes in sugar and gives off alcohol.

    To produce alcohol (ethanol) these things happen:

    Make a mash. The mash is a combination of mixing together exact proportions of water, yeast and grains or sugars.

    Then the mash, through the fermentation process, makes a beer or wine solution.

    Then the beer or wine is run through a still (distilling device) removing the alcohol out of the beer.

    This still design is capable of making high percentage alcohol which requires less dehydration before being used as a fuel.

    The ethanol stills job is to remove water vapor and send it out the bottom of the still and send high proof alcohol out the other end for drinking or fuel use.

    This still design is the result of a series of tests and design modifications to achieve the most efficient 3 inch distilling device ever built. It is simple and very efficient. None of the flaws of the Charles 803 are present in this ethanol still.

    Looking at the picture to your right you can see one of the many improvements we made to the c-803. We bring the cooling lines out through the bell fittings for a much more secure and easier to use fitting. Doesn't leak or come loose like on the c-803 and much easier to assemble.

    We will furnish you with a complete ready to run still, or you can get the parts yourself and simply use our plans.

    One of the best attributes of these plans is that you can expand them proportionately to build a larger still if you so desire. You aren't necessarily limited to small scale production.

    Get the 3 inch still with all hookup hoses to attach to a 55 gallon drum, the temperature control valve, temperature guage and installation manual.

    Get it all for only $1295.00. Plus $120 shipping.

    If you don't want to use a credit card Email Us and get a quick response about other purchase options: contactus48@gmail.com

    As you can see below ... We know how to build stills!

    We currently are a couple of stills ahead so they are available for immediate shipping.

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    Get 5 pages of blue prints and a DVD!

    building a moonshine still

    "How To Build The 3 Inch Still" Only $69.50. Plus $7 packing and shipping.

    Very nice professional DVD with complete building instructions from start to finish in a 4 part movie on DVD.

    These are absolutely by far the best documented and easy to follow plans available.

    Filmed by a master still builder.

    Illustrates how to get all parts perfectly aligned and proper soldering and constuction techniques.

    To Order Still Plans And DVD Click Button Below...

    >>> Click Here To View A Sample Of One Of The Prints

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    Charles 803 Hose Kit

    All the fittings and hoses you need to connect your still to the water lines, outputs and 55 gallon drum.

    Includes 55 gallon drum fittings and brass pop-off safety valve.

    Only $129 includes free shipping within U.S.

    To Order The Hose Kit Click Button Below...

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    Vacuum Still Plans:

    Operates at much lower temperature.

    Get 4 large pages (22 inch X 32 inch pages) of blue prints including parts list. "How To Build a vacuum Still" Only $69.50. Plus $9 packing and shipping.(shipped priority mail)

    To Order Vacuum Still Plans Click Button Below...

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    Continuous Flow Still Plans:

    Get 4 large pages (22 inch X 32 inch pages) of blue prints including parts list. "How To Build a continuous flow Still with hot oil heater " Only $69.50. Plus $9 packing and shipping.(shipped priority mail)

    To Order Continuous Flow Still Plans Click Button Below...

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    Bellwether Alcohol, Tralle & Proof Scales Hydrometer

  • 0.0 to 100.0% Tralle (Subdivision1.0%, Tolerance ±1.0%)
  • 0.0 to 200.0% Proof (Subdivision 2.0%, Tolerance ±2.0%)
  • Length: 295 mm (11.6in)

    THIS HYDROMETER IS FOR FINISHED PRODUCT PROOF

    Get this ethanol hydrometer for only $19.95 plus $9 shipping.

    To purchase this item click on link below...

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    Bellwether Alcohol, Hydrometer Alcohol Ethanol MASH 0 -20% alcohol

  • Bellwether Alcohol, Proof Scales Hydrometer
  • Internal Revenue Specifications Size F
  • 0.0 to 20.0% (Subdivision 0.2%, Tolerance 0.3%)
  • Length: 310 mm (12.2in)

    THIS IS FOR YOUR BEER OR MASH. 0 to 40 proof

    Get this ethanol hydrometer for only $39.95 plus $9 shipping.

    To purchase this item click on link below...

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    Penn V-41-AA, Automatic temperature control valve $390 plus $12 packing and shipping.

    To purchase this item click on link below...

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    We also can supply you with the hard to find 2 and 3 inch copper pieces. Includes end caps, reducers and couplers.

    Get the hard to find copper parts! Only $425 plus $35 packing and shipping.

    To purchase this click on link below...

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    Temperature guage $69 plus $9 packing and shipping.

    To purchase this item click on link below...

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    zeolite molecular sieve

  • Zeolite is a molecular sieve that is used to dry out alcohol, specifically for ethanol fuel production.

  • 3A zeolites possess selective micropores whereon, due to the small size of their pores, the water molecules are adsorbed while the ethanol molecules are excluded.

  • You need zeolite to finish removing the water from the ethanol that comes out of the still. The best any still can produce is 190 proof (95% ethanol and 5% water). The remaining 5% to 10% of water needs to be removed to make the ethanol ok to mix with gasoline.

  • With zeolite, which is called a molecular sieve, you strain out the water at the molecular level.

  • Zeolite is very absorbent. You put the zeolite in a bucket, then add the ethanol in the bucket, and the zeolite absorbs the water from the ethanol. You can also use a large funnel with a screen on the bottom. Zeolite can hold about 22% of its weight in water (i.e. 1 lb of zeolite absorbs .22lb of water).

  • Zeolite is reusable, Zeolite can be reactivated by thermal heating or vacuum desorption. Then you can reuse it again and again. Just don't dry it in your kitchen oven (or anywhere else in your house). We just heard of a guy doing this and he no longer has an oven door.

  • Our zeolite is type 3a. It is the small mesh size so that it absorbs the water quicker.

  • For each 10 gallons of ethanol to dry, you will need 22 pounds of Zeolite.

  • Available in 6 pound buckets for $43.50 (Price includes shipping on 6 pound) or a 25 pound bucket for $149.00 (Price includes shipping on 25 pound).

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    Wow!! We have assembled an amazing amount of knowledge and information in several out of print books. Now In PDF format.

    Here are the books you can download right now:

  • Book #1 - ALCOHOL - Its Production, Properties, Chemistry, and Industrial Applications
    WITH CHAPTERS ON METHYL ALCOHOL, FUSEL OIL, AND 'SPIRITUOUS BEVERAGES BY CHARLES SIMMONDS, B.Sc.
    Analyst in the Government Laboratory, London 1919

  • Book #2 - A Practical Handbook On The Distillation Of Alcohol From Farm Products
    Including the processes of malting; mashing and mascerating; fermenting and distilling alcohol rom grain, beets, potatoes, mollasses, etc. 1907

  • Book #3 - BIOCONVERSION OF MSW PAPER TO FUEL ETHANOL: A WASTE REDUCTION REPORT OCTOBER 1993

  • Book #4 - BIOLOGICAL DELIGNIFICATION OF WOOD AND STRAW FOR ETHANOL PR0DUCTI0N via SOLID STATE CULTURE NOVEMBER 1989

  • Book #5 - CARBURETING AND COMBUSTION IN ALCOHOL ENGINES 1907

  • Book #6 - CELLULOSE, CELLULOSE PRODUCTS, AND ARTIFICIAL RUBBER, COMPRISING THE PREPARATION OF CELLULOSE FROM WOOD AND STRAW ; MANUFACTURE OF PARCHMENT ; METHODS OF OBTAINING SUGAR AND ALCOHOL, AND OXALIC ACID ; PRODUCTION OF VISCOSE AND VTSCOID, NITKO-CKLLULO8D, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS, ARTIFICIAL SILK, CELLULOID, RUBBER SUBSTITUTES, OIL-RUBBER, AND FACTIS. 1903

  • Book #7 - CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A PORTABLE STILL TO PROCESS AGRICULTURAL CULLS FOR FUEL GRADE ETHANOL (Prints Poor Quality)

  • Book #8 - FOODS AND FOOD ADULTERANTS. PART THIRD: FERMENTED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, MALT LIQUORS, WINE, AND CIDER.

  • Book #9 - Industrial Alcohol Its Manufacture and Uses
    Comprising RAW MATERIALS, MALTING, MASHING AND YEAST PREPARATION, FERMENTATION, DISTILLATION, RECTIFICATION AND PURIFICATION OF ALCOHOL, ALCOHOLOMETRY, THE VALUE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF A TAX-FREE ALCOHOL, METHODS OF DENATURING, ITS UTILIZATION FOR LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER PRODUCTION, A STATISTICAL REVIEW, AND THE UNITED STATES LAW 1907

  • Book #10 - The Nutritional Value of Grain Alcohol Fermentation By-Products for Beef Cattle 1984

    To Get This Amazing Collection Of Out Of Print Books Now In Electronic PDF Format. Click Button Below To Purchase.

    These books are free... You can download any or all of these documents. We do have a one time charge of $19.75 for the use of our servers to help cover hosting costs since many of these manuals require a lot of memory. Upon payment you will be forwarded to the download page.

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    You can download any or all of these documents. We do have a one time charge of $9.75 to help cover hosting costs since many of these manuals require a lot of memory. Upon payment you will be forwarded to the download page.

    To Order All Of The Ebooks Click Button Below To Purchase...

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    If you want commercial size we can do that too. We have built large scale ethanol and biodiesel plants.

    Pictured below is a 6 million gallon per year distillery that we recently completed. Center are the 3 columns. To the right is the vapor swing molecular sieve. To the left is a beer degas column. In the background are the fermenting tanks.

    We offer consulting services for ethanol production. Our group of engineers are the best energy consultants available. We have all been involved in the design, project management and construction of bio fuel projects from small scale to millions of gallons.

    For ethanol consulting services please email.

    Email Us: for a quick response contactus48@gmail.com

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