JA Energy’s Modular Distillation Unit (MDU) is a sophisticated and fully automated series of tanks, valves, filters, and pumps installed in one or more recycled ocean shipping containers that provides a climate-controlled environment for the production of a steady supply of ethanol.
MDUs will be manufactured by JA Energy for the local production of ethanol. All ethanol is made from sugar. The sugar used for ethanol production is usually in the form of a syrup that has been created by squeezing the juice out of sugar beets, sugar cane, or similar crop. The sugar-rich syrup is mixed with purified water and yeast, then left to ferment for 7 days.
When fermentation is complete, the residual water (known as stillage) and ethanol are separated. As soon as the ethanol is removed from the fermentation tank, another load of sugar syrup, water, and yeast starts the process all over again. Using multiple fermentation tanks allows for a daily harvest of ethanol and stillage. The ethanol can be used to power vehicles and machinery or to run electrical generators for a steady power supply. The stillage is rich in minerals and can be used in hydroponic crop production or to water conventional crops.
The MDU is designed to produce 75,000 gallons of ethanol per year from 95 acres of sugar beets, sugar cane, or a similar crop. These crops will require processing into syrup before they can be turned into ethanol. The reduction of the cane or sugar beet juice to a sugary syrup is all that is necessary to process it into ethanol, but that process requires energy. In some cases electrical power from a regional utility provider can be used. For those without access to the electrical grid, and/or for those who wish to be off the grid, a second 95 acres and MDU may be used to produce the ethanol needed to operate the processing equipment.
A third byproduct of the process is the plant material left over after the sugary juice is removed from the sugar beets or sugar cane. The fibrous residue of the plant can be dried and used as a source of fuel when reducing the juice to syrup.
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