Overview of Farm. The Ethanol From Waste Fruit Demonstration Awards Grant S.A.R.E. Sustainable Agriculture Research Education Grant By: Dan West.

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Overview of Farm

The Ethanol From Waste Fruit Demonstration Awards Grant S.A.R.E. Sustainable Agriculture Research Education Grant By: Dan West

Prototype Still  Our initial Still  Utilizing components gathered from our personal machine shop, other. Typical Fractionating Column Still

Components of Our Fractionating Column Prototype Still  15 gallon S.S. beer keg  3” copper tube  PVC pipe  Glass marbles  4500 watt Water heating element

Parts of the Still

Our Larger Version Fractionating Column Still With A Stripping Column Ethanol From Waste Fruit

Fractionating Column & Stripping Column  Condenser  Fractionating Column  Stripping Column

Fractionating Column & Stripping Column  Copper Tube Coil Within Condenser  Copper Tube Coils For Cooling Fractionating Column

New 500 Gallon Propane Tank

 6” Black Iron Pipe and Flanges

 Water Input & Coil Valves

 Copper Tube Lines For - Water Input - Water Output - Alcohol Output

Direct Expenses Related to Building Distillery  New 500 Gallon Tank $250.  6” Black Iron Pipe & Ftgs. $350.  Copper Lines, Coils & Ftgs. $300.  Gauges, Thermometers & Electrical Components $400.  Welding Supplies $100.  Labor Cost $500. Total $1900.

Alcohol Production From this Still & Production Cost  Projected alcohol Production 4-8 GPH  Electrical Energy Cost Per gallon.65cts

Ethanol From Waste Fruit

Complete Distillation of Ethanol by Solar Concentrating Method SARE Grant # FNC

Prototype Solar Still First Generation

1 st Generation Prototype Solar Concentrator  4’ Fiberglass C- Band Satellite Dish  2” Square Mirrors Epoxied on Dish  2 Tracking Devices  Collector Plate

2 nd Generation Solar Still  Fractionating Column Still Placed at Focal Point of Reflected Sun Rays  Ambient Temperature Condenser “Copper Coil”  Produced 130 proof Alcohol

2 nd Generation Solar Still  Ambient Temp Coil  Reflected Sun Rays

Final Prototype Solar Still  2 Gallon Batch Still  PVC Condenser Tube  Produced 175 proof Alcohol

Solar Collector btu Values  4 ft. Prototype concentrator produces appx 5000 btu  15 ft. concentrator produces appx btu  Theoretically Enough energy to heat up 400 gallons of liquid to 200 degrees in 8 hours.

Components of 15 ft Diameter Solar Concentrator Distillery