Distillation and Refining technology

Alcohol that would otherwise be vented into the atmosphere or would require effluent treatment facilities can be recovered though a total turnkey design and system. This system both collects and refines waste beer through continuous multi-column distillation. The recovered alcohol can either be returned to the fermentation process for additional beer production or marketed as distilled neutral alcohol for blending with beverage spirits. By combining the alcohol recovery process with Immobilized Yeast, Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation Technology, total alcohol production can be increased. Either a total turnkey system or simply Technology Transfer can be provided, from detailed process and equipment design to capably managing a total capital project with an independent project management team.

Benefits of this process are: the recovery of product to provide higher plant yield, increased revenues and reduced effluent treatment and disposal costs.

An example of implementation of this Alcohol Recovery is the Royal Recycling facility that recovers alcohol from waste beer and Coca Cola. To view this installation click here

Simultaneous saccharification, fermentation, and distillation technology for the conversion of biomass to refined ethanol