Do you have a plan for 2020 Harvest? We have a complete state of the art 100 lb/hr portable ethanol extraction system available that can be at your site in as little as a week. We built this for a customer in 2019 who has decided to retire for health reasons. The system has very little run time and is in excellent condition. When paired with a generator and propane tank, this unit could be operated as a fully mobile extraction lab! The system was designed and built in the United States, using name brand equipment, no off-shore garbage. It is currently set up as batch extractors using dry ice for cooling, but could be easily and inexpensively retrofitted for using other cooling methods. You will not find a better quality, better integrated system anywhere.
–SYSTEM SPECS–
Throughput: 100 lbs/hr (10% moisture biomass) – 2200 lbs per day run 24 hrs
Extraction type: Two stage counter-current cold (-40 C) or room temperature ethanol
Extractor Type: Parallel Batch Type Extractors (can be upgraded to basket centrifuge for additional cost)
Solvent Recovery: Continuous flow falling film evaporator
Solvent usage: 95%+ recovery of solvent used
Decarboxylation: Twin parallel stainless steel decarb reactors
Winterization: Built in if operating on cold (-40 C) ethanol
–ADVANTAGES–
No hazardous occupancy building required
Single point power, water, gas connections
Vastly simpler permitting
Comes completely assembled in 40′ High cube shipping container
Extraction area designed to NFPA Class 1, Div 2, Group D requirements
All hard piped, no manual transfer of liquids between steps
No glassware / rotovaps to clean or break
All pumped transfers, no pressurized solvent containers
Can be run by two operators
Can be chilled with dry ice, liquid nitrogen, or refrigerant chiller (optional)
Includes all process utilities (control panels, boiler, cooling tower, vacuum system, etc)
Designed for rapid startup / shutdown
Can be run single shift and add shifts to increase production
Detailed Equipment Information
Extraction System – 100 lb/hr
Dual batch type extractors with dedicated transfer / circulating pumps consisting of:
Extraction Tanks (2) – 75 gallon (50 lb batch) with insulation jackets
Transfer Pumps (2) – Low temperature (-90 F) XPFC positive displacement gear pumps
Solvent Re-Cooling Tanks (2) – 75 gallon 304SS with insulation jackets
Two stage filtration system – Bag filter / sanitary cartridge filter to 1 micron
Piping – All piping in 304SS Sanitary tube with PTFE gaskets
Intrinsically safe controls
Solvent Recovery System – 100 gal/hr
Falling film evaporator – 100 gal/hr capacity consisting of:
- Evaporator Feed Tank – 75 gal 304SS
- Tube in tube economizing heat exchangers (drastically reduces cooling needs!)
- Feed pump – XPFC 316SS gear type
- 304SS falling film tube bundle with feed distributor
- Concentrate Tank/Flash Separator – 10 gal 304SS Sanitary
- Condenser set – 304SS Plate type
- Distillate tank – 5 gal 304SS Sanitary
- Distillate pump – XPFC 316SS Gear type
- Concentrate pump – XPFC 316SS Gear type
- Mounting frame – 304SS 2×2 Tube
- Liquid ring vacuum pump and flash separator
- Intrinsically safe controls
Decarboxylation System
Parallel batch type Decarboxylation/finishing reactors consisting of:
- Reactor Vessels (2) – 10 gal Volume, 304SS Sanitary Construction, jacketed bottom head
- Agitators (2) – High torque dual blade, XPFC motor, mechanical seal for 15 psig/FV
- Heaters – XPFC Electric heating jackets
- Mounted in frame to transfer finished extract directly buckets/totes
Utilities / Controls
Heating and cooling utilities sized for system at full operation
- Boiler – Hot water boiler, 500k BTU, Propane or Natural Gas fired
- Cooling Tower – 30 Ton evaporative cooling tower with circulating pump
- Motor Controls – Nema 12 panel with Motor starters /VFDs with overload protection
- Process Controls – Intriniscally safe control panel for all field mounted equipment
- Gas Detection – Combustible gas detectors and alarm system
Container Mounting System
- 40′ High Cube one trip container
- Epoxy coated floor and walls in extraction area
- Dual Class 1, Div 1 Exhaust Fans in extraction area
- Class 1, Div 1 rated LED Lighting
- All wiring in Extraction Area Class 1 Div 1 or Class 1 Div 2
- Steel vapor proof barrier wall between extraction area and Utility Room
