Based on operation six days per week, annual production would be 70,000 to 75,000 gallons. Quality of Alcohol Design quality is 190 proof at 10 gallons per hour. Proof can be diminished somewhat by decreasing the amount of reflux, giving a corresponding increase in final product rate. There are two types of energy input to the production process, electricity and boiler fuel in the form of propane. The external energy requirements of the plant are presently being met by conventional energy sources.
Electricity is supplied by the local utility and the boiler fuel being used is propane.
Any number of devices that provide the needed electrical and heat energy from-renewable sources may be utilized. The only requirements are that the electricity provided must be compatible with the needs of the electrical equipment used and the heat source must be capable of providing the required number of BTU's at approximately 212 deg F or greater. By carrying out the solid-liquid separation process before fermentation, the processing of all feedstocks is nearly identical from after separation through distillation. The use of any non-grain sugar or starch feedstock would simply involve modification or replacement of some of this apparatus with appropriate equipment. The FSB Energy Fuel Alcohol Plant operates at a remarkably high energy efficiency and yields consistent, high quality products.