Modification of the Cooling and Control System of BAERC Bio Ethanol Micro Distillery

Modifying the cooling and control system for a BAERC Bio Ethanol Micro Distillery can significantly improve efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and enhance overall system reliability. The cooling and control systems are crucial in optimizing the distillation process, which involves controlling temperature and heat exchange during fermentation and distillation. The improved and tested batch system micro distillery-based ethanol production from molasses was successfully operated by firewood and produced ethanol at the alcoholic levels of 60-93%. Though the system was not operated at its full capacity, it made 10 to 12 liters from 80 to 100 liters of the substrate with various sources and brix. The average boiling point of the substrate takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes, on average, to reach the boiling point of ethanol when a wood fuel gasifier stove is used as a heat source. The micro-distillery paved the way for small-scale ethanol production from molasses and to produce clean-burning ethanol, mainly for household cook stoves. So that individual Farmers’ Youth and Women micro-enterprises can use it and make income from the technology. Additionally, if a scaled-up micro-distillery is established in a village, individual farmers can be the supply of input and make additional income out of it.