WHITEFOX ICE PLUS
Membrane solution with high energy savings, high capacity increase and a pathway to Net Zero.
Whitefox ICE® PLUS is proprietary membrane dehydration solution designed to optimise distillation, rebalance evaporation and shift a portion of MSU dehydration to membranes.
It is designed to reduce Natural Gas consumption of a conventional ethanol plant by up to 30%, and increase plant capacity by between 25% and 50%.
THE CHALLENGE
- Molecular Sieve (MSU) Dehydration is a Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) technology commonly used in ethanol production
- MSU regenerate streams are recycled to distillation increasing load and energy consumption in the columns
- Operation is cyclical with a variety of recycle streams, creating bottlenecks in Distillation, Dehydration & Evaporation (DD&E)
- SA stresses MSU equipment which leads to increased operational and maintenance costs
- MSU dehydration is energy intensive as 184–190 Proof is required as the MSU feed
THE WHITEFOX SOLUTION
ICE PLUS is a proprietary membrane dehydration solution designed to optimise distillation, rebalances evaporation and shifts a portion of MSU dehydration to membranes.
- Designed to reduce Natural Gas consumption of a conventional ethanol plant by up to 30% and increase plant capacity by between 25% and 50%
Can be upgraded to Whitefox ICE® XL which fully replaces existing MSU in existing plants
Provides a pathway to Net Zero carbon emissions
The Benefits
- 25-50% beer stripping capacity increase
- 50% rectification capacity increase
- De-loading of molecular sieves with parallel Whitefox membrane dehydration: >25% dehydration capacity
- Natural Gas savings of up to 30%
- Reduction in Carbon Intensity (CI) score by up to 5 points
- Maintain maximum production rates during summer months
- Increases production capacity by up to 30%
- Pathway to Whitefox ICE XL for Net Zero carbon
Whitefox membrane technology provides the following benefits
Capacity increase up to 25%
Diversify to lower moisture for export
Energy saving up to 12%
Cooling Water reduction up to 15%
Reduction in operational and maintenance cost
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