INFRASTRUCTURE: HOME ETHANOL PRODUCTION AND REFUELING DEVICE COMING

摘要

By the end of 2008, E-Fuel Corporation will start delivering the world's first portable ethanol micro-refinery system for home use. It can make ethanol and pump it directly into vehicles. All that's required is sugar, yeast, water, and 110-220 AC power. The MicroFueler starts with sugar that's mixed with a special EFuel100-EM yeast mixture and water in the MicroFueler to begin microbial fermentation. After fermentation, the ethanol mix is transferred to the distillation system where it is vaporized to remove water. Then it's processed through a membrane system for final conversion into ethanol. The company says its membrane technology allows ethanol to be produced on a much smaller scale. It also replaces dangerous combustion heating elements used in commercial ethanol plants, making the MicroFueler process a much safer way to produce ethanol.