Whitefox to supply Pacific Ethanol’s Madera plant with membrane system

In the UK, Whitefox announced it has signed an agreement with California based Pacific Ethanol, Inc. for the delivery of an industrial scale membrane system. The objective is to reduce the consumption of water, energy and emissions in the production of ethanol while increasing product output.

According to the agreement, Whitefox will deliver a stand-alone, container based, membrane system that will be deployed at Pacific Ethanol’s Madera plant in California. The Whitefox system is scheduled for delivery this month with commissioning and start-up in June.

The membrane unit will be used to assess the impact of treating certain side streams in the ethanol production process and optimise the design of a membrane solution to remove bottlenecks and improve ethanol production efficiency at the Madera plant.