A bio production facility that is ready for your ideas.
- 1 1,000,000 liter fermenter with sterilization capabilities on the vessel and all inputs
- 2 Laboratory
- 3 Distillation Building
- 4 Two 30,000 gallon fermenters
- 5 One 5,000 gallon fermenter
- 6 Corn receiving & feed load-out
- 7 Empty building for innovation ideas
- 8 750,000 bushel unit corn storage
- 9 Ethanol storage
Agri Energy LLC
502 S. Walnut Avenue
Luverne, MN 56156
Agri-Energy is a facility that provides opportunities to demonstrate new technologies of interest to the bio-based products industry. This 25 acre facility in southwest Minnesota is home to a functioning ethanol plant and some of the newest speciality bio-production equipment on the market.
Site Features
Working alongside a modest-size functioning ethanol plant gives you the unique advantage of having access to byproduct, access to feedstock and local markets, and the ability to test in various live environments.
- Low corn basis, 750,000 bu storage
- 100% green electricity fed to plant
- Rail, truck load out systems
- Ability to discharge water city municipal WWTP
- Active permits in place
- Security fencing
Equipment
Coupling the latest and greatest bio-production equipment with our experience with new innovations creates a site that can be ideal for demonstrating new technologies.
- Three 265,000 gallon fermenters with CIP capability
- One 250,000 gal. fermenter with 14.9 psig; SIP, CIP & pH control, micro aeration
- Two 32,000 gal. fermenters with full vacuum to 40 psig; SIP, CIP & pH control, micro aeration
- One 5,000 gal. fermenter 40 psig, SIP, CIP & pH control, micro aeration
- One 10,000 gal. fermenter with CIP
- Misc. pumps, tanks and heat exhangers
- Mash/stillage sterlization system — High Temperature Short Time (HTST)
- Ethanol distillation system (3 columns)
- Molecular sieves — 3 bottles
- Small distillation system (3 columns) rated for full vacuum to 40 PSIG
- 3 cell cooling tower (One cell added since 2010)
- Oil recovery system
- New Alfa Laval centrifuge for stilllage solids seperation
- One spare hammermill – 50,000 lbs/hr
- Eisenmann 6x6 RTO
- Walk-In cooler
- Two 1500 hp boilers rated for 150 psig
- RO water treatement system
Production Facility
Integrating with and developing alongside our production facility gives you several unique advantages when developing your new technologies.
Commercial Facility with Development & Demonstration Capabilities
- 20 mgpy Ethanol production capability
- Multiple fermenters of 5,000, 10,000, 30,000, and 265,000 gal sizes
- Many distillation columns and tanks besides the ethanol train
- 100% green electricity connected to plant
- Plant has been operated in 'side-by-side' mode, fermenting two different products in separate trains
- Complete on-site lab capabilities
Low Cost Feedstock & Local Feed Markets
- Corn basis has ranged from ($0.20) to ($0.50)/bu. Received in trucks direct from farmers and elevators
- Feed sold locally via trucks or rail; Products shipped via rail and trucks
- Net of feed value, glucose cost in corn mash typically ~$0.05-$0.07/lb