SHENANDOAH AG PRODUCTS

We've been working in West Virginia for months building an entire Full Circle System for Shenandoah Ag Products. We started the build with a modular bio-diesel production facility and have moved onto building out the modular crushing facility.

The whole idea behind the Full Circle Food Oil is to build production facilities in regions all over the United States. The carbon footprint of our All Natural Oils is far lower than mass marketed oils. We don't ship oil long distances to supply other areas. We will however send out samples in order to get others on board with setting up a system in their area.

SMALL SCALE CRUSHING FACILITY

Our original mission before we started into food oil was to produce quality virgin oil for biodiesel production. We started by building small scale crushing facilities for area farms. As you can see in the above picture, that system is a two head single press system used to produce oil to offset fuel costs.

We can evaluate available land for growing crops and certain oil seeds. Depending on how much biodiesel you want to produce from your land, we can scale out by acres how much you would need in order to sustain or offset fuel. Farmers have had a lot of success with creating their own fuel. The amount of time needed to produce their fuel is minimal and well worth the time to grow crops and produce biodiesel.


Details: Two-head single German press system with 5 ton storage bin and short run storage.

SELF CONTAINED BIODIESEL REACTOR

Just like many other people out there experimenting with biodiesel we too at one time had a very unsafe setup. Many people do not realize the danger behind reacting used food oil into biodiesel. Aside form the caustic chemicals involved, there is quite a danger of an explosion in the reacting vessel given the volatility of methanol. That's right, pure alcohol. If your not working in an environment with all explosion proof motors, switches and actuators, your asking for trouble. Many people don't realize this danger as we have seen first hand.

We've taught a lot of people how to make homebrewed biodiesel in their garages. There is such a sense of empowerment when your making your own fuel. Problem is, many of these backyard laboratories are not safe at all. We once witnessed a guy pumping the methanol into the reactor with an electric fuel pump and exposed car battery. We sort of hid behind the garage wall while brainiac performed his duty.

Anyway, above is a picture of one of our first biodiesel reactors. The entire system was built in the cargo trailer using all explosion proof equipment. To take things a step further the entire process was controlled from another building 30 feet away. These are the processors that we build for other companies and those interested in being involved in mid-scale biodiesel production.


Details: 600 gallon bio-diesel processing system with off-site controls.