Prairie Horizon Agri Energy

Prairie Horizon Agri Energy

• Located in Phillipsburg Kansas – North Central Ks

• Nameplate 40 million gallon plant

• We grind Milo and Corn

• Began operations in 2006

• Paid off in 2013

Innovation Drives Opportunities

• Early in the process we looked at the basic changeso Yeast Trials

o Enzyme Trials

o Process Changes and procedural changes

o Textbook Changes

• New Vendors brought different ideas to try

• We looked at a lot of different ideas

• Our goal was to define “Bio-Refinery” and no longer

be an ethanol plant

Trial and More Trials• Over time we got comfortable with existing

traditional changes and got good at it

• Other Companies began to bring there ideas to the

table for trials, and from this we learned a lot

• The Trick - Keep good records of the trials, you do

your own analysis of the results, and confirm

weather or not you agree with Vendor Results

• We felt learning to Trust our own Data was a key

What Worked for PHAE• Switched to an enzyme that allowed us to STOP

using NH3

• Use Scientek Technology to enhance Enzyme

activity

• Installed a WB Services “Precondenser” to remove

alcohols out of the CO2 before the scrubber

• De-superheat Evaporator 4 ethanol vapors

• Reconfigured Heat Exchangers

• Have the ICM Corn Oil separation

• Installed the ICM SMT system

Renewable Diesel

Green Energy PartnersSedgwick Kansas

Green Energy Partners

Green Energy Partners

Why Renewable Diesel• Knowledge of the Design Builder WB Services

• First plant was to be built (now completed) in

Sedgwick Kansas – Green Energy Partners

• Produces 3 million gallons of Renewable Diesel/Yr.

• Use Plant One to prove technologyo Prove by Third Party Analysis we are making Diesel Fuel

o Prove the pathway for EPA

o The technology works (makes financing easier if technology proven)

• Give us another avenue for our Corn Oil

• Advanced Fuel

• Easily Expanded

Expected Returns• For every 100 gallons of corn oil processed:

• Produce 90 Gallons of Diesel Fuel (Renewable)

• Produce 8-9 Gallons of Other Fuels

• Remaining Gallons are Water

• Other Fuels are Low BTU propane and Naphtha

which will be used in the existing Ethanol Plant

• No Waste – Excess Steam produced goes back to

existing plant

• Exothermic Reaction – Generates Heat

Financial Return• Price of Renewable Diesel will price with Heating Oil

plus value of D4 Rin

• Our Performa shows a payout in 3-5 years

depending on market conditions as always

• Create 9 new jobs for the area Day 1

Conclusion• There are just a lot of neat ideas out there

• Always a better mouse trap

• Prairie Horizon decided to go the Bio Refinery

direction

• Currently we are working on ways to reduce distillers

grain production and use that material for other

higher margin opportunities.