Kansas Ethanol, LLC stages a live ethanol burn, Friday, October 9, 2009.
The event began as a plan to familiarize local fire departments and other emergency crews on the unique tactics used to fight ethanol fires, but blossomed into one which is now recognized as the first in the country for a private company to give live training for such a diverse number of participants in actual fire situations, and not just what had commonly been known as “pan training,” which featured fires on an extremely small basis, such as in pans.
Instead, the Friday event was conducted with fires in four 27-foot diameter pits, each containing about 600 gallons of ethanol. Each was ignited, and various forms of firefighting were used in the fire-control demonstrations.
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Announcing the Opening of New Ethanol Blender Fuel Station
The first and only ethanol blender and E-85 fuel station in Reno County
has been up and running since January 16, 2009. It is located at
1200 West Fourth Street in Hutchinson, Kansas. We invite you to stop by for a visit!
Kansas Ethanol, LLC, is located in Rice County, Kansas, approximately 3 miles south of Lyons.
For the exact location please
see the location map. Construction began December 2006 and production began in May 2008.
Kansas Ethanol, LLC as designed, will produce 55 million gallons of ethanol each year and will create demand for 19,600,000 bushels of grain each year.
As a co-product of ethanol production, the plant as designed will produce 438,000 tons of wet distillers grains annually, which will be marketed locally to livestock producers for feed.
Kansas Ethanol, LLC has approximately 33 full-time employees with an annual payroll of approximately $1.9 million.
For information on selling corn or milo, contact Kyle Adams. Distillers grain is currently being sold and shipped out. For information on distillers grain, contact Scott Ludwig.
