Fluid Quip Technologies (FQT) announces the expanded deployment of the patented Low Energy Distillation™ (LED™) system at United Ethanol in Milton, Wisconsin.

The LED™ system, is a next-generation distillation platform designed to reduce steam usage, eliminate unnecessary phase changes, lower water consumption, and support continuous, reliable operation. By removing direct-inject steam from the distillation process and incorporating advanced heat integration, LED™ can significantly reduce energy usage, helping producers lower operating costs and improve carbon intensity (CI) scores.

The LED™ platform integrates technology developed over a multi-year collaboration between Fluid Quip Technologies and RCM Thermal Kinetics, combining FQT’s system integration expertise with RCM’s advanced Distillation, Dehydration and Evaporation (DDE) process design and intellectual property. The underlying architecture rethinks conventional ethanol distillation by tightly integrating heat recovery, allowing plants to achieve significant energy reductions.