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Biofuel Fermentation & Distillation Simulator

Interactive biofuel production simulator: watch yeast ferment sugar into bioethanol inside a reactor tank, drive the vapor up a distillation column, and see how feedstock, temperature and enzyme dose change yield and energy balance in real time.

Energy & Thermodynamics3DModerate60 FPS

Biofuel production turns biomass into usable liquid fuel through microbial fermentation and thermal separation. This simulator visualizes a bioethanol plant: a reactor tank where yeast ferments sugar into ethanol and CO₂, and a distillation column that separates the ethanol vapor into a collected product. Switch feedstock between corn, sugarcane and cellulosic biomass, tune fermentation temperature and enzyme dose, and watch how each choice changes fermentation speed, ethanol yield and the crucial energy balance (EROI) that decides whether a biofuel pathway is actually worth running.

⚙ Under the hood

Watch yeast ferment sugar into bioethanol inside a reactor tank, drive the vapor up a distillation column, and see how feedstock choice, temperature and enzyme dose change fermentation speed, yield and energy balance (EROI) in real time.

Three.jsBiofuelBioethanolFermentationRenewable Energy

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install