You could do that. The metallic Potassium would react quicker (and
safely) though you are right to avoid the metallic sodium. The other
advantage of the metallic potassium is that it will react with the water
as well as the alcohol. The end result is a mixture of KOH and
CH3CH2OK. The
Why not set up a waste heat exchanger. That would allow you to
recapture some of the heat needed for distillation to heat the next
batch.
mtushmoo wrote:
Remember, Boiling requires heat to make it happen, even if it is
occuring in a vacumn. The vacumn making the ethanol boil will absorb
You could use a Carbon dioxide scrubber to remove the CO2 and then still
be able to use a vacuum for distillation.
The House of Jade wrote:
Well, you are now talking about vacuum fermentation for which there
is a
patented process. Stripping off ethanol as it is produced solves one
problem
