Thanks for your letter. I'm still trying to find the right size design for what I have in mind. Maybe I've been thinking to small as to still size. I have a 1993 corvette, a 2000 Isuzu Rodeo, a 1972 chevy chevelle, a mitsubishi mirage, a riding lawn mower and a push mower. I'm paying US $29.00 every 10 days for the corvette gasoline(petrol?), the chevelle eats gas likes crazy, the rodeo and the mitsubishi aren't to bad but still use fuel. (we have a big family) I would like to make enough ethanol to run the family fleet but have no idea how large to make my still. Any hints would be greatly appreciated as I know you are getting into the still business. If there is someone who has good plans for the size still I need please let me know. Thanks to all, Ron Miller ----- Original Message ----- From: David Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 3:27 PM Subject: Re: Distilling fuel ethanol - was Re: [biofuel] Tallow
> Hi Ron, Keith, Steve, Aleks, et al, > At present I believe I > have solved a number of problems associated with small fuel ethanol stills, > and was about to bring a range of small stills out at the start of the year, > after spending the previous 18 months working almost full time on them in > between caring for my mother. I was hoping that these small stills would > help pay for further developments to get some of the slightly bigger still > experimental work finished and to a useable stage but have got somewhat > diverted with these by-pass oil and fuel filters which I see as a worthwhile > venture in their own right, whose use I would most definitely like to see > spread and become commonplace, and with trying to solve the distillation and > purification of glycerine, a by-product which widespread production and > purification to a reasonably high level would certainly help with the > manufacture and cost of biodiesel. Unfortunately the envolvement with the > by-pass filters has meant I need to concentrate on that at this stage as it > is taking every penny I have to keep it going with the result that work on > the stills has come to a grinding halt in the meantime. At present I could > get back and shortly intend to get back on to the production of stills but > really need about $20,000 to $30,000 to get them up and running. If there is > someone out there who is prepared to put up that sort of money in return for > a reasonable return on their money I am prepared to get back onto them but > in the meantime I need to pursue the course I have adopted. At this stage I > have thrown a lot of money at both projects although far more at the still > one and would eventually like to see a return on my money while at the same > time seeing these benefit people. Having spent the last 11 1/2 years of my > life looking after my folks I dont want to be in the same boat when it comes > to my old age. The plans are therefore not for sale but I hope it will not > be long before I get stills to market. > Ron if you are getting involved with ethanol production I would advise you > against involvement with a lot of the small alcohol stills out there for the > home distillation market as the majority of them were designed by people who > only have a limited knowledge of distillation with grossly inferior stills > resulting. (not to say that good quality stills will not come out of this > area eventually). Talk about Cowboys International. (probably not a good > thing to say to someone living in the States as I am sure there are many > hardworking, honest, and good cowboys there. In this part of the world the > word cowboy applied in this sense means something totally different: like > someone who is as rough as guts, takes no pride in his work, and in short is > a rip off artist). I suggest you download the two books Keith has on his > site and thoroughly read them. You will learn a lot from them in terms of > the basics. I would also search your local large city library with the help > of a good librarian who knows what she is doing. It is amazing what they can > turn up. They can also source books from other libraries. One good source > worth looking in is your local university Engineering School Dept. > B.r., David > > > > >Hi Hans, I'm From the US and would like info on who has the best still > > >design. I plan on building my own using stainless steel. I also want to > know > > >who has the best performing distillers yeast. I am planning on making > fuel > > >for my automobile and lawn equipment. So far I have downloaded The Home > > >Distillation Handbook " By Gert Strand. It's really good but lacks good > > >plans for a still. If you have any good info please let me know. I need > good > > >details for construction purposes. > > >Thanks, > > >Ron Miller > > >Mobile , Alabama > > > > Hello Ron > > > > The Home Distillation Handbook is really for drinkers more than > > fuellers. You should do better with these (both full-text online, > > free access): > > > > Mother Earth Alcohol Fuel > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/meToC.html > > > > The Manual for the Home and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_manual/manual_ToC.html > > > > There's currently a shortage of a good fuel alcohol still, sorry to > > say. The stills on offer are mostly for drink production and are too > > small. But we're working on it and should have some results soon. > > > > Best wishes > > > > Keith Addison > > Journey to Forever > > Handmade Projects > > Tokyo > > http://journeytoforever.org/ > > > > > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
