Ron,
What you need to do is work out how much fuel you are going to use in
a year and how much each month. Once you know this you can then work out how
you are going to produce this. You then need to know how much time you are
prepared to devote to distillation at anyone hit. Once you know this you can
roughly work out how you are going to achieve this and what size still you
require. What you will also need to figure out is what you are going to use
for your fermentation stock and what you are going to use for the heat
energy source for the distillation. Work these all out and get back to me
and I will try to give you a hand. What you will need is probably a 3 or 4"
column diameter still but before I can advise any further I need as much
detail as possible.
Also how are you going to ferment the fermentation stock and what size tanks
are you going to use?
If distilling for this amount of vehicles you will probably need a BATF
permit. It generally tends to pay to stay on the right side of the law.
B.r., David
----- Original Message -----
From: ronald miller sr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: Distilling fuel ethanol - was Re: [biofuel] Tallow
> 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
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