--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "martin.brook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can somebody tell me how to make ethanol from wood please.Martin Brook.
The short answer is, it can't be economically done on a homescale. The longer answer is to do it on a commercial scale, it depends again on the size of the scale. I'm working on a couple of different processes. Hydrolysis and fermentation for a 100 ton/day facility and a larger facility that will gasify and catalyze to Ethanol and synthetic Diesel fuel. The gasifier numbers don't currently work for less than 350 tons/day. The fermentation numbers are marginal at any less than 100 tons/day. The major factor is cost of feedstock. A bigger plant is more efficient, but the transportation costs for feedstock rise rapidly. If I had a site with a feedstock supply of 1000 tons/day within 10 miles......................? Motie ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/9bTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
