The emails were clipped. So I am not sure if this came from Dave or Tom. Sorry to maybe have it crossed.
--- On Wed, 3/30/11, Terry Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Terry Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Fuel grade ethanol To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 6:22 PM Dave, I had to come back to this email to ask you a few questions about your post. 1. Where did you get any of this information from? 2. What are you talking about, "The problem for the home brewer is that water in the ethanol tends to fall out when gasoline is added." Where did you get this info? Have you tried this and saw it happen? I have mixed hundreds of gallons of ethanol (150 - 190 proof) with various ratios to gasoline. I have let several set in a test tube jar so that marked levels can be watched. The only thing that I can say that we saw was the gasoline evaporating. Methanol - there is a reason that this is not used for the general public. Its not friendly on your hands, your fuel system, but mostly, the air/fuel is way off. Regards, Terry Wilhelm The Revenoor Company --- On Wed, 3/30/11, Dave Hajoglou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Dave Hajoglou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Fuel grade ethanol To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 1:16 PM On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Tom Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In order to get a permit to distill fuel grade ethanol in the United > States it must be denatured. The recommended method is to add 2 gallons of > unleaded gasoline to 98 gallons of ethanol. The problem for the home brewer > is that water in the ethanol tends to fall out when gasoline is added. A > solution to water in the tank is to add "dry gas" (methanol). > My questions are: > -Would it be unwise to denature fuel grade ethanol with methanol > and then used in a Flex Fuel vehicle such as a '99 Ford Ranger? (3.0L Flex > Fuel version). The water issue would be eliminated. > -Any problems running a Flex Fuel vehicle on blends of ethanol, > gasoline, and methanol? > I'd skip the "recommended method" and go with a drop of gas to your 100 gal of ethanol. So long as you don't drink it, serve it to your friends, or boast that you can produce some fine moonshine you should be ok. (should). I have no ideas about the methanol mix. -hojo _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20110330/a80468dd/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20110330/352c4f29/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
