[biofuel] Re: Like to Introduce Myself - Ethanol Maker

[linux4freaks]

Hey Dennis,

I know how it is with too many projects.

My current setup is a bit on the small side right now. I boil my mash
in a 15 gallon keg (same one I use for the beer I make), ferment in a
15 gallon plastic barrel and then made a reflux still out of a another
15 gallon keg (found a PDF called Building a Home Distillation
Apparatus, can't remember the site I got it from). All that work then
yields about 1.5 gallons 180 proof ethanol.  I'm trying to use waste
material for my fermentables.. so a plum tree in our yard will soon be
part of the mash. Also been using old corn from a produce stand as well.

I'm planning on doing a couple things to get more alcohol for each
batch. First thing is pump up the batch size... just received my new
fermenter, 55 gallon nalgene tank. Constructing a mash vessel is going
to be interesting and been looking at the Mother Earth plans for a
wood fired still.  The other thing is trying another yeast that is
more alcohol resistant...  I found one from Wyeast called Eau de Vie -
(Water of Life), it has alcohol tolerance up to 21%.

Let me know how the conversion on ECM and fuel injected vehicles goes.
  I'm still looking for a suitable vehicle to be my alcohol burner.

Glenn


 Hi Glenn!
 
 Just so you don't feel all alone here on the JTF list,
 I'm also interersted in the distilling of ethanol.
 What type of equipment are you using? 
 
 I'm not distilling at this point  too many
 other projects to get through but am gathering
 information to make conversions for ECM equipped
 vehicles to make them in effect an FFV.
 
 Glad to see another ethanol devotee. If we get enough
 of us maybe we can convert Keith and get him off
 biodiesel . hehehehhe.
 
 Best.
 
 Dennis Nelson 
 
 
 
   
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[biofuel] Like to Introduce Myself - Ethanol Maker

[linux4freaks]

Hi!  My name is Glenn Wehmeyer and my interest is in making ethanol
from acquired fermentable materials. I can see that a majority of
discussions are about biodiesel at the moment but I'm interesting in
all renewable fuels. 

Been making ethanol for a few months, next step after brewing beer all
these years... already know half the process. I'm currently looking
for ways to remove some of the water post fermentation and before
distillation. Ideally just trying to reduce the energy costs
associated with distillation. I will also be trying to get the Ethanol
closer to 99% in the future for other uses.

Thanks for having me,
Glenn




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