Re: [Biofuel] Methanol backyard manufacturing possible?

2005-04-03 Thread Keith Addison




Sorry. I stand corrected. When I looked in the index under methanol, 
it pointed me to pg 125 and indeed, it began talking about methanol. 
But the last few sentences led you into a "Step-by-Step Procedure" 
for making ethanol from wood.


I went straight to the procedure before thoroughly reading the 
introduction. That would only make sense since I don't read the 
instructions before putting together my nephews' new toys on their 
birthdays either.


Oh how sad Mike! That it wasn't methanol I mean, not that you don't 
read the destructions and are depriving your nephews of a practical 
education by selfishly playing with their toys. :-)


That old "Fuel from Sawdust" piece came from an early 1980s issue of 
Acres USA that I happen to have because I wrote the cover story. I 
had a whole lot more of them too but some nice friend went and lost 
them all. :-( My fault, I suppose, for being such a rolling stone. 
Anyway, Mike Brown's article was one of a long series they ran on 
Farm Alcohol. They'd probably make interesting reading now.


Regards

Keith




:-)

Mike

Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi Tom and Kieth,
>
>I have a copy of Brown's Second Alcohol Fuel Cookbook
>by Michael H. Brown. In it, there is a section on
>methanol production (pg 125). It lists the ingredients
>and equipment and continues with a section called
>"Step-by-Step Procedures". The procedure goes into a
>lot of detail and describes what your reaction will
>look like, how much heat to expect from the exothermic
>reaction and how it should behave -- beginning with
>the introduction of sulfuric acid, to pH balancing and
>finally to fermentation. It even suggests how to
>collect and make use of the lignin, a byproduct of the
>acid/sawdust reaction. Apparently it burns and can be
>used as a fuel for your still.
>
>I can't remember where I bought the book. But, if it's
>out of print or otherwise unavailable, I can
>transcribe the section if anyone is interested.
>
>Mike

Hi Mike

Are you sure that's methanol, and not his ethanol from sawdust
method? It sounds just the same, and that's here:

Fuel From Sawdust
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library.html#sawdust

Best

Keith


>--- Keith Addison wrote:
> > Hello Tom
> >
> > >As a newcomer to the biodiesel world I was
> > wondering if it was possible to
> > >make methanol in your "backyard" so to speak?
> >
> > No. We've been discussing this since the list was
> > founded five years
> > ago, but nobody's found a solution yet. Dr Tom Reed,
> > who probably
> > knows more about methanol than most, told me we just
> > aren't there
> > yet. Walt Patrick of Windward posted some
> > interesting information
> > some time ago and said his organisation would be
> > working on it, but
> > we've heard nothing since. You can check it in the
> > archives if you
> > like.
> >
> > >And the other question is it
> > >possible to make biodiesel with ethanol?
> >
> > Not for novices:
> >
> > Ethyl esters -- making ethanol biodiesel
> >
>http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#ethylester
> >
> > >I am putting together a proposal
> > >for an East African country to follow Brazils lead
> > and have to do some
> > >homework first.
> >
> > There have been enquiries and initiatives from quite
> > a few African
> > countries concerning ethyl esters, but we've never
> > heard anything
> > further. I'd investigate it thoroughly first before
> > recommending
> > anything if I were you.
> >
> > Best wshes
> >
> > Keith
> >
> >
> > >selam,
> > >tom mountain


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Re: [Biofuel] Methanol backyard manufacturing possible?

2005-04-03 Thread Pannir P.V

Hello  Tom , Mike   e Keith

   The  methanol production  from saw  dust   need to done via
thermochemical route , require much energy input , as  no bacteria 
yet  commercially can make  methanol   where as  ethanol production
via  reusable enzymes require  low energy input.
 What Mike refer is the very old process  which was commercially 
practised in  Russia  to produce  feed yeast  using acid  hydrolysis 
process to make sugar from cellulose
Any one know about the yield  of methanol from  biomass  waste ?
The  ethanol yield from cellulose can be 100 percent  as theoretical
yeil is 110 percents. The biotechnology can make  possible  the big
company making celluosic enzymes, make possible also  enzymatic 
hydrolysis the small  farmer making ethanol in back yard. This
research  was my PHd  thesis  , which I have fined in  1983 in IIT
Delhi  and  I am sure
this  process can make viable the biomass refinary  for poor and rich countries.

 For every 3  day  billion dollar  go outside  USA to import
petrol . Only 1 porcent of this money spent for biorefinery can solve
not only USA , but also the  developing country.

   Making methanol via petro chemical route  in big refinery   is 
making the  cost  make it competitive   in relation  with  ethanol.
   
  The methanol is known as wood alcohol   as  it was traditionally
obtained from destructive  distillation .The modern method  involve 
catalytic synthesis   from  wood gas. This two step process  can be
carried out   in a small scale  as  the traditional high pressure  is
now  a days replaced by the low pressure process as already  published
in this list.

  I agree with   Keith view here  that  Methanol  can be made   in 
small scale  too  with care  and  using pyrolysis  as here  the yield
is  not a matter as we do get several useful  byproducts.The bio oil
as the byproduct  can also  make this  process very useful to farmer
as this has pr oven to be an natural  pesticide  and good  food
preservatives. In  Japan bio oil made  flue gas from wood are  used 
very much as food additives..Here too  this can be more dangerous than
 methanol

   Surely new comer to the list need to first consult  the old  list
first  and thus  can learn  a lot  before  posting  to the list.

 Here we need to make the network  bringing new information and
practical  data  so that our list member  can help each other to solve
real  problems.

Making  methanol from cellulose is not yet mature one as one  of
Bio D  for small scale  , but can be  made  possible
   
 sd
Pannir selvam

On Apr 3, 2005 4:21 AM, Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi Tom and Kieth,
> >
> >I have a copy of Brown's Second Alcohol Fuel Cookbook
> >by Michael H. Brown. In it, there is a section on
> >methanol production (pg 125). It lists the ingredients
> >and equipment and continues with a section called
> >"Step-by-Step Procedures". The procedure goes into a
> >lot of detail and describes what your reaction will
> >look like, how much heat to expect from the exothermic
> >reaction and how it should behave -- beginning with
> >the introduction of sulfuric acid, to pH balancing and
> >finally to fermentation. It even suggests how to
> >collect and make use of the lignin, a byproduct of the
> >acid/sawdust reaction. Apparently it burns and can be
> >used as a fuel for your still.
> >
> >I can't remember where I bought the book. But, if it's
> >out of print or otherwise unavailable, I can
> >transcribe the section if anyone is interested.
> >
> >Mike
> 
> Hi Mike
> 
> Are you sure that's methanol, and not his ethanol from sawdust
> method? It sounds just the same, and that's here:
> 
> Fuel From Sawdust
> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library.html#sawdust
> 
> Best
> 
> Keith
> 
> 
> >--- Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hello Tom
> > >
> > > >As a newcomer to the biodiesel world I was
> > > wondering if it was possible to
> > > >make methanol in your "backyard" so to speak?
> > >
> > > No. We've been discussing this since the list was
> > > founded five years
> > > ago, but nobody's found a solution yet. Dr Tom Reed,
> > > who probably
> > > knows more about methanol than most, told me we just
> > > aren't there
> > > yet. Walt Patrick of Windward posted some
> > > interesting information
> > > some time ago and said his organisation would be
> > > working on it, but
> > > we've heard nothing since. You can check it in the
> > > archives if you
> > > like.
> > >
> > > >And the other question is it
> > > >possible to make biodiesel with ethanol?
> > >
> > > Not for novices:
> > >
> > > Ethyl esters -- making ethanol biodiesel
> > >
> >http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#ethylester
> > >
> > > >I am putting together a proposal
> > > >for an East African country to follow Brazils lead
> > > and have to do some
> > > >homework first.
> > >
> > > There have been enquiries and initiatives from quite
> > > a few African
> > > countries concerning ethyl 

Re: [Biofuel] Methanol backyard manufacturing possible?

2005-04-03 Thread Michael Redler

Kieth and Tom,
 
Sorry. I stand corrected. When I looked in the index under methanol, it pointed 
me to pg 125 and indeed, it began talking about methanol. But the last few 
sentences led you into a "Step-by-Step Procedure" for making ethanol from wood.
 
I went straight to the procedure before thoroughly reading the introduction. 
That would only make sense since I don't read the instructions before putting 
together my nephews' new toys on their birthdays either.
 
:-)
 
Mike 

Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi Tom and Kieth,
>
>I have a copy of Brown's Second Alcohol Fuel Cookbook
>by Michael H. Brown. In it, there is a section on
>methanol production (pg 125). It lists the ingredients
>and equipment and continues with a section called
>"Step-by-Step Procedures". The procedure goes into a
>lot of detail and describes what your reaction will
>look like, how much heat to expect from the exothermic
>reaction and how it should behave -- beginning with
>the introduction of sulfuric acid, to pH balancing and
>finally to fermentation. It even suggests how to
>collect and make use of the lignin, a byproduct of the
>acid/sawdust reaction. Apparently it burns and can be
>used as a fuel for your still.
>
>I can't remember where I bought the book. But, if it's
>out of print or otherwise unavailable, I can
>transcribe the section if anyone is interested.
>
>Mike

Hi Mike

Are you sure that's methanol, and not his ethanol from sawdust 
method? It sounds just the same, and that's here:

Fuel From Sawdust
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library.html#sawdust

Best

Keith


>--- Keith Addison wrote:
> > Hello Tom
> >
> > >As a newcomer to the biodiesel world I was
> > wondering if it was possible to
> > >make methanol in your "backyard" so to speak?
> >
> > No. We've been discussing this since the list was
> > founded five years
> > ago, but nobody's found a solution yet. Dr Tom Reed,
> > who probably
> > knows more about methanol than most, told me we just
> > aren't there
> > yet. Walt Patrick of Windward posted some
> > interesting information
> > some time ago and said his organisation would be
> > working on it, but
> > we've heard nothing since. You can check it in the
> > archives if you
> > like.
> >
> > >And the other question is it
> > >possible to make biodiesel with ethanol?
> >
> > Not for novices:
> >
> > Ethyl esters -- making ethanol biodiesel
> >
>http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#ethylester
> >
> > >I am putting together a proposal
> > >for an East African country to follow Brazils lead
> > and have to do some
> > >homework first.
> >
> > There have been enquiries and initiatives from quite
> > a few African
> > countries concerning ethyl esters, but we've never
> > heard anything
> > further. I'd investigate it thoroughly first before
> > recommending
> > anything if I were you.
> >
> > Best wshes
> >
> > Keith
> >
> >
> > >selam,
> > >tom mountain

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Re: [Biofuel] Methanol backyard manufacturing possible?

2005-04-03 Thread Keith Addison




I have a copy of Brown's Second Alcohol Fuel Cookbook
by Michael H. Brown. In it, there is a section on
methanol production (pg 125). It lists the ingredients
and equipment and continues with a section called
"Step-by-Step Procedures". The procedure goes into a
lot of detail and describes what your reaction will
look like, how much heat to expect from the exothermic
reaction and how it should behave -- beginning with
the introduction of sulfuric acid, to pH balancing and
finally to fermentation. It even suggests how to
collect and make use of the lignin, a byproduct of the
acid/sawdust reaction. Apparently it burns and can be
used as a fuel for your still.

I can't remember where I bought the book. But, if it's
out of print or otherwise unavailable, I can
transcribe the section if anyone is interested.

Mike


Hi Mike

Are you sure that's methanol, and not his ethanol from sawdust 
method? It sounds just the same, and that's here:


Fuel From Sawdust
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library.html#sawdust

Best

Keith



--- Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Tom
>
> >As a newcomer to the biodiesel world I was
> wondering if it was possible to
> >make methanol in your "backyard" so to speak?
>
> No. We've been discussing this since the list was
> founded five years
> ago, but nobody's found a solution yet. Dr Tom Reed,
> who probably
> knows more about methanol than most, told me we just
> aren't there
> yet. Walt Patrick of Windward posted some
> interesting information
> some time ago and said his organisation would be
> working on it, but
> we've heard nothing since. You can check it in the
> archives if you
> like.
>
> >And the other question is it
> >possible to make biodiesel with ethanol?
>
> Not for novices:
>
> Ethyl esters -- making ethanol biodiesel
>
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#ethylester
>
> >I am putting together a proposal
> >for an East African country to follow Brazils lead
> and have to do some
> >homework first.
>
> There have been enquiries and initiatives from quite
> a few African
> countries concerning ethyl esters, but we've never
> heard anything
> further. I'd investigate it thoroughly first before
> recommending
> anything if I were you.
>
> Best wshes
>
> Keith
>
>
> >selam,
> >tom mountain


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Re: [Biofuel] Methanol backyard manufacturing possible?

2005-04-02 Thread Michael Redler

Hi Tom and Kieth,

I have a copy of Brown's Second Alcohol Fuel Cookbook
by Michael H. Brown. In it, there is a section on
methanol production (pg 125). It lists the ingredients
and equipment and continues with a section called
"Step-by-Step Procedures". The procedure goes into a
lot of detail and describes what your reaction will
look like, how much heat to expect from the exothermic
reaction and how it should behave -- beginning with
the introduction of sulfuric acid, to pH balancing and
finally to fermentation. It even suggests how to
collect and make use of the lignin, a byproduct of the
acid/sawdust reaction. Apparently it burns and can be
used as a fuel for your still. 

I can't remember where I bought the book. But, if it's
out of print or otherwise unavailable, I can
transcribe the section if anyone is interested.

Mike 

--- Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Tom
> 
> >As a newcomer to the biodiesel world I was
> wondering if it was possible to
> >make methanol in your "backyard" so to speak?
> 
> No. We've been discussing this since the list was
> founded five years 
> ago, but nobody's found a solution yet. Dr Tom Reed,
> who probably 
> knows more about methanol than most, told me we just
> aren't there 
> yet. Walt Patrick of Windward posted some
> interesting information 
> some time ago and said his organisation would be
> working on it, but 
> we've heard nothing since. You can check it in the
> archives if you 
> like.
> 
> >And the other question is it
> >possible to make biodiesel with ethanol?
> 
> Not for novices:
> 
> Ethyl esters -- making ethanol biodiesel
>
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#ethylester
> 
> >I am putting together a proposal
> >for an East African country to follow Brazils lead
> and have to do some
> >homework first.
> 
> There have been enquiries and initiatives from quite
> a few African 
> countries concerning ethyl esters, but we've never
> heard anything 
> further. I'd investigate it thoroughly first before
> recommending 
> anything if I were you.
> 
> Best wshes
> 
> Keith
> 
> 
> >selam,
> >tom mountain
> 
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RE: [Biofuel] Methanol backyard manufacturing possible?

2005-04-02 Thread Keith Addison




Hi All,

Just a quick word of caution about backyard methanol.


There's no such thing, as yet. You can't make methanol in your 
backyard, as both Walt and I have just explained. You can distill 
ethanol, and it will have minute amounts of methanol in the first bit 
which you discard. But you can't make methanol in any usable amounts.



It definitely is not
ethanol. The direct meaning is it is a deadly toxin than can be readily
absorbed through the skin and inhaled into the lungs. I«m certain a very
small percentage of the population has a very small capacity to detoxify
this in their liver.


Everybody can, and it's not as deadly as you make out. In fact it's a 
common household item, sold in supermarkets and hardware stores, and 
other common household items are more dangerous than methanol. It's 
used as a dinner-table barbecue and fondue fuel, kids use it in their 
model aeroplane motors.


Yes, it's dangerous, but we deal with dangerous things all the time 
in our daily lives. I don't think methanol has held any perils for 
biodiesel makers since we left the dark old days of From the Fryer to 
the Fuel Tank behind, years ago. Use closed containers and closed 
processors as Journey to Forever and all other responsible websites 
advise, don't be sloppy or careless, follow the safety instructions, 
and it's an easily managed hazard. I'm not downplaying it, our 
website constantly emphasises safety, but a lot of people overplay 
the methanol "hazard", as you're doing.



The vast majority can«t tolerate it at all. In direct
laymans terms, first you go blind then you die usually of acidosis.


You have to drink at least a couple of tablespoonsful for that to 
happen. So what? Are you going to try that with paint remover, or 
drain cleaner, or cellulose thinners? Or gasoline? The fumes are 
dangerous, but it only fumes when it's hot, and that hazard is 
completely removed with closed containers and closed processors.



Sounds
scary and painful to me. I«m trying desperately to use ethanol when I make
Bio D. I«ve had some success. But quite frankly I have never had a bad batch
when I used methanol. I«m fairly certain I know why but won«t mention it
here cause it«s probably in the archieves that Keith keeps pounding on me to
read. :-> Sorry but the letters are just too darn interesting for the
moment.


You're supposed to consult the archives BEFORE you post and ask 
questions, not as an ever-postponed afterthought. It's one of the 
List rules, which you were referred to when you joined the list, and 
which you're obliged to read, and to follow:


"If you don't see what you're interested in, just ask. Or check the 
archives first to see if it has been dealt with previously, and then 
ask."


"Please make use of the resources listed at the Biofuel list home page:
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"Especially the searchable list archives:
http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/

"The archives contains more than 38,000 messages over nearly five 
years. The question you want to ask or the topic you're interested in 
has probably already been covered. That's no reason not to ask it 
again, but if you know what's gone before you'll ask a better 
question and get better answers."


Otherwise we just keep on rehashing the same old stuff again and 
again and again, and the sheer tedium of it drives people away after 
awhile - and these are the ones with the experience, so the whole 
community suffers.


I hope you've got that straight now.

Keith Addison
Journey to Forever
KYOTO Pref., Japan
http://journeytoforever.org/
Biofuel list owner




Tom Irwin


-Original Message-
From: Henri Naths
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 1/04/05 15:08
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Methanol backyard manufacturing possible?

short answer yes. (methanol.. backyard) if money is no object.H.
- Original Message -
From: "Thomas Mountain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 31 March, 2005 6:20 PM
Subject: [Biofuel] Methanol backyard manufacturing possible?


> As a newcomer to the biodiesel world I was wondering if it was
possible to
> make methanol in your "backyard" so to speak? And the other question
is it
> possible to make biodiesel with ethanol? I am putting together a
proposal
> for an East African country to follow Brazils lead and have to do some
> homework first.
> selam,
> tom mountain


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RE: [Biofuel] Methanol backyard manufacturing possible?

2005-04-02 Thread Tom Irwin

Hi All,

Just a quick word of caution about backyard methanol. It definitely is not
ethanol. The direct meaning is it is a deadly toxin than can be readily
absorbed through the skin and inhaled into the lungs. I«m certain a very
small percentage of the population has a very small capacity to detoxify
this in their liver. The vast majority can«t tolerate it at all. In direct
laymans terms, first you go blind then you die usually of acidosis. Sounds
scary and painful to me. I«m trying desperately to use ethanol when I make
Bio D. I«ve had some success. But quite frankly I have never had a bad batch
when I used methanol. I«m fairly certain I know why but won«t mention it
here cause it«s probably in the archieves that Keith keeps pounding on me to
read. :-> Sorry but the letters are just too darn interesting for the
moment.

Tom Irwin


-Original Message-
From: Henri Naths
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 1/04/05 15:08
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Methanol backyard manufacturing possible?

short answer yes. (methanol.. backyard) if money is no object.H.
- Original Message - 
From: "Thomas Mountain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 31 March, 2005 6:20 PM
Subject: [Biofuel] Methanol backyard manufacturing possible?


> As a newcomer to the biodiesel world I was wondering if it was
possible to
> make methanol in your "backyard" so to speak? And the other question
is it
> possible to make biodiesel with ethanol? I am putting together a
proposal
> for an East African country to follow Brazils lead and have to do some
> homework first.
> selam,
> tom mountain
>
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Re: [Biofuel] Methanol backyard manufacturing possible?

2005-04-02 Thread Walt Patrick


No. We've been discussing this since the list was founded five years ago, 
but nobody's found a solution yet. Dr Tom Reed, who probably knows more 
about methanol than most, told me we just aren't there yet.


Tom's knowledge of the field is such that when one finds 
themselves in disagreement with him, they need to go back and check their 
records to figure out where they went wrong.


Walt Patrick of Windward posted some interesting information some time ago 
and said his organisation would be working on it, but we've heard nothing 
since. You can check it in the archives if you like.


The efficient conversion of biomass to methanol is a complex 
process. It's long been feasible to do at the industrial level; what we're 
working on is getting it viable at the community/neighborhood level.


Windward is an intentional community dedicated to modeling 
self-reliant systems, and that's the scale that we're focused on. Maybe it 
can be simplified further down to the backyard level, but that's hard to 
see happening. Then again, who would have thought that they come up with 
bread machines that can mix and bake a loaf of pretty decent bread right 
there on your kitchen counter?


We've been working on the ancillary processes involved such as 
pressure swing adsorption to provide an on-site oxygen supply for the 
auto-thermal steam reactor needed to convert char into syngas, the 
instrumentation network so that we can follow what's going on at the 
various stages, hydraulic compression, syngas storage, co-generation of 
steam to feed our 1HP steam engine to drive the generator to power the 
controls, pumps and so on.


The actual condensation of syngas into methanol isn't the 
demanding part; it's all the other stuff that has to happen first - and 
happen safely - that is the challenge.


Walt
http://www.windward.org/



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Re: [Biofuel] Methanol backyard manufacturing possible?

2005-04-01 Thread Keith Addison




As a newcomer to the biodiesel world I was wondering if it was possible to
make methanol in your "backyard" so to speak?


No. We've been discussing this since the list was founded five years 
ago, but nobody's found a solution yet. Dr Tom Reed, who probably 
knows more about methanol than most, told me we just aren't there 
yet. Walt Patrick of Windward posted some interesting information 
some time ago and said his organisation would be working on it, but 
we've heard nothing since. You can check it in the archives if you 
like.



And the other question is it
possible to make biodiesel with ethanol?


Not for novices:

Ethyl esters -- making ethanol biodiesel
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#ethylester


I am putting together a proposal
for an East African country to follow Brazils lead and have to do some
homework first.


There have been enquiries and initiatives from quite a few African 
countries concerning ethyl esters, but we've never heard anything 
further. I'd investigate it thoroughly first before recommending 
anything if I were you.


Best wshes

Keith



selam,
tom mountain


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Re: [Biofuel] Methanol backyard manufacturing possible?

2005-04-01 Thread Henri Naths


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As a newcomer to the biodiesel world I was wondering if it was possible to
make methanol in your "backyard" so to speak? And the other question is it
possible to make biodiesel with ethanol? I am putting together a proposal
for an East African country to follow Brazils lead and have to do some
homework first.
selam,
tom mountain

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