[Biofuel] Ethanol is the wrong solution

[Darryl McMahon]

http://canadafreepress.com/article/ethanol-is-the-wrong-solution

Using government mandates and subsidies to promote politically favored 
fuels de jour is a waste of taxpayers' money


Ethanol is the wrong solution

By Marita Noon —— Bio and Archives September 5, 2016

University of Michigan’s Energy Institute research professor John 
DeCicco, Ph.D., believes that rising carbon dioxide emissions are 
causing global warming and, therefore, humans must find a way to reduce 
its levels in the atmosphere—but ethanol is the wrong solution. 
According to his just-released study, political support for biofuels, 
particularly ethanol, has exacerbated the problem instead of being the 
cure it was advertised to be.


DeCicco and his co-authors assert: “Contrary to popular belief, the 
heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas emitted when biofuels are burned is not 
fully balanced by the CO2 uptake that occurs as the plants grow.” The 
presumption that biofuels emit significantly fewer greenhouse gases 
(GHG) than gasoline does is, according to DeCicco: “misguided.”


His research, three years in the making, including extensive 
peer-review, has upended the conventional wisdom and angered the 
alternative fuel lobbyists. The headline-grabbing claim is that biofuels 
are worse for the climate than gasoline.


Past bipartisan support for ethanol was based on two, now false, 
assumptions.


First, based on fears of waning oil supplies, alternative fuels were 
promoted to increase energy security. DeCicco points out: “Every U.S. 
president since Ronald Reagan has backed programs to develop alternative 
transportation fuels.” Now, in the midst of a global oil glut, we know 
that hydraulic fracturing has been the biggest factor in America’s new 
era of energy abundance—not biofuels. Additionally, ethanol has been 
championed for its perceived reduction in GHG. Using a new approach, 
DeCicco and his researchers, conclude: “rising U.S. biofuel use has been 
associated with a net increase rather than a net decrease in CO2 emissions.”


DeCicco has been focused on this topic for nearly a decade. In 2007, 
when the Energy Independence and Security Act (also known as the 
expanded ethanol mandate) was in the works, he told me: “I realized that 
something seemed horribly amiss with a law that established a sweeping 
mandate which rested on assumptions, not scientific fact, that were 
unverified and might be quite wrong, even though they were commonly 
accepted and politically correct (and politically convenient).” Having 
spent 20 years as a green group scientist, DeCicco has qualified green 
bona fides. From that perspective he saw that while biofuels sounded 
good, no one had checked the math.


Previously, based on life cycle analysis (LCA), it has been assumed that 
crop-based biofuels, were not just carbon neutral, but actually offered 
modest net GHG reductions. This, DeCicco says, is the “premise of most 
climate related fuel policies promulgated to date, including measures 
such as the LCFS [California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard] and RFS [the 
federal Renewable Fuel Standard passed in 2005 and expanded in 2007].”


The DeCicco study differs from LCA—which assumes that any carbon 
dioxide released from a vehicle’s tailpipe as a result of burning 
biofuel is absorbed from the atmosphere by the growing of the crop. In 
LCA, biofuel use is modeled as a static system, one presumed to be in 
equilibrium with the atmosphere in terms of its material carbon flow. 
The Carbon balance effects of U.S. biofuel production and use study uses 
Annual Basis Carbon (ABC) accounting—which does not treat biofuels as 
inherently carbon neutral. Instead, it treats biofuels as “part of a 
dynamic stock-and-flow system.” Its methodology “tallies CO2 emissions 
based on the chemistry in the specific locations where they occur.” In 
May, on my radio program, DeCicco explained: “Life Cycle Analysis is 
wrong because it fails to actually look at what is going on at the farms.”


In short, DeCicco told me: “Biofuels get a credit they didn’t deserve; 
instead they leave a debit.”


The concept behind DeCicco’s premise is that the idea of ethanol being 
carbon neutral assumes that the ground where the corn is grown was 
barren dirt (without any plants removing carbon dioxide from the 
atmosphere) before the farmer decided to plant corn for ethanol. If that 
were the case, then, yes, planting corn on that land, converting that 
corn to ethanol that is then burned as a vehicle fuel, might come close 
to being carbon neutral. But the reality is that land already had corn, 
or some other crop, growing on it‚Äîso that land’s use was already 
absorbing CO2. You can’t count it twice.


DeCicco explains “Growing the corn that becomes ethanol absorbs no more 
carbon from the air than the corn that goes into cattle feed or corn 
flakes. Burning the ethanol releases essentially the same amount of CO2 
as burning gasoline. No less CO2 went into the air from the 

[Biofuel] Ethanol Producer Magazine – The Latest News and Data About Ethanol Production

[Darryl McMahon]

http://www.ethanolproducer.com/articles/13164/nrel-updates-survey-of-advanced-biofuel-producers

NREL updates survey of advanced biofuel producers

By Erin Voegele | March 18, 2016

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has updated its annual survey 
of U.S. non-starch ethanol and renewable hydrocarbon biofuel producers. 
The report, titled “2015 Survey of Non-Starch Ethanol and Renewable 
Hydrocarbon Biofuel Producers,” provides an inventory of the domestic 
advanced biofuels industry as of the end of 2015. The original survey, 
which includes 2013 data, was published at the end of 2014.


According to information released by the U.S. Department of Energy, NREL 
surveyed 114 companies last year. The questionnaire included topics such 
as facility stage of development, facility scale, feedstock, and biofuel 
products. Industry experts from NREL and the DOE validated the results 
and compared them with publicly available data. According to the report, 
NREL and DOE supplemented missing survey data with publicly available 
data obtained from company websites, press releases and public filings, 
when possible.


The survey effort resulted in 61 facilities with sufficient data to be 
included in the report. This includes 27 cellulosic ethanol facilities, 
two algae-derived ethanol facilities, and 32 renewable hydrocarbon 
facilities. According to the report, 11 of the 29 non-starch ethanol 
plants were operational last year, with five at commercial scale. In 
addition, 12 of the 32 renewable hydrocarbon facilities were operational 
as of the end of 2015.


The commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plants addressed in the report 
include those under development or operation by Abengoa, Ace Ethanol 
(Sweetwater Energy Inc.), Beta Renewables Inc., Canergy, DuPont, 
Enerkem, Front Range Energy (Sweetwater Energy Inc.), INEOS New Plant 
Bioenergy LLC, Pacific Ethanol (Sweetwater Energy Inc.); Poet, Quad 
County Corn, and ZeaChem.


Commercial-scale hydrocarbon facilities addressed in the report include 
AltAir Fuels, Cool Planet Energy Systems, Diamond Green Diesel, Emerald 
Biofuels, Fulcrum BioEnergy, KiOR, Red Rock Biofuels, Renewable Energy 
Group Inc., two SG Preston projects; and Sundrop Fuels.


The survey includes data on project locations, technology pathways, 
feedstock, planned capacity and target startup dates. It also breaks 
down the 61 facilities according to scale and current development status.


A full copy of the report can be downloaded from the NREL website.

http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy16osti/65519.pdf
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol, Recycling, Climate Change and Other Expensive Illusions - Breitbart

[Darryl McMahon]

When I was a member of the local municipal Consumer Advisory Panel on 
waste management, this was an annual battle.  The City would hire a 
consultant automaton to review the financials on recycling programs (as 
part of waste diversion).  Every year, the consultant would report the 
recycling program was losing money, so as a good business owner, the 
City should stop the program.  Every year, I and others would respond 
with 2 key points.


1) The City government is not a business, and is not supposed to 
operating as a for-profit enterprise.  It's job is to provide services 
to residents (not customers) at a reasonable cost to achieve other 
benefits (e.g., improved health due to better sanitation related to 
residential garbage collection).  Somehow, we never got presented with a 
proposal to stop collecting garbage because it did not make a profit.


2) The financial benefit from recycling programs was never about the 
money we got from selling the collected recyclables; it's about 
extending the life of the landfill site so we could avoid opening 
another one for 20-30 years.  A site which would much further away and 
more expensive than the costing for the current sites, which had been 
set up 20 to 40 years previously.


I posted this article because I saw it as so obviously going over the 
edge, and on multiple topics.  However, it represents a lot of other 
material I am seeing of late - typically on just 1 or 2 points, but 
similarly fact-free when it comes to providing support for the arguments 
made.


As for climate change, I'm really tired of seeing industry-sponsored 
spin pieces claiming it is much less expensive to do nothing than to 
make changes to slow or mitigate climate change.  I'll buy it's easier 
to do nothing than do something, but I think we're past the point where 
we can easily argue it's cheaper to keep pumping out the CO2 than not. 
In reality, the real argument is about what future we want (a habitable 
planet or not), but that's one the spinmeisters know they cannot win.


Darryl

On 10/26/2015 10:23 AM, Zeke Yewdall wrote:

Hmm.   Leaving aside the corn based biofuels issue, which I kind of
agree is a bit stupid, his arguments on recycling just don't make sense.
Several times, he mentions that the environmental benefit is not there and
implies that recycling costs more carbon than it saves... but never gives
any actual numbers to back this up -- turning back to whether the cost is
worth it several times, and then going off into avoiding emissions from
airplanes and electric cars as if that has anything to do with recycling.
He also seems to assume that all trash ends up in nice regulated landfills,
not in the ocean or on sides of roads.   And  I'm really baffled by his
hatred of reusable bags...

Z

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Darryl McMahon 
wrote:



http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/22/ethanol-recycling-climate-change-expensive-illusions/

Ethanol, Recycling, Climate Change and Other Expensive Illusions

by John Hayward  22 Oct 2015

The Left is always trying to claim the mantle of unimpeachable scientific
authority for its causes, especially those with an academic veneer, such as
environmentalism.

It should matter a great deal if their preferred policies are effective,
and while we argue about the possibilities of a subject such as climate
change, the effectiveness of programs which have been in place for many
years should be analyzed dispassionately.

Instead, demonstrably ineffective, inefficient, and even
counter-productive policies, such as biofuels and recycling, persist
because they “seem right” or “feel good.” The growing movement to ban
plastic bags and replace them with reusable grocery bags operates under the
same nonsensical rules of engagement.

John Tierney recently wrote a lengthy analysis of recycling for the New
York Times, as a follow-up to a 20-year old piece in which he first
presented evidence that “recycling was costly and ineffectual.” The modern
recycling regime was still fairly new in 1996, so Tierney gamely waited
twenty years before assembling a larger stack of results and passing
judgment on the process. He found nothing to change his conclusions:

 Despite decades of exhortations and mandates, it’s still typically
more expensive for municipalities to recycle household waste than to send
it to a landfill. Prices for recyclable materials have plummeted because of
lower oil prices and reduced demand for them overseas. The slump has forced
some recycling companies to shut plants and cancel plans for new
technologies. The mood is so gloomy that one industry veteran tried to
cheer up her colleagues this summer with an article in a trade journal
titled, “Recycling Is Not Dead!”

 While politicians set higher and higher goals, the national rate of
recycling has stagnated in recent years. Yes, it’s popular in affluent
neighborhoods like Park Slope in Brooklyn and in cities like San Francisco,

Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol, Recycling, Climate Change and Other Expensive Illusions - Breitbart

[Zeke Yewdall]

Hmm.   Leaving aside the corn based biofuels issue, which I kind of
agree is a bit stupid, his arguments on recycling just don't make sense.
Several times, he mentions that the environmental benefit is not there and
implies that recycling costs more carbon than it saves... but never gives
any actual numbers to back this up -- turning back to whether the cost is
worth it several times, and then going off into avoiding emissions from
airplanes and electric cars as if that has anything to do with recycling.
He also seems to assume that all trash ends up in nice regulated landfills,
not in the ocean or on sides of roads.   And  I'm really baffled by his
hatred of reusable bags...

Z

On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Darryl McMahon 
wrote:

>
> http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/22/ethanol-recycling-climate-change-expensive-illusions/
>
> Ethanol, Recycling, Climate Change and Other Expensive Illusions
>
> by John Hayward  22 Oct 2015
>
> The Left is always trying to claim the mantle of unimpeachable scientific
> authority for its causes, especially those with an academic veneer, such as
> environmentalism.
>
> It should matter a great deal if their preferred policies are effective,
> and while we argue about the possibilities of a subject such as climate
> change, the effectiveness of programs which have been in place for many
> years should be analyzed dispassionately.
>
> Instead, demonstrably ineffective, inefficient, and even
> counter-productive policies, such as biofuels and recycling, persist
> because they “seem right” or “feel good.” The growing movement to ban
> plastic bags and replace them with reusable grocery bags operates under the
> same nonsensical rules of engagement.
>
> John Tierney recently wrote a lengthy analysis of recycling for the New
> York Times, as a follow-up to a 20-year old piece in which he first
> presented evidence that “recycling was costly and ineffectual.” The modern
> recycling regime was still fairly new in 1996, so Tierney gamely waited
> twenty years before assembling a larger stack of results and passing
> judgment on the process. He found nothing to change his conclusions:
>
> Despite decades of exhortations and mandates, it’s still typically
> more expensive for municipalities to recycle household waste than to send
> it to a landfill. Prices for recyclable materials have plummeted because of
> lower oil prices and reduced demand for them overseas. The slump has forced
> some recycling companies to shut plants and cancel plans for new
> technologies. The mood is so gloomy that one industry veteran tried to
> cheer up her colleagues this summer with an article in a trade journal
> titled, “Recycling Is Not Dead!”
>
> While politicians set higher and higher goals, the national rate of
> recycling has stagnated in recent years. Yes, it’s popular in affluent
> neighborhoods like Park Slope in Brooklyn and in cities like San Francisco,
> but residents of the Bronx and Houston don’t have the same fervor for
> sorting garbage in their spare time.
>
> The future for recycling looks even worse. As cities move beyond
> recycling paper and metals, and into glass, food scraps and assorted
> plastics, the costs rise sharply while the environmental benefits decline
> and sometimes vanish. “If you believe recycling is good for the planet and
> that we need to do more of it, then there’s a crisis to confront,” says
> David P. Steiner, the chief executive officer of Waste Management, the
> largest recycler of household trash in the United States. “Trying to turn
> garbage into gold costs a lot more than expected. We need to ask ourselves:
> What is the goal here?”
>
> When the CEO of the largest recycling company openly speculates that his
> expensive service isn’t actually delivering the sought-after environmental
> value, it seems like rather big news. We are always told to distrust
> arguments from interest – in other words, we’re supposed to instinctively
> distrust anything positive an oil company says about oil consumption, no
> matter how much rock-solid data the company can muster. Isn’t it noteworthy
> that a company would advance such a profound argument against interest?
>
> As Tierney goes on to demonstrate, the environmental benefit from most
> recycling is absurdly small, providing the example of an air passenger who
> would have to recycle 40,000 plastic bottles in order to offset the carbon
> emissions from a single round-trip flight from New York to London.  (There
> must be over a thousand people a day flying that particular route, which
> adds up to a lot of plastic bottles.)
>
> Also, the very act of preparing and recycling trash has a significant
> environmental impact, which is simply ignored by environmental evangelists,
> the same way they completely ignore the carbon emissions necessary to
> charge electric cars. Clearly, this curious religion believes that energy
> and emissions are sanctified based on 

[Biofuel] Ethanol, Recycling, Climate Change and Other Expensive Illusions - Breitbart

[Darryl McMahon]

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/22/ethanol-recycling-climate-change-expensive-illusions/

Ethanol, Recycling, Climate Change and Other Expensive Illusions

by John Hayward  22 Oct 2015

The Left is always trying to claim the mantle of unimpeachable 
scientific authority for its causes, especially those with an academic 
veneer, such as environmentalism.


It should matter a great deal if their preferred policies are effective, 
and while we argue about the possibilities of a subject such as climate 
change, the effectiveness of programs which have been in place for many 
years should be analyzed dispassionately.


Instead, demonstrably ineffective, inefficient, and even 
counter-productive policies, such as biofuels and recycling, persist 
because they “seem right” or “feel good.” The growing movement to ban 
plastic bags and replace them with reusable grocery bags operates under 
the same nonsensical rules of engagement.


John Tierney recently wrote a lengthy analysis of recycling for the New 
York Times, as a follow-up to a 20-year old piece in which he first 
presented evidence that “recycling was costly and ineffectual.” The 
modern recycling regime was still fairly new in 1996, so Tierney gamely 
waited twenty years before assembling a larger stack of results and 
passing judgment on the process. He found nothing to change his conclusions:


Despite decades of exhortations and mandates, it’s still typically 
more expensive for municipalities to recycle household waste than to 
send it to a landfill. Prices for recyclable materials have plummeted 
because of lower oil prices and reduced demand for them overseas. The 
slump has forced some recycling companies to shut plants and cancel 
plans for new technologies. The mood is so gloomy that one industry 
veteran tried to cheer up her colleagues this summer with an article in 
a trade journal titled, “Recycling Is Not Dead!”


While politicians set higher and higher goals, the national rate of 
recycling has stagnated in recent years. Yes, it’s popular in affluent 
neighborhoods like Park Slope in Brooklyn and in cities like San 
Francisco, but residents of the Bronx and Houston don’t have the same 
fervor for sorting garbage in their spare time.


The future for recycling looks even worse. As cities move beyond 
recycling paper and metals, and into glass, food scraps and assorted 
plastics, the costs rise sharply while the environmental benefits 
decline and sometimes vanish. “If you believe recycling is good for the 
planet and that we need to do more of it, then there’s a crisis to 
confront,” says David P. Steiner, the chief executive officer of Waste 
Management, the largest recycler of household trash in the United 
States. “Trying to turn garbage into gold costs a lot more than 
expected. We need to ask ourselves: What is the goal here?”


When the CEO of the largest recycling company openly speculates that his 
expensive service isn’t actually delivering the sought-after 
environmental value, it seems like rather big news. We are always told 
to distrust arguments from interest – in other words, we’re supposed to 
instinctively distrust anything positive an oil company says about oil 
consumption, no matter how much rock-solid data the company can muster. 
Isn’t it noteworthy that a company would advance such a profound 
argument against interest?


As Tierney goes on to demonstrate, the environmental benefit from most 
recycling is absurdly small, providing the example of an air passenger 
who would have to recycle 40,000 plastic bottles in order to offset the 
carbon emissions from a single round-trip flight from New York to 
London.  (There must be over a thousand people a day flying that 
particular route, which adds up to a lot of plastic bottles.)


Also, the very act of preparing and recycling trash has a significant 
environmental impact, which is simply ignored by environmental 
evangelists, the same way they completely ignore the carbon emissions 
necessary to charge electric cars. Clearly, this curious religion 
believes that energy and emissions are sanctified based on the 
intentions, and inherent nobility, of the consumer.


Conversely, the evils that recycling is supposed to prevent are largely 
imaginary, conjurations of emotion and perception rather than cold 
reason. Tierney zeroes in on the alleged menace of landfills, which in 
reality consume very little acreage, and have minimal environmental 
impact with modern technology… but they look, and more importantly 
sound, icky. An incredible amount of wealth and productivity in America 
is lost on madcap efforts to avoid things that sound icky.


Biofuel, on the other hand, is a classic example of argument from 
corporate interest, pushed by the sort of well-connected special 
interests that politicians constantly rail against… but they are never 
portrayed that way in politicized media. Biofuels are incredibly 
expensive, inefficient, and sometimes 

[Biofuel] Ethanol Study Concludes the EPA’s Biofuel Standard Created ‘More Problems Than Solutions’ | TheBlaze.com

[Darryl McMahon]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/10/20/ethanol-study-concludes-the-epas-biofuel-standard-created-more-problems-than-solutions/

[links in on-line article]

Ethanol Study Concludes the EPA’s Biofuel Standard Created ‘More 
Problems Than Solutions’


Oct. 20, 2015 11:07am Liz Klimas

On the 10-year anniversary of the federal Renewable Fuel Standard, a 
team of researchers released a study that concludes the policy created 
“more problems than solutions.”


The report issued last week — “10-Year Review of the Renewable Fuels 
Standard” — by Drs. Daniel De La Torre Ugarte and Burton English at the 
University of Tennessee’s Institute of Agriculture takes a look at the 
environmental, economic and industry effects of the RFS.


“Our analysis shows that the RFS has created more problems than 
solutions, particularly with regard to hampering advancements in 
biofuels. Corn ethanol was presented as a ‘bridge’ to advanced biofuels 
and a means of reducing GHG emissions,” De La Torre Ugarte said in a 
statement, referencing a comment made by former EPA Administrator Lisa 
Jackson. “However, the reality is clear that this policy has been a 
bridge to nowhere.”


The RFS, signed by then President George W. Bush in 2005 was followed by 
further legislation — the Energy Independence and Security Act — in 
2007. The legislation grew the corn-based ethanol industry from 3.9 
billion gallons in 2005 to 14.3 billion gallons in 2014, according to 
the study. Of all the nation’s biofuel production, ethanol comprises 87 
percent as of 2014.


The report stated that ethanol has “failed to meet expectations across a 
number of metrics that include air pollutants, water contamination and 
soil erosion.” The study cited conflicting research regarding the 
lifecycle of ethanol’s greenhouse gas emissions compared to that of 
traditional gasoline and notes that while it has been shown to reduce 
some pollutants, others have been shown to increase during the biofuel’s 
lifecycle, the study stated.


From an economic standpoint, the study authors noted some localized 
economic benefits along with some significant losses. Since 2005, the 
ethanol industry has been supported with $50 billion in subsidies, the 
report stated.


“Our analysis shows that the corn ethanol industry, even with its 
tremendous growth over the past decade and technology maturity, cannot 
survive in any real commercial sense without mandated fuel volume 
requirements,” the authors wrote.


Bankruptcies that hit some ethanol refineries during a decrease in oil 
prices in 2008 and 2009, also reversed some of the economic benefits 
communities had once seen.


And finally, the study authors concluded that the focus on corn-based 
ethanol has “stymied the growth of advanced biofuels by receiving 
substantial RFS targets (10 percent of fuel by volume), essentially 
retarding the growth of the advanced biofuels sector.”


The study authors admitted the hardship of bringing advanced biofuels to 
the market, but wrote that they would allow the Renewable Fuel 
Standards’ objectives to be better met.


“After 10 years of the RFS and its missed objectives, it is time to 
re-think the design, structure and practical implementation of the RFS 
and examine whether other policy designs may be more appropriate for 
promoting the production and consumption of advanced biofuels,” wrote 
the researchers, whose work was funded by the American Council for 
Capital Formation, which is a member of the Smarter Fuel Future coalition.


English said in a statement that an over reliance on corn ethanol has 
“restricted the growth and maturation of the advanced biofuel industry, 
resulting in fewer environmental and economic benefits.”


Renewable Fuels Association, which supports the ethanol industry, said 
this study by the University of Tennessee was “big-oil funded.”


“Over the past decade the Renewable Fuel Standard has proven time and 
time again why it is our nation’s most successful energy policy,” Geoff 
Cooper, RFA senior vice president, said in a statement. “Its impact on 
our nation’s energy security, economy, and environment is unmatched. The 
RFS was passed by a bi-partisan Congress and signed into law by 
President George W. Bush with the goal of ensuring that biofuels have a 
place in a market that is overwhelmingly and unfairly dominated by Big Oil.”


The same week this report was released, the EPA’s Office of Inspector 
General announced that it would conduct research on the lifecycle impact 
of the RFS.


The inspector general’s audit will determine whether the EPA “complied 
with the reporting requirements of laws authorizing the Renewable Fuel 
Standard” and if it “updated the lifecycle analysis supporting the RFS 
with findings from the statutorily mandated National Academy of 
Sciences” in 2011.


In 2011, the NAS released a study that found not only were the policies 
“ineffective…for reducing global GHG emissions,” but they were unlikely 
to meet 

[Biofuel] Ethanol and biodiesel can be sustainably produced from algae

[Darryl McMahon]

http://www.balkans.com/open-news.php?uniquenumber=207346

Ethanol and biodiesel can be sustainably produced from algae

The BIOFAT project – which runs until April 2016 – has confirmed algae's 
potential as a sustainable source of biofuel and bio-products with low 
greenhouse gas emissions. Pilot-scale processing facilities, each 
one-half hectare in size, were constructed in Italy and Portugal, and a 
scaled-up 10-hectare demonstration facility is currently being finalised.


Sustainability has been the key factor throughout the project, with 
consortium partners focusing on environmental issues (such as the use of 
marine strains of algae to limit freshwater use) and economic issues 
(such as achieving low energy consumption). These plants have 
demonstrated exactly how generating biofuels from algae technologies 
will work from an economic standpoint, and shown that large-scale 
microalgae production platforms can be operated efficiently.


Green algae – a common garden pond nuisance – have immense potential as 
a new sustainable and affordable energy source. Key benefits include the 
fact that algae are among the fastest growing photosynthetic organisms. 
They can double their numbers every few hours and can be harvested 
daily, and have the potential to produce a volume of biomass and biofuel 
many times greater than that of our most productive crops.
Algae also store energy in the form of oils and carbohydrates, which, 
combined with their high productivity, means they can produce from 2 000 
to as many as 5 000 gallons of biofuels per acre per year. Algae produce 
oils that can be converted into biodiesel and carbohydrates, which can 
then be fermented into ethanol.


After oil extraction, the remaining algal biomass can be dried and 
‘pelletized’ and used as fuel that is burned in industrial boilers and 
other power generation sources. Algae can also be cultivated to produce 
a variety of products for large to small markets: plastics, chemical 
feedstocks, lubricants, fertilizers, and even cosmetics.


BIOFAT is part of a concerted effort by the EU to tap into alternative 
forms of energy, in order to effectively address issues such as climate 
change and the impact of fuel crops on food production and land use 
change. The project is one of three large-scale industry-led initiatives 
aimed at demonstrating the production of algal biofuels along the whole 
value chain, covering strain selection to algae cultivation and 
production, oil extraction, biofuel production and biofuel testing in 
transportation applications.


Key findings from this so-called ‘Algae Cluster’ were discussed at the 
Third European Workshop on LCA (life cycle assessments) for Algal 
Biofuels and Biomaterials in May 2015 in Brussels, Belgium. The workshop 
addressed issues relating to up-scaling, a central concern of the BIOFAT 
project reports Europa.

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[Biofuel] Ethanol Producer Magazine – The Latest News and Data About Ethanol Production

[Darryl McMahon]

http://www.ethanolproducer.com/articles/12187/urban-air-initiative-partners-in-clean-fuels-omaha-campaign

Urban Air Initiative partners in Clean Fuels Omaha campaign

By Urban Air Initiative | May 04, 2015

The Urban Air Initiative joined with a broad cross section of public and 
 private interest groups supporting the call for more aggressive 
regional pollution control measures in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area. 
Working together as Clean Fuels Omaha, the campaign was launched to 
support measures outlined this week by the Metropolitan Area Planning 
Agency.


The Metropolitan Area Planning Agency is a coordinating organization for 
government officials of the region to address a range of issues. One of 
the programs of MAPA is the Little Steps-Big Impact Air Quality 
Initiative, which is an annual campaign to educate the public on the 
impacts of ground level ozone on air quality, and the steps that can be 
taken to reduce emissions.


MAPA has recognized that transportation fuels are a major source of our 
pollution problems, said Dave VanderGriend, president of the Urban Air 
Initiative and a partner in the Clean Fuels Omaha Campaign. The Small 
Steps program is just that—small steps that can have a big impact. 
Choosing alternative fuels like ethanol and biodiesel is something each 
of us can do to help clean the air and protect public health.


Gasoline and diesel produce particulates that are classified as ozone 
precursors. In addition, these particulates are carriers of airborne 
toxics that are linked to a wide range of health concerns ranging from 
asthma to autism. Just this week the American Lung Association released 
its annual state of the Air Report and concluded that more than 138 
million people in the U.S. are living in areas classified as unhealthy 
or as having poor air quality.


By increasing the use of biodiesel in buses and industrial 
applications, and filling up with E10, E15, and for flex fuel vehicles, 
even higher blends like E30, we can make a difference,” said 
VanderGriend.  He also detailed some of the sanctions that come with an 
ozone non-attainment classification, such as a limit on business 
development and potential driving restrictions.


Partners in the campaign to date include the Nebraska Ethanol Board, the 
Nebraska Corn Board, the Nebraska Ethanol Industry Coalition, the 
Nebraska Soybean Growers, the Clean Fuels Development Coalition, and the 
Urban Air Initiative.


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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol Compatibility

[Tom]

Robert,
  Thanks for the reply. Mechanics is not my strong point.
   David Blume explains the steps required to convert engines with carburetors 
to run on ethanol (Alcohol Can Be A Gas pp364-374) but once converted the 
engine will run well on ethanol but not on gasoline.

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Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol Compatibility

On 7/29/2014 2:55 PM, Thomas Kelly wrote:
Will a phantom system and/or Megasquirt adjust on the
 fly to varying ethanol concentrations? (E0 through E100)
 No, I don't believe so. That's where the factory flex fuel system 
really shines.

  
Robert Luis Rabello
Adventure for Your Mind
http://www.newadventure.ca

Ceremonies and Celebrations video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV3k-s_sg1Q

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol Compatibility

[Thomas Kelly]

Robert,
   I don't think you'll get much argument re: your
contention that any OBDII vehicle can run E85, the
question is for how long.
   I only waded through the study you cited, but some
points should be made:
   1. It looked at exhaust emissions from 16 vehicles
comparing low ethanol/gasoline blends blends of 10%(E10),
15%(E15) and 20%(E20) to gasoline (E0). Changes in
exhaust emissions indicated that the vehicles did make
fuel:air adjustments i.e. they learned to run on the
ethanol blends. The study did not include E85.
   2. The authors state that the study did not include an
operability component and while they point out that
there were no observed leaks in any of the vehicles,
they also state that the vehicles were only driven about
200 miles on the ethanol blends.
   3. 6 of the 16 vehicles did not make adjustments at
wide open throttle and emissions were consistently
hotter as these vehicles ran at lean blends.

   None of this is real news. Here in the US we've been
running our cars on E10 (gasohol) sine '83.
   A couple of years ago I bought a piece of lab
equipment - a '99 Ford Ranger; flex fuel version. It
loves E85. When I go from E10 to E85, you can hear the
engine settle in to it. It almost instantly adjusts to
whatever blend I feed it.
   The owner of the station that sells me the E85 told me
that when he started selling E85 he filled up the tank
of his family car. It ran a bit rough for a few miles,
but then ran fine. He wouldn't run more than a tankful
or two ... went on about seals and fuel lines. Same
message from some reliable mechanics: E10 no problem.
E85 is a different story.
   So, will newer model vehicles run on E85? Probably. We
certainly want them to run at various temps and
altitudes and for more than 200, 1000, or even 10,000
miles.

   Interesting info in the study you cited regarding small
engines running on the lower ethanol blends. Many will
not run on blends as low as E20 w/o adjustment  ex
raise fuel tank relative to engine and/or adjusting
idle settings. Even with adjustments the engines run
hot resulting in increased emissions of oxides of
nitrogen and shorter lifespans for the engines.

   I'm not opposed to ethanol. I'm especially interested
in ethanol that is produced at various levels of scale
including homebrew utilizing feedstock from the waste
stream. I look forward to the day when I can purchase
E85 made from something other than food.
Best to You,
   Tom


 I maintain that any OBDII vehicle can run E85. If your
 check engine
 light comes on, reset it and keep driving. (It's usually
 an O2 sensor
 that triggers the light.) The onboard computer WILL
adapt.
  Here's what
 the NREL had to say on the matter:

 http://www.scribd.com/doc/117331392/Effects-of-Intermediate-Ethanol-Blends

 There are no E85 pumps in British Columbia. The best we
 can do is E10,
 which is only advertised as available at Husky.


 Robert Luis Rabello
 Adventure for Your Mind
 http://www.newadventure.ca

 Ceremonies and Celebrations video:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV3k-s_sg1Q

 Meet the People video:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txsCdh1hZ6c

 Crisis video:
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol Compatibility

[Dawie Coetzee]

Another reason to replace one's OBD (should one be so cursed) with a phantom 
system ... -D




 From: Thomas Kelly ontheh...@fairpoint.net
To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org 
Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2014, 16:30
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol Compatibility
 

Robert,
   I don't think you'll get much argument re: your
contention that any OBDII vehicle can run E85, the
question is for how long.
   I only waded through the study you cited, but some
points should be made:
   1. It looked at exhaust emissions from 16 vehicles
comparing low ethanol/gasoline blends blends of 10%(E10),
15%(E15) and 20%(E20) to gasoline (E0). Changes in
exhaust emissions indicated that the vehicles did make
fuel:air adjustments i.e. they learned to run on the
ethanol blends. The study did not include E85.
   2. The authors state that the study did not include an
operability component and while they point out that
there were no observed leaks in any of the vehicles,
they also state that the vehicles were only driven about
200 miles on the ethanol blends.
   3. 6 of the 16 vehicles did not make adjustments at
wide open throttle and emissions were consistently
hotter as these vehicles ran at lean blends.

   None of this is real news. Here in the US we've been
running our cars on E10 (gasohol) sine '83.
   A couple of years ago I bought a piece of lab
equipment - a '99 Ford Ranger; flex fuel version. It
loves E85. When I go from E10 to E85, you can hear the
engine settle in to it. It almost instantly adjusts to
whatever blend I feed it.
   The owner of the station that sells me the E85 told me
that when he started selling E85 he filled up the tank
of his family car. It ran a bit rough for a few miles,
but then ran fine. He wouldn't run more than a tankful
or two ... went on about seals and fuel lines. Same
message from some reliable mechanics: E10 no problem.
E85 is a different story.
   So, will newer model vehicles run on E85? Probably. We
certainly want them to run at various temps and
altitudes and for more than 200, 1000, or even 10,000
miles.

   Interesting info in the study you cited regarding small
engines running on the lower ethanol blends. Many will
not run on blends as low as E20 w/o adjustment  ex
raise fuel tank relative to engine and/or adjusting
idle settings. Even with adjustments the engines run
hot resulting in increased emissions of oxides of
nitrogen and shorter lifespans for the engines.

   I'm not opposed to ethanol. I'm especially interested
in ethanol that is produced at various levels of scale
including homebrew utilizing feedstock from the waste
stream. I look forward to the day when I can purchase
E85 made from something other than food.
        Best to You,
               Tom


 I maintain that any OBDII vehicle can run E85. If your
 check engine
 light comes on, reset it and keep driving. (It's usually
 an O2 sensor
 that triggers the light.) The onboard computer WILL
adapt.
  Here's what
 the NREL had to say on the matter:

 http://www.scribd.com/doc/117331392/Effects-of-Intermediate-Ethanol-Blends

 There are no E85 pumps in British Columbia. The best we
 can do is E10,
 which is only advertised as available at Husky.


 Robert Luis Rabello
 Adventure for Your Mind
 http://www.newadventure.ca

 Ceremonies and Celebrations video:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV3k-s_sg1Q

 Meet the People video:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txsCdh1hZ6c

 Crisis video:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZedNEXhTn4

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol Compatibility

[robert and benita rabello]

On 7/29/2014 9:25 AM, Dawie Coetzee wrote:

Another reason to replace one's OBD (should one be so cursed) with a phantom 
system ... -D


I did, using a Megasquirt. Tuning for ethanol would be relatively 
straightforward. Now, if only distilling ethanol was legal in my 
jurisdiction . . .


 
Robert Luis Rabello

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Ceremonies and Celebrations video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV3k-s_sg1Q

Meet the People video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txsCdh1hZ6c

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol Compatibility

[Thomas Kelly]

  Will a phantom system and/or Megasquirt adjust on the
fly to varying ethanol concentrations? (E0 through E100)


 On 7/29/2014 9:25 AM, Dawie Coetzee wrote:
 Another reason to replace one's OBD (should one be so
 cursed) with a phantom system ... -D

  I did, using a Megasquirt. Tuning for ethanol would
 be relatively
 straightforward. Now, if only distilling ethanol was legal
 in my
 jurisdiction . . .


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 Adventure for Your Mind
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol Compatibility

[robert and benita rabello]

On 7/29/2014 2:55 PM, Thomas Kelly wrote:

   Will a phantom system and/or Megasquirt adjust on the
fly to varying ethanol concentrations? (E0 through E100)
No, I don't believe so. That's where the factory flex fuel system 
really shines.


 
Robert Luis Rabello

Adventure for Your Mind
http://www.newadventure.ca

Ceremonies and Celebrations video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV3k-s_sg1Q

Meet the People video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txsCdh1hZ6c

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[Biofuel] Ethanol Compatibility

[robert and benita rabello]

I maintain that any OBDII vehicle can run E85. If your check engine 
light comes on, reset it and keep driving. (It's usually an O2 sensor 
that triggers the light.) The onboard computer WILL adapt.  Here's what 
the NREL had to say on the matter:


http://www.scribd.com/doc/117331392/Effects-of-Intermediate-Ethanol-Blends

There are no E85 pumps in British Columbia. The best we can do is E10, 
which is only advertised as available at Husky.


 
Robert Luis Rabello

Adventure for Your Mind
http://www.newadventure.ca

Ceremonies and Celebrations video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV3k-s_sg1Q

Meet the People video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txsCdh1hZ6c

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[Biofuel] Ethanol Producer Magazine – The Latest News and Data About Ethanol Production

[Darryl McMahon]

http://www.ethanolproducer.com/articles/11279/east-kansas-agri-energy-announces-renewable-diesel-project

East Kansas Agri-Energy announces renewable diesel project
By East Kansas Agri-Energy LLC | July 24, 2014

East Kansas Agri-Energy LLC has announced its intent to integrate 
renewable diesel production at its ethanol plant in Garnett, Kansas. 
Renewable diesel will be made from the corn distillers oil (CDO) already 
produced at the plant along with other feedstocks purchased on the market.


Construction on the new facility will begin soon and will be complete in 
about 12 to 14 months.  The plant will be able to produce 3 million 
gallons of hydrocarbon fuel per year, with the ability to double that 
capacity in the future.


This is about maximizing revenue, leveraging activities that we already 
do every day, and enhancing the value of products we already produce 
now, said EKAE President  CEO Jeff Oestmann. Adding renewable diesel 
capability aligns perfectly with our business strategy of diversifying 
our energy portfolio and creating additional enterprises that are 
sustainable on their own.


The main driver is to create greater value for our unit holders, said 
EKAE chairman Bill Pracht. We'll be taking advantage of our experience 
and current facilities to create two biofuels out of one kernel of corn. 
 Furthermore, we'll be adding value to the corn oil we already produce.


Oestmann said that EKAE already has a receptive market for this new 
fuel.  We have positive relationships with customers and within the 
biofuels industry that have come to know EKAE as a reliable and 
trustworthy supplier, he said.  By using corn distillers oil we 
produce as the primary feedstock, we will have quality control that will 
underscore our reputation for quality in the marketplace.


Sound management and fiscal responsibility have created a strong 
balance sheet for EKAE, said EKAE board member Scott Burkdoll.  We are 
in an extremely advantageous position to establish market leadership 
quickly and profitably.


Our renewable diesel technology is commercially proven, said Ron 
Beemiller, president and CEO of WB Services, the technology partner on 
the project. The process creates renewable diesel along with valuable 
co-products including steam, fuel gas and denaturant that are integrated 
into the ethanol plant.  It is an elegant solution that adds value while 
reducing the carbon intensity.


Renewable diesel and biodiesel are similar in that they both utilize 
vegetable oil as feedstock—soybean oil, corn stillage, and animal fats 
and greases.   But that's where the similarities end, Oestmann said.


Whereas biodiesel has blending restrictions and seasonal concerns, 
renewable diesel is a true 'drop-in' fuel indistinguishable from the 
ordinary diesel fuel found at the pump, Oestmann added.  It does not 
present the blending and pipeline transportation challenges of 
biodiesel, and that may make it easier and less expensive for fuel 
marketers to integrate it into their operations.


Renewable diesel is feedstock flexible, which will allow EKAE to take 
advantage of commodity markets to improve margins.


Renewable diesel qualifies under both the “biomass-based diesel” 
category and the other advanced biofuels category in the renewable 
fuel standard (RFS).  The fuel dramatically reduces greenhouse gas 
emissions compared to petroleum.  Additionally, renewable diesel has a 
very low carbon intensity score under the low carbon fuels standard 
established by the California Air Resources Board, which opens up a huge 
West Coast market for EKAE.


According to Oestmann, the co-products of renewable diesel are more 
valuable than those from biodiesel, creating greater marketing and 
revenue opportunities.  High value co-products of the renewable diesel 
process include naphtha, which is a common component in gasoline and is 
used in ethanol production as a denaturant.   Another co-product is a 
fuel gas similar to pipeline natural gas, which will also be used in the 
ethanol process to reduce energy consumption.


Markets for renewable diesel are the same as petroleum derived diesel 
fuel including motor fuels (automobiles, trucks and rail), heavy duty 
equipment in agriculture and construction, and aviation fuel.

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[Biofuel] Ethanol proposal has stopped investments in advanced biofuels, industry tells senators

[Darryl McMahon]

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2014/04/08/ethanol-congress-investments/7467263/

Ethanol proposal has stopped investments in advanced biofuels, industry 
tells senators


Christopher Doering, cdoer...@gannett.com 3:28 p.m. CDT April 8, 2014

The Obama administration has halted investments in advanced biofuels 
plants following its proposal last year to reduce how much renewable 
fuels must be blended into the country's fuel supply in 2014, an 
executive representing the industry told Senate lawmakers Tuesday.


What the (Environmental Protection Agency) proposal did, first the 
leaked version in October and then in November is frozen everything, 
Brooke Coleman, executive director of the Advanced Ethanol Council, told 
sympathetic lawmakers on the Senate Agriculture Committee. Every single 
one of my companies. There are no exceptions.


The EPA, which oversees the country's Renewable Fuel Standard, proposed 
in November cutting the fuel requirement in 2014 to 15.2 billion gallons 
of ethanol and other biofuels, 3 billion gallons less than Congress 
required in a 2007 law. As part of that, EPA proposed requiring 2.2 
billion gallons of advanced biofuels, including agricultural waste, wood 
and grass, to be used in 2014, far below the 3.75 billion outlined in 
federal law.


Coleman said if the EPA raises the levels in its final 2014 rule, the 
advanced biofuel industry would benefit. If that's done we will recover 
and we will recover well, he said.


The final rule is expected to be issued by the EPA in late spring or 
early summer.


After years of delays and millions of dollars spent ramping up 
production, three large-scale U.S. cellulosic plants will open this 
year. DuPont Cellulosic Ethanol, which is building a 30 million gallon 
per year cellulosic ethanol plant near Nevada, Iowa, will use corn 
stover as its feedstock when it ramps up production.


Jan Koninckx, DuPont's chief on cellulosic renewable fuel, told 
lawmakers the fuel will initially cost more before the price comes down.


The product will at first . . . be more expensive than corn ethanol and 
more expensive than fossil fuel but over time this will come down, 
Koninckx said. We continue to anticipate to be competitive with oil at 
about $80 per barrel.


Lawmakers outside of ethanol producing states have proposed to end or 
significantly overhaul the Renewable Fuel Standard.


I don't know what would happen if you put the Renewable Fuel Standard 
to a vote today in the United States Congress, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, 
D-N.D. We'd like to think we'd maintain it. . . but that may not be 
factual.


One measure, introduced by Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Tom 
Coburn, R-Okla., would greatly diminish the importance of the Renewable 
Fuel Standard by removing the component that requires fuel to be made 
from corn. Smaller mandates for advanced biofuels such as cellulosic 
would remain in place. Others would cap how much ethanol could be 
blended into gasoline at 10 percent.


Iowa, the country's largest ethanol producer, has 42 refineries capable 
of producing over 3.8 billion gallons annually, with three cellulosic 
ethanol facilities under construction.

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and gasoline

[Jan Warnqvist]

Hello Keith and all. I agree with you to some extent. Gasoline is a 
non-polar mix of 100:s and 100:s of hydrocarbons. In order to be corrosive 
there has to be
a) metal ions (Lewis acids) producing a low pH and
b) water or other polar compounds in the system.
Anhydrous ethanol stays anhydrous reasonably long assuming that it is kept 
in a closed vessel, preferably with dehydration air filters.
No I have not heard if Absolut is into juridical problems. But me, I prefer 
Lithuanian Gold vodka or Wyborowa, so it does not matter.
- Original Message - 
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To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and gasoline


 Hij Jan

 Thanks for your reply.

 What I was asking about is the 4% (4.37%) water in the azeotrope mix
 that won't separate from the water by distillation. When 190-proof
 ethanol is blended with gasoline, the overall proportion of water is
 even lower. Zeolite will remove the last of the water, but it's
 another processing step and you have to buy it, and how long will the
 ethanol stay absolute?

 I thought that today's engines were built to resist rust and
 corrosion. Gasoline is also corrosive.

 There's also this, in a previous message:

 Biodiesel as an anti-wear and smog additive for gasoline fuel is
 very encouraging. - Franklin Del Rosario, January 2004, Biodiesel
 in gasoline engines - scroll down the page to Biodiesel in 4-stroke
 gasoline engines
 http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#gas

 It sounds like a good ethanol additive too.

 Has Absolut Vodka been sued yet for making false advertising claims?
 :-) Since it sure isn't absolute. Is it still just as good now that
 it's French? Somebody once gave me a bottle of 100-proof Absolut,
 wonderful stuff.

 All best

 Keith


Hello all. I wish to comment that like this:
Gasoline engines are sensitive to water, too sensitive to accept anything
but a very small portion of water containing alcohol in the gasoline. Any
alcohol blend in gasoline should originate from anhydrous alcohol.The fact
that ethanol in water is corrosive does not make it better. Some of the
ethanol will drop a hydrogen atom to the water and create acid and an
ethoxide ion, both are aggressive.
The diesel engines, as a contrast, can accept up to four per cents of 
water
without even long-term problems. But then the engine in question has to be
prepared for ethanol as fuel, of course.
Best regards
Jan W
- Original Message -
From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 6:59 PM
Subject: [Biofuel] Ethanol and gasoline


  Hi all

  Would someone who has David Blume's Alcohol Can Be a Gas! please
  look up something for me? I can't get at my copy at the moment.

  What does Mr Blume say about blending 95% ethanol (190-proof) with
  gasoline? Miscible or not?

  Thanks!

   Keith


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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and gasoline

[Keith Addison]

Hij Jan

Thanks for your reply.

What I was asking about is the 4% (4.37%) water in the azeotrope mix 
that won't separate from the water by distillation. When 190-proof 
ethanol is blended with gasoline, the overall proportion of water is 
even lower. Zeolite will remove the last of the water, but it's 
another processing step and you have to buy it, and how long will the 
ethanol stay absolute?

I thought that today's engines were built to resist rust and 
corrosion. Gasoline is also corrosive.

There's also this, in a previous message:

Biodiesel as an anti-wear and smog additive for gasoline fuel is 
very encouraging. - Franklin Del Rosario, January 2004, Biodiesel 
in gasoline engines - scroll down the page to Biodiesel in 4-stroke 
gasoline engines
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#gas

It sounds like a good ethanol additive too.

Has Absolut Vodka been sued yet for making false advertising claims? 
:-) Since it sure isn't absolute. Is it still just as good now that 
it's French? Somebody once gave me a bottle of 100-proof Absolut, 
wonderful stuff.

All best

Keith


Hello all. I wish to comment that like this:
Gasoline engines are sensitive to water, too sensitive to accept anything
but a very small portion of water containing alcohol in the gasoline. Any
alcohol blend in gasoline should originate from anhydrous alcohol.The fact
that ethanol in water is corrosive does not make it better. Some of the
ethanol will drop a hydrogen atom to the water and create acid and an
ethoxide ion, both are aggressive.
The diesel engines, as a contrast, can accept up to four per cents of water
without even long-term problems. But then the engine in question has to be
prepared for ethanol as fuel, of course.
Best regards
Jan W
- Original Message -
From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 6:59 PM
Subject: [Biofuel] Ethanol and gasoline


  Hi all

  Would someone who has David Blume's Alcohol Can Be a Gas! please
  look up something for me? I can't get at my copy at the moment.

  What does Mr Blume say about blending 95% ethanol (190-proof) with
  gasoline? Miscible or not?

  Thanks!

   Keith


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[Biofuel] Ethanol and gasoline

[Keith Addison]

Hi all

Would someone who has David Blume's Alcohol Can Be a Gas! please 
look up something for me? I can't get at my copy at the moment.

What does Mr Blume say about blending 95% ethanol (190-proof) with 
gasoline? Miscible or not?

Thanks!

Keith

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and gasoline

[Dawie Coetzee]

Hi Keith

pp356,357:

Blending
There is a myth that anything less than 200-proof alcohol will separate from 
gasoline due to the small amount of water in the alcohol. Gasoline, alcohol, 
and water are miscible (stay dissolved in one another), depending on 
temperature and on water and alcohol content. [...]
... at about 68°F, alcohol with as much as 45% water will mix with gasoline 
and not separate. At 4% water, alcohol will form a stable mix with gasoline 
down to about minus 22°F! ...

A reference is given, AC Castro, CH Koster, and EK Franleck, Flexible Ethanol 
Otto Engine Management System 942400 (Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive 
Engineers International, 1994)

Regards

Dawie Coetzee






From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Sunday, 28 August 2011, 18:59
Subject: [Biofuel] Ethanol and gasoline

Hi all

Would someone who has David Blume's Alcohol Can Be a Gas! please 
look up something for me? I can't get at my copy at the moment.

What does Mr Blume say about blending 95% ethanol (190-proof) with 
gasoline? Miscible or not?

Thanks!

Keith

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and gasoline

[Keith Addison]

Thankyou Dawie! Perfect, problem solved. Thanks so much for taking the trouble.

All best to you

Keith


Hi Keith

pp356,357:

Blending
There is a myth that anything less than 200-proof alcohol will 
separate from gasoline due to the small amount of water in the 
alcohol. Gasoline, alcohol, and water are miscible (stay dissolved 
in one another), depending on temperature and on water and alcohol 
content. [...]
... at about 68°F, alcohol with as much as 45% water will mix with 
gasoline and not separate. At 4% water, alcohol will form a stable 
mix with gasoline down to about minus 22°F! ...

A reference is given, AC Castro, CH Koster, and EK Franleck, 
Flexible Ethanol Otto Engine Management System 942400 (Warrendale, 
PA: Society of Automotive Engineers International, 1994)

Regards

Dawie Coetzee



From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Sunday, 28 August 2011, 18:59
Subject: [Biofuel] Ethanol and gasoline

Hi all

Would someone who has David Blume's Alcohol Can Be a Gas! please
look up something for me? I can't get at my copy at the moment.

What does Mr Blume say about blending 95% ethanol (190-proof) with
gasoline? Miscible or not?

Thanks!

  Keith

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and gasoline

[Jan Warnqvist]

Hello all. I wish to comment that like this:
Gasoline engines are sensitive to water, too sensitive to accept anything 
but a very small portion of water containing alcohol in the gasoline. Any 
alcohol blend in gasoline should originate from anhydrous alcohol.The fact 
that ethanol in water is corrosive does not make it better. Some of the 
ethanol will drop a hydrogen atom to the water and create acid and an 
ethoxide ion, both are aggressive.
The diesel engines, as a contrast, can accept up to four per cents of water 
without even long-term problems. But then the engine in question has to be 
prepared for ethanol as fuel, of course.
Best regards
Jan W
- Original Message - 
From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 6:59 PM
Subject: [Biofuel] Ethanol and gasoline


 Hi all

 Would someone who has David Blume's Alcohol Can Be a Gas! please
 look up something for me? I can't get at my copy at the moment.

 What does Mr Blume say about blending 95% ethanol (190-proof) with
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 Thanks!

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol mini-refinery from Allard Research. Whey Ethanol

[NV Dhana]

 To, Ramirez.Glad to  to here from you. what you looking at is fancy boiler. 
you will need plenty more eqipment. You will never be able
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]to brew more than 16% ethanol in brew.
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] must filter it to use in  this system
 Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 18:33:47 +
 Subject: [Biofuel] Ethanol mini-refinery from Allard Research. Whey Ethanole
 
 
 From theory to Practice. Finally I got some funds for my cheese whey to 
 ethanol project, here in Panama, Central America.
 I like this automated system,touch screen, remote management, etc.
 What do you know about it? Any info of the company.
 
 Link:
 
 http://www.allardresearch.com/systems.html
 
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[Biofuel] Ethanol mini-refinery from Allard Research. Whey Ethanol

[Dimas Ramirez]

From theory to Practice.  Finally I got some funds for my cheese whey to 
ethanol project, here in Panama, Central America.
I like this automated system,touch screen, remote management, etc.
What do you know about it?  Any info of the company.

Link:

http://www.allardresearch.com/systems.html

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol 85

[Keith Addison]

Hi Kurt

I live within ten miles of four different E85 pumps, for most of them
it's just right there on one of the islands with the gas pump. It's a
separate nozzle, like diesel, but it isn't attended. If I'm the one
filling the car up, I splash-mix to about an E40 blend by putting the
E85 in first, then topping off with gasoline.

I've had some good success making ethyl esters using E85, too. It's dry,
and if  you compensate for the gasoline volume it works nicely.

I'd wondered about that, but you don't get E85 here.

Letting
it sit in the sun in a black container tends to drive off most of the
residual gas vapors post-wash. With the cost of E85 per gallon
comparable to the local cost of methanol, I just use the E85.

Only E85, or do you use a proportion of methanol too, as Ken Provost suggests?
http://journeytoforever.org/ethanol_link.html#ethylester

Do you use low-FFA oil?

Thanks!

Best

Keith


Once I
have the recovery still working properly, I'll put the recovered
alcohol/gasoline mix in one of the cars rather than cycling it back into
the process.

-Kurt


Chris Burck wrote:
  i suspect this has more to do with wanting to avoid any chance of
  legal action from people who try to get intoxicated with it:  you
  never told me this was poisonous, so give me 35 million dollars.
  ckearly this is lunacy.  but there's so many urban legends out there
  about punitive damage awards, corporate policies as you describe are
  no surprise.  of course, who's to say they're not just using potential
  liability as cover for limiting our choices.

  On 8/22/08, Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
  Hi All;

  It has been a while but I am not idle. I hope everyone is keeping well.
  I have been working on converting a 2 stroke to run on ethanol. Engine
  work is well underway. I wanted to get some ethanol to start testing
  what lubricants I can use as a substitute for the commercial 2 stroke
  lubes meant for gasoline.  I am hoping esters are the answer obvioisly.
  I don't have any anhydrous ethanol so I found out that one of the only
  two stations that sell E85 is about 1/2 hr away so I drove out with a
  jerry can, only to find that they WILL NOT SELL any E85 unless you pull
  up with a flex fuel vehicle and they will only fill the tank and no
  extra cans. The kid at the pump jerks his thumb over his shoulder and
  tells me he can only pump it if the guy in the building says so.  I walk
  up to the building with its big red banner above the door with proud
  letters that read ONTARIO ALTERNATIVE ENERGY COUNCIL  I asked the
  manager how I was supposed to get fuel to do my research and he said he
  could not help me.  I asked if it was a company policy or a law and he
  told me (wrongly) that it was the law.  I have since discovered that it
  is just the company policy but there is nowhere else to buy. I can
  produce my own anhydrous ethanol but I thought I'd save the hastle and
  give some of my dollars to help promote the alt fuel business. I guess
  the bond between car manufacturers and fuel producers is nowhere
  stronger than in the alternative fuels area eh?  I'm going to vomit
  nowplease excuse me.

   Joe


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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol 85

[Kurt Nolte]

For the most part I have been using straight E85. Single stage, base, 
sodium hydroxide since I'm still using up stock. If I have time, I'll 
try to move and do some KOH catalyzed.

All my oil is from home use or a frequently changed burger stand, 
titrates 5 every time, typically around 1-2.

Total failure tends to result if the E85 isn't fresh. If it's been 
sitting a week, I cut it approximately 50/50 with methanol and it does 
decently well, but unless I miss a batch it doesn't tend to sit.

-Kurt



Keith Addison wrote:
 Hi Kurt

   
 I live within ten miles of four different E85 pumps, for most of them
 it's just right there on one of the islands with the gas pump. It's a
 separate nozzle, like diesel, but it isn't attended. If I'm the one
 filling the car up, I splash-mix to about an E40 blend by putting the
 E85 in first, then topping off with gasoline.

 I've had some good success making ethyl esters using E85, too. It's dry,
 and if  you compensate for the gasoline volume it works nicely.
 

 I'd wondered about that, but you don't get E85 here.

   
 Letting
 it sit in the sun in a black container tends to drive off most of the
 residual gas vapors post-wash. With the cost of E85 per gallon
 comparable to the local cost of methanol, I just use the E85.
 

 Only E85, or do you use a proportion of methanol too, as Ken Provost suggests?
 http://journeytoforever.org/ethanol_link.html#ethylester

 Do you use low-FFA oil?

 Thanks!

 Best

 Keith


   
 Once I
 have the recovery still working properly, I'll put the recovered
 alcohol/gasoline mix in one of the cars rather than cycling it back into
 the process.

 -Kurt


 Chris Burck wrote:
 
  i suspect this has more to do with wanting to avoid any chance of
  legal action from people who try to get intoxicated with it:  you
  never told me this was poisonous, so give me 35 million dollars.
  ckearly this is lunacy.  but there's so many urban legends out there
  about punitive damage awards, corporate policies as you describe are
  no surprise.  of course, who's to say they're not just using potential
  liability as cover for limiting our choices.

  On 8/22/08, Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
   
  Hi All;

  It has been a while but I am not idle. I hope everyone is keeping well.
  I have been working on converting a 2 stroke to run on ethanol. Engine
  work is well underway. I wanted to get some ethanol to start testing
  what lubricants I can use as a substitute for the commercial 2 stroke
  lubes meant for gasoline.  I am hoping esters are the answer obvioisly.
  I don't have any anhydrous ethanol so I found out that one of the only
  two stations that sell E85 is about 1/2 hr away so I drove out with a
  jerry can, only to find that they WILL NOT SELL any E85 unless you pull
  up with a flex fuel vehicle and they will only fill the tank and no
  extra cans. The kid at the pump jerks his thumb over his shoulder and
  tells me he can only pump it if the guy in the building says so.  I walk
  up to the building with its big red banner above the door with proud
  letters that read ONTARIO ALTERNATIVE ENERGY COUNCIL  I asked the
  manager how I was supposed to get fuel to do my research and he said he
  could not help me.  I asked if it was a company policy or a law and he
  told me (wrongly) that it was the law.  I have since discovered that it
  is just the company policy but there is nowhere else to buy. I can
  produce my own anhydrous ethanol but I thought I'd save the hastle and
  give some of my dollars to help promote the alt fuel business. I guess
  the bond between car manufacturers and fuel producers is nowhere
  stronger than in the alternative fuels area eh?  I'm going to vomit
  nowplease excuse me.

 
   Joe
 


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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol 85

[Kurt Nolte]

I live within ten miles of four different E85 pumps, for most of them 
it's just right there on one of the islands with the gas pump. It's a 
separate nozzle, like diesel, but it isn't attended. If I'm the one 
filling the car up, I splash-mix to about an E40 blend by putting the 
E85 in first, then topping off with gasoline.

I've had some good success making ethyl esters using E85, too. It's dry, 
and if  you compensate for the gasoline volume it works nicely. Letting 
it sit in the sun in a black container tends to drive off most of the 
residual gas vapors post-wash. With the cost of E85 per gallon 
comparable to the local cost of methanol, I just use the E85. Once I 
have the recovery still working properly, I'll put the recovered 
alcohol/gasoline mix in one of the cars rather than cycling it back into 
the process.

-Kurt


Chris Burck wrote:
 i suspect this has more to do with wanting to avoid any chance of
 legal action from people who try to get intoxicated with it:  you
 never told me this was poisonous, so give me 35 million dollars.
 ckearly this is lunacy.  but there's so many urban legends out there
 about punitive damage awards, corporate policies as you describe are
 no surprise.  of course, who's to say they're not just using potential
 liability as cover for limiting our choices.

 On 8/22/08, Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
 Hi All;

 It has been a while but I am not idle. I hope everyone is keeping well.
 I have been working on converting a 2 stroke to run on ethanol. Engine
 work is well underway. I wanted to get some ethanol to start testing
 what lubricants I can use as a substitute for the commercial 2 stroke
 lubes meant for gasoline.  I am hoping esters are the answer obvioisly.
 I don't have any anhydrous ethanol so I found out that one of the only
 two stations that sell E85 is about 1/2 hr away so I drove out with a
 jerry can, only to find that they WILL NOT SELL any E85 unless you pull
 up with a flex fuel vehicle and they will only fill the tank and no
 extra cans. The kid at the pump jerks his thumb over his shoulder and
 tells me he can only pump it if the guy in the building says so.  I walk
 up to the building with its big red banner above the door with proud
 letters that read ONTARIO ALTERNATIVE ENERGY COUNCIL  I asked the
 manager how I was supposed to get fuel to do my research and he said he
 could not help me.  I asked if it was a company policy or a law and he
 told me (wrongly) that it was the law.  I have since discovered that it
 is just the company policy but there is nowhere else to buy. I can
 produce my own anhydrous ethanol but I thought I'd save the hastle and
 give some of my dollars to help promote the alt fuel business. I guess
 the bond between car manufacturers and fuel producers is nowhere
 stronger than in the alternative fuels area eh?  I'm going to vomit
 nowplease excuse me.

 Joe



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[Biofuel] Ethanol 85

[Joe Street]

Hi All;

It has been a while but I am not idle. I hope everyone is keeping well.
I have been working on converting a 2 stroke to run on ethanol. Engine
work is well underway. I wanted to get some ethanol to start testing
what lubricants I can use as a substitute for the commercial 2 stroke
lubes meant for gasoline.  I am hoping esters are the answer obvioisly.
I don't have any anhydrous ethanol so I found out that one of the only
two stations that sell E85 is about 1/2 hr away so I drove out with a
jerry can, only to find that they WILL NOT SELL any E85 unless you pull
up with a flex fuel vehicle and they will only fill the tank and no
extra cans. The kid at the pump jerks his thumb over his shoulder and
tells me he can only pump it if the guy in the building says so.  I walk
up to the building with its big red banner above the door with proud
letters that read ONTARIO ALTERNATIVE ENERGY COUNCIL  I asked the
manager how I was supposed to get fuel to do my research and he said he
could not help me.  I asked if it was a company policy or a law and he
told me (wrongly) that it was the law.  I have since discovered that it
is just the company policy but there is nowhere else to buy. I can
produce my own anhydrous ethanol but I thought I'd save the hastle and
give some of my dollars to help promote the alt fuel business. I guess
the bond between car manufacturers and fuel producers is nowhere
stronger than in the alternative fuels area eh?  I'm going to vomit
nowplease excuse me.

Joe



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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol 85

[Chris Burck]

i suspect this has more to do with wanting to avoid any chance of
legal action from people who try to get intoxicated with it:  you
never told me this was poisonous, so give me 35 million dollars.
ckearly this is lunacy.  but there's so many urban legends out there
about punitive damage awards, corporate policies as you describe are
no surprise.  of course, who's to say they're not just using potential
liability as cover for limiting our choices.

On 8/22/08, Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi All;

 It has been a while but I am not idle. I hope everyone is keeping well.
 I have been working on converting a 2 stroke to run on ethanol. Engine
 work is well underway. I wanted to get some ethanol to start testing
 what lubricants I can use as a substitute for the commercial 2 stroke
 lubes meant for gasoline.  I am hoping esters are the answer obvioisly.
 I don't have any anhydrous ethanol so I found out that one of the only
 two stations that sell E85 is about 1/2 hr away so I drove out with a
 jerry can, only to find that they WILL NOT SELL any E85 unless you pull
 up with a flex fuel vehicle and they will only fill the tank and no
 extra cans. The kid at the pump jerks his thumb over his shoulder and
 tells me he can only pump it if the guy in the building says so.  I walk
 up to the building with its big red banner above the door with proud
 letters that read ONTARIO ALTERNATIVE ENERGY COUNCIL  I asked the
 manager how I was supposed to get fuel to do my research and he said he
 could not help me.  I asked if it was a company policy or a law and he
 told me (wrongly) that it was the law.  I have since discovered that it
 is just the company policy but there is nowhere else to buy. I can
 produce my own anhydrous ethanol but I thought I'd save the hastle and
 give some of my dollars to help promote the alt fuel business. I guess
 the bond between car manufacturers and fuel producers is nowhere
 stronger than in the alternative fuels area eh?  I'm going to vomit
 nowplease excuse me.

 Joe



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[Biofuel] ethanol from cellulose

[Kirk McLoren]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI5frPV58tYfeature=user
   
  fuel bit is near the end
   
  The termite proofing sounds great.
   
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Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from cellulose

[doug swanson]

Kirk McLoren wrote:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI5frPV58tYfeature=user

   fuel bit is near the end

   The termite proofing sounds great.

   Kirk
That was one to forward to several associates!  One of whom works 
diligently to keep old growth forests from being sold to logging 
companies, and another who's been battling termites..  Thanks!

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[Biofuel] Ethanol Booms, Farmers Bust

[Keith Addison]

No mention of the role of subsidies and the resultant dumping on poor 
countries' markets, sad to say.

- Keith

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Ethanol Booms, Farmers Bust

By Lisa M. Hamilton, AlterNet
May 25, 2007

 From the news these days you'd think farmers have never had a better 
friend than ethanol. Headlines holler that corn prices are soaring 
and that at this moment farmers are planting more acres of corn than 
they have in the last 50 years. Reporters writing about the ethanol 
boom are throwing around words like gold rush, jackpot, and nirvana. 
But if you actually are a farmer, ethanol and the high corn prices it 
brings is looking less and less like a blessing -- and more like a 
curse.

In concept, corn ethanol could benefit American farmers. Anytime we 
as a country look to them to supply our daily needs, it's an 
opportunity for rural communities to win. The problem is that the 
boom is taking place in the same old agricultural economy, which 
works to the benefit of those on top: landlords, processors, and 
companies selling inputs like seeds and fertilizers. It's 
agribusiness as usual, and like always, farmers will finish last.

Initially we all were excited by the high prices, said Troy Roush, 
a sixth-generation farmer who grows 2,600 acres of corn in central 
Indiana. But the truth is that the farmers won't keep any of it. 
There's an old saying that expenses will always rise to meet revenue. 
It all gets built in.

And that's exactly what has happened: As the price of corn has gone 
up, so has the cost of growing it. In just two months, the price 
Roush paid for fertilizer doubled. And speculation has driven land 
prices through the roof. It's insane, Roush said. In the last four 
months our land values have increased 40 percent. We're all sitting 
around wondering if it's real.

While most farmers own some land, the vast majority rent part or all 
of their acreage. Rents already swelled in some areas for this 
season, and farmers are bracing themselves for an even greater 
increase in 2008. A study by the Illinois Society of Professional 
Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers forecast that if corn prices stay 
high, rent for prime farmland next year will rise by 19 percent -- to 
218 dollars an acre. For young farmers, something rural America 
desperately needs, such inflation can make getting into the business 
impossible.

It is true that ethanol can offer farmers more control in the market 
through cooperative ownership of production plants. But thanks to the 
recent boom, corporate investors from around the world are now 
building plants that dwarf the farmer co-ops of the 1990s. And in the 
rush to meet the government's renewable fuel mandate, most incentives 
no longer favor farmer-owned plants.

In this new marketplace many farmer co-ops have cashed out, selling 
themselves partially or entirely to outside investors. According to 
the American Coalition for Ethanol, of the 75 plants slated for 
construction over the next two years only 25 percent are 
farmer-owned, and even those are often run in part by non-farmers 
from Des Moines and Chicago.

Without ownership of ethanol plants, farmers return to being mere 
workers in service of a volatile market. While the price of corn may 
be at a glorious four dollars a bushel now, when it evaporates 
farmers will likely be left to pay for costs that reflect a boom but 
profits that reflect a bust. Considering that much of the biofuels 
industry is already calling corn an archaic fuel source, looking 
forward instead to cellulosic ethanol, this crash is bound to happen 
within the next few years. To Roush and his colleagues it's beginning 
to feel ominously like the lead-up to the farm crisis of the 1980s, 
when high times led to unsustainable debt. They fear that the near 
future holds widespread foreclosure, not rural salvation.

To make matters worse, the boom is happening in a Farm Bill year. 
Congress is under tremendous pressure to peel back agricultural 
subsidies as they write the bill, and today's high corn prices and 
the promise of a bright, ethanol-powered future for farmers might 
give them the excuse to do so. Of course maintaining the subsidy 
system indefinitely isn't a solution, but the fact is that thousands 
of family farmers rely on those payments; to remove them without 
adequate replacement in such uncertain times could alone cause 
another farm crisis.

Despite all the problems it's causing, four-dollar corn itself is not 
the problem. In a sense it's actually a good thing, for it means 
farmers are getting closer to a fair price for their product. But a 
high price today doesn't ultimately benefit farmers if they remain in 
a system that allows the price to freefall tomorrow. What farmers 
need in order to rebuild their communities and secure their farm 
incomes is not an ethanol boom -- or any kind of boom for that 
matter. They need a system that offers a fair return for their 
product all the 

Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol Boom Cheers Grain Farmers, Pinches Food Makers

[Keith Addison]

Hi Zeke

Well, less meat would probably be a good idea for the average 
american, but meat can be had from animals that don't eat corn. It's 
sort of two different issues, that because of our factory farming 
structure, get treated like one.  And actually, according to The 
Omivoire's Dilemma, how healthy meat is for us may be as much 
dependent on what the meat eats, as what kind it is.  For example, 
he mentions that the new corn fed factory Salmon may lack many of 
the omega 6 fatty acids that are supposed to be the great thing 
about eating fish...

Nice example, thanks. There's no shortage of examples and evidence of 
this, extending over a long period, but of course it's consistently 
blind-eyed by the pseudo-scientific pipers who value the corporate 
shilling of the Tysons and ADMs of this world rather than verity and 
the community they're supposed to be a part of.

By the way, I think it should be omega 3 fatty acids, not omega 6. 
EPA and DHA omega 3 fatty acids are found in fish, which get it from 
plankton (but not from corn). This seems to be right: We should have 
approximately equal amounts of Omega3 and Omega6 in our bodies, or at 
maximum, not much more than twice the Omega6 as Omega3. But almost 
all Americans have ten or twenty times more Omega6 than Omega3, a 
condition that leads to all sorts of degenerative disease.

Lots more about that here:

http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/skinny.html

http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/skinny2.html

Facts about Fats-
The Skinny on Fats
by Mary Enig, PhD, and Sally Fallon

The headline of this thread is wrong, Food Makers it says, but how 
much of it can really be called food?

- meat [of a sort], packaged foods and soda

- big food companies like Tyson Foods Inc., the giant chicken 
processor [sic], and ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co. are feeling the 
pinch. Bottlers of Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. soft drinks are 
raising prices, partly to offset the rising price of high-fructose 
corn syrup, the dominant sweetener in sodas.

- food giant General Mills Inc. [international production, 
marketing and distribution of cereals, snacks and processed foods]

Nothing and nobody we wouldn't do better without.

Someone just accused us of being funded by ADM because our website 
alleges that ethanol fuel might be a Good Thing. I got a little 
annoyed. It ended well though, he had another look and sent me a good 
reply. Worth a read, actually:

Keith -

first, i am sorry.  my original comments to you were based on my 
assumption that you advocate ethanol for the same reasons that 
megafarms and ADM advocate ethanol: opportunity to collect 
government subsidies.

secondly, the distribution of wealth in the u.s. and elsewhere 
sickens me.  i have been in business, as a manager, for 30 years and 
have encountered greed, lying, cheating, stealing, abuse of workers, 
similar to what we read about in the paper every day.  business 
seems to be no more than an unending search for slave labor while 
the boys at the top vote to increase each others salaries.

next, having grown up in a farming community, i am dismayed by the 
near disappearance of the small farmer.  most of the ones near 
Indianapolis have been bought out by land developers, the land 
paved, and suburban ghettos built.  all this while parts of the city 
become desperate slums.  Indianapolis still dumps raw sewage into 
the river as it fights the EPA to avoid upgrading its sewer system. 
but, we do raise taxes to build sports stadiums and expand highways.

so, don't think i am your enemy.  i am a cynic ... the last refuge 
of an idealist, says someone.  i quit my job(s) several years ago, 
refusing anymore to pay taxes to fund bombing raids.  no longer am i 
a machine for some business greed head to intimidate or manipulate. 
a friend of mine says the motto of his company is:  we grind up our 
people for our customers.

how true.

We keep hearing things like this from businessmen, or ex-businessmen, 
more and more these days. A trend?

Best

Keith


Z

On 1/27/07, Terry Dyck 
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

How about less meat and healthier humans.

Terry Dyck


 From: Jason Katie mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 Makers
 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:20:42 -0600
 
 this just means that farmers wont be able to afford feeding their animals
 CORN and be forced to graze pastures again. better meat and healthier
 animals, not too bad i guess...
 


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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol Boom Cheers Grain Farmers, Pinches Food Makers

[Mike Weaver]

Not to mention farmed salmon is often feed on fishmeal made from 
frshwater fish from the Great Lakes and they are loaded w/ PCB's.

But we are not supposed to talk about it and out government had made it 
clear the consumer does not need to know this.

Zeke Yewdall wrote:

 Well, less meat would probably be a good idea for the average 
 american, but meat can be had from animals that don't eat corn. It's 
 sort of two different issues, that because of our factory farming 
 structure, get treated like one.  And actually, according to The 
 Omivoire's Dilemma, how healthy meat is for us may be as much 
 dependent on what the meat eats, as what kind it is.  For example, he 
 mentions that the new corn fed factory Salmon may lack many of the 
 omega 6 fatty acids that are supposed to be the great thing about 
 eating fish...

 Z

 On 1/27/07, *Terry Dyck* [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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 How about less meat and healthier humans.

 Terry Dyck


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 Food
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol Boom Cheers Grain Farmers, Pinches Food Makers

[Terry Dyck]

Hi Zeke,

Fish actually contain Omega 3 essential fatty acids not Omega 6.  Omega 6 
can be obtained by eating seeds, nuts, beans, whole grains, and extra virgin 
olive oil or by taking Evening Primrose Oil caps or Borage Oil caps.  Omega 
3 can also be obtained from Flax seed, hemp seed or walnuts.

Terry Dyck


From: Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
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Makers
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:25:56 -0700

Well, less meat would probably be a good idea for the average american, but
meat can be had from animals that don't eat corn. It's sort of two 
different
issues, that because of our factory farming structure, get treated like
one.  And actually, according to The Omivoire's Dilemma, how healthy meat
is for us may be as much dependent on what the meat eats, as what kind it
is.  For example, he mentions that the new corn fed factory Salmon may lack
many of the omega 6 fatty acids that are supposed to be the great thing
about eating fish...

Z

On 1/27/07, Terry Dyck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

How about less meat and healthier humans.

Terry Dyck


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 To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
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 Makers
 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:20:42 -0600
 
 this just means that farmers wont be able to afford feeding their 
animals
 CORN and be forced to graze pastures again. better meat and healthier
 animals, not too bad i guess...
 
 
 
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol Boom Cheers Grain Farmers, Pinches Food Makers

[Zeke Yewdall]

Sorry, I must have confused them.   I remembered reading that whatever was
good about the fish was lacking in the ones fed corn instead of krill, but
didn't remember which one it was.

Zeke

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Hi Zeke,

Fish actually contain Omega 3 essential fatty acids not Omega 6.  Omega 6
can be obtained by eating seeds, nuts, beans, whole grains, and extra
virgin
olive oil or by taking Evening Primrose Oil caps or Borage Oil
caps.  Omega
3 can also be obtained from Flax seed, hemp seed or walnuts.

Terry Dyck


From: Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
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Makers
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:25:56 -0700

Well, less meat would probably be a good idea for the average american,
but
meat can be had from animals that don't eat corn. It's sort of two
different
issues, that because of our factory farming structure, get treated like
one.  And actually, according to The Omivoire's Dilemma, how healthy
meat
is for us may be as much dependent on what the meat eats, as what kind it
is.  For example, he mentions that the new corn fed factory Salmon may
lack
many of the omega 6 fatty acids that are supposed to be the great thing
about eating fish...

Z

On 1/27/07, Terry Dyck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

How about less meat and healthier humans.

Terry Dyck


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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol Boom Cheers Grain Farmers, Pinches Food Makers

[Terry Dyck]

How about less meat and healthier humans.

Terry Dyck


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this just means that farmers wont be able to afford feeding their animals
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol Boom Cheers Grain Farmers, Pinches Food Makers

[Zeke Yewdall]

Well, less meat would probably be a good idea for the average american, but
meat can be had from animals that don't eat corn. It's sort of two different
issues, that because of our factory farming structure, get treated like
one.  And actually, according to The Omivoire's Dilemma, how healthy meat
is for us may be as much dependent on what the meat eats, as what kind it
is.  For example, he mentions that the new corn fed factory Salmon may lack
many of the omega 6 fatty acids that are supposed to be the great thing
about eating fish...

Z

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How about less meat and healthier humans.

Terry Dyck


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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:20:42 -0600

this just means that farmers wont be able to afford feeding their animals
CORN and be forced to graze pastures again. better meat and healthier
animals, not too bad i guess...



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[Biofuel] Ethanol Boom Cheers Grain Farmers, Pinches Food Makers

[Keith Addison]

Ethanol Boom Cheers Grain Farmers, Pinches Food Makers
By Lauren Etter, Ilan Brat and Steven GrayWall Street Journal
January 18, 2007

The surge in corn prices ignited by the ethanol boom is rippling 
through the nation's economy --- from the Farm Belt to Wall Street to 
the office soda machine.

The price of corn, the nation's No. 1 crop in total production, and 
an ingredient in products ranging from sugary syrups to chicken feed 
to tortillas, has doubled since this time last year to $3.66 a 
bushel, despite an abundant harvest, and is inching toward the rarely 
breached $4-a-bushel mark.

-  The Issue: The ethanol boom that has sent corn prices soaring is 
now rippling through the economy.
 
-  The Debate: Whether increased fuel-ethanol production is worth the 
economic cost of higher food prices.
 
-  What's Next: If corn prices stay high, producers of such products 
as meat, packaged foods and soda may have to raise prices further.
 
Driving the run-up is an unprecedented demand for ethanol, a biofuel 
typically made from corn that many policy makers are counting on to 
help wean the nation away from foreign oil. President Bush is 
expected to intensify demand by calling for yet more production in 
his State of the Union address next week.

The new demand has much of the agricultural economy humming. As corn 
rallies, farmers, emboldened by the higher prices or planning to 
switch to corn or expand their acreage, are buying new farm equipment 
from makers like Deere  Co. and CNH Global NV's Case IH. They are 
spending more on seed from giants like Monsanto Co. and DuPont Co. 
and fertilizer from companies like Mosaic Co.

Meanwhile, big food companies like Tyson Foods Inc., the giant 
chicken processor, and ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co. are feeling the 
pinch. Bottlers of Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. soft drinks are 
raising prices, partly to offset the rising price of high-fructose 
corn syrup, the dominant sweetener in sodas.

At the center of the tumult, ethanol manufacturers like 
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. are caught between the combination of 
rising corn prices and falling oil prices, which make ethanol less 
attractive. Though ethanol benefits from tax breaks and other 
subsidies, those incentives generally go to the companies that blend 
it with gasoline to make motor fuel, rather than to ethanol producers.

As corn prices rise, farmers are racing to cash in. Leon Corzine in 
Assumption, Illinois, is planting 95% corn on his 3,000-acre farm 
this year, up from 50% in 2002. The prices he now gets for corn are 
well above the $2 to $3 a bushel he has come to expect. Largely as a 
result, he has spent $300,000 on trucks, tractors and grain storage. 
Last year, Mr. Corzine built an additional grain-storage unit, an 
investment equivalent to about $1.50 per bushel of corn. With corn 
prices up, he has already recouped that investment.

I paid for that grain storage in one year, says Mr. Corzine. 
That's very unusual.

At H  R Agri Power Inc., a Case IH dealer with five locations in 
Kentucky, orders for combines --- the giant machines that help 
harvest the corn --- shot up 54% from a year earlier in the last 
three months of 2006, and tractor orders climbed 25%, says President 
Wayne Hunt. Just this week, two groups of farmers came to an H  R 
dealer to explore buying combines for the cotton fields they are 
switching to corn, he says.

The increased demand for corn is also driving up sales of nitrogen 
fertilizer, which corn requires in heavy doses. Mr. Hunt estimates 
nitrogen fertilizer sales at his eight Kentucky farm-supply stores 
this year will climb 10% to 12% from 2006.

We think agriculture's future looks pretty bright right now, says Mr. Hunt.

Corn prices set their current record of $5.50 a bushel in 1996 as 
prices soared in response to a supply shortage caused by lower 
production and stronger export demand. The average price of corn from 
that year's crop was $3.24 a bushel --- also a record.

Today's high prices, by contrast, follow a 2006 corn harvest that the 
Agriculture Department last week estimated at 10.5 billion bushels. 
That is down slightly from the previous year's crop, but it is still 
the third-largest on record. Even so, the average price for the 2006 
corn crop is expected to reach $3.20 a bushel.

With more ethanol plants under construction, demand for corn is 
expected to increase in the years ahead. Ethanol production totaled 
about 4.9 billion gallons last year, up from 3.9 billion the year 
before, according to the Renewable Fuels Association, the trade 
organization representing the ethanol industry. Next year, production 
is expected to reach more than six billion gallons.

Corn's rally has been a headache for the livestock industry, which 
consumes nearly 60% of the U.S. corn crop. Pork-production costs have 
increased 25% from last year, according to Ronald Plain, an 
agricultural economist at the University of Missouri-Columbia. At the 
end of last 

Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol use has Environmental Downsides

[Zeke Yewdall]

Brazilian cane mills are also powered by leftover cane stalks that
heat caldrons to generate steam and electric energy, an extra
advantage that corn and wheat don't have.

 Uh... why not?  If you are just using the seeds of the corn (which is

stupid enough, true), what about the whole rest of the corn plant?

Z
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol Boom Cheers Grain Farmers, Pinches Food Makers

[Jason Katie]

this just means that farmers wont be able to afford feeding their animals 
CORN and be forced to graze pastures again. better meat and healthier 
animals, not too bad i guess... 



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[Biofuel] Ethanol use has Environmental Downsides

[Keith Addison]

http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/39942/story.htm

Reuters Summit - Ethanol use has Environmental Downsides

BRAZIL: January 22, 2007

SAO PAULO - Biofuels have the potential to lessen the impact of human 
civilization on the environment, but even the greenest of renewable 
fuels production is not without its dirty underbelly, experts said.

Although global warming is a growing concern among policy makers, the 
current trend to substitute fossil fuels with renewables is in part 
motivated by countries' efforts to reduce their dependence on oil 
from politically volatile regions.

Brazil's cane ethanol distillers, with three decades experience in 
nationwide production and distribution, have compiled data 
demonstrating the fuel's advantage over fossil counterparts in the 
reduction of greenhouse gasses.

Ethanol accounts for 40 percent of total fuels used by non-diesel 
powered vehicles in Brazil and represents a 30 percent reduction of 
greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector, the Cane Industry 
Association (Unica) said.

But not even the global stars of renewable fuels are free of critics 
who fear that increased ethanol use worldwide will hasten 
deforestation in the Amazon and other tropical rain forests in order 
to produce sugar cane.

In 20 years, I doubt there will be a gasoline car on the Brazilian 
market. They will all be powered by ethanol, Unica President Eduardo 
Pereira Carvalho said during the Reuters Global Biofuel Summit.

Brazil began its ethanol program 30 years ago when it was importing 
nearly 90 percent of oil needed for domestic use.

During its growth to maturity, the cane stalk absorbs the same amount 
of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as is eventually emitted during 
combustion of the ethanol distilled from its juices.

But this is not so for ethanol made from corn in the United States or 
wheat in Europe. These primary materials must first be turned into 
sugars before fermentation, which requires the use extra fossil fuels 
and adds to carbon gasses emitted in the production process.

Brazilian cane mills are also powered by leftover cane stalks that 
heat caldrons to generate steam and electric energy, an extra 
advantage that corn and wheat don't have.

Unica estimates that Brazilian cane ethanol on average yields more 
than 8 times more energy than is used in the production process, 
compared with US corn ethanol production that yields between 1.1 to 
1.7 times as much energy.

This advantage should improve with the use of state-of-the-art 
technologies in Brazilian mills.

EUROPEAN TRADE RESTRICTIONS

The European Union, which just proposed the use of 10 percent 
biofuels for transport by 2020, signaled it will demand proof from 
suppliers that the product was made in a sustainable manner, a 
requirements that may rule out US ethanol.

Environmentalists have already begun to warn that the expansion of 
biofuel use currently underway will represent increased use of land 
for planting, which could stimulate deforestation or the use of more 
reserve lands.

We're currently working on some sort of certification system to 
ensure that biofuels that are imported, or the raw materials, are 
taken from sustainable production, EU Commission agriculture 
spokesman Michael Mann said.

Some US producers hold greater trust in market forces.

Don Endres, CEO of US ethanol producer VeraSun, said better farmers 
tend to squeeze out less efficient producers and bring more land 
under their farming practices over time.

By providing a market we increase the value and that allows for 
better farmers to increase land, Endres said. Farmers take very 
good care of their soil and erosion because they invest a lot in the 
organic matter.

Story by Inae Riveras

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and cold starts

[Keith Addison]

That's cool! I mean the ethyl alcohol bit...I'm quite
keen on distilling my own fuel as well. I've started a
reflux still, but haven't gotten it finished (I don't
have any tools to braze ferrous metals - steel, to
non-ferrous metals - copper). But it's always
encouraging to read of other folks have success on any
level! It sounds like you may have some knowledge on
the subject, so I've got a question...what do you know
about converting standard ICE gas engines to run well
on ethanol (ethyl alcohol) ?

I've heard from different sources that all you have to
do is bore out your carb. main jet and idle jet...

Ethanol and your car
http://journeytoforever.org/ethanol_link.html#ethanolcar

Alcohol as an Engine Fuel
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me1.html

How To Adapt Your Automobile Engine For Ethyl Alcohol Use
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me2.html

The Manual for the Home and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_manual/manual_ToC.html
See:
Chapter 1 AN OVERVIEW
Chapter 2 BASIC FUEL THEORY
Chapter 3 UTILIZATION OF ALCOHOL FUELS

Convert Your Car to Alcohol
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_drane.html

Best

Keith


Best...
Luke


--- Arttu Aula [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  Methyl ethyl ketone is at least the solvent of
  choice in the aviation
  industry. The general rule of thumb in those circles
  being that everything's
  more toxic than in the automotive department: leaded
  AvGas, high sulfur jet
  fuel(not to mention the additives they throw in),
  hydraulic fluid which they
  at least strongly discourage from ingesting. It does
  vaporize quickly,
  dissolves most glues and paints and all grease, much
  better than acetone.
  Considering the bother we go through to put on
  gloves and masks when dealing
  with it, i wouldn't use it as fuel.
 
  Block heaters do take a bit of electricity, but they
  do save enough fuel in
  cold weather to justify their use; 1/2h in 5 C to -5
  C, 1h down to -15 C,
  then 2h for below that. There are fuel burning ones
  too, no cord or plug
  necessary, but they are more expensive. Electrically
  heated carburetors do
  exist, they shouldn't take much power at all
  considering the small mass of a
  carburetor. Even less if you just heat the fuel in
  the float bowl directly.
  It takes 1 minute to heat 1 dl of ethanol 40C (-20
  to 20C, for example)
  using the power of your low beams (not USING your
  low beams of course, but
  the same amount of electricity). If your battery
  can't take that, get a new
  battery, you won't be able to start an engine on gas
  at -20. I'm inclined to
  think that an EFI engine would start quite well in
  freezing weather, at
  least down to the point where block heaters are
  recomended anyways. But a
  heating around the fuel lines wouldn't be impossible
  either.
 
  Winter's coming late this year, no snow on
  chirstmas! And this is Finland
  we're talking about! I'd like to try out my
  snowmobile on ethanol, but the
  large batch production's the hard part, it being
  illegal in Finland and
  all... So if the cops ask i didn't distill a test
  batch of around 3dl with a
  steam juicer with the top sections flipped around
  and the middle filled with
  glass plates. It might have burned had i done so :)
 
  Not to mention i can't use the snowmobile on any
  fuel with no snow around!


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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and cold starts

[Arttu Aula]

Still in need of practical experience. My dad threw out an old lawn mower i
was going to experiment on, but i'll find something, just need to find the
time and effort. The trimmer for one, adjustable carb and all. Changing or
drilling jets is easy, it should work that way, make fine adjustments with
plug color and piston wash. Ignition timing is what i've been pondering
about lately. Not necessary, but would get better results. If i could figure
out how to electronically delay the trigger signal for CDI i'd be set. That
would make dual fuel possible.

Cold starting is a major issue. A resistor in the float bowl is probably the
best thing, though my snowmobile has no battery, but that's a matter of
installing one. I think the electrical system would have no problem with
that, since an electric starter is an option for the sled. A fire in a soup
can and some tubing isn't out of the question either. I'll figure that out
once i have fuel.  And the suspension sorted out, damn thing keeps bottoming
out constantly...

I've got 2 pieces of steel tubing next to my garage waiting to be welded
into a column. I'd want to make a continuos feed still, it seems a bit more
flexible to use, no need to heat the whole 200l batch or whatever i'd be
working with, just do a bit at a time. If i could do it inside and
incorporate it into part of the heating system the energy for distillation
wouldn't be an issue, need it to heat the house anyways. Being a student
just coming home for weekends does put restrictions on my plans, although
most of it is just inherent laziness. Need to get over that.

Arttu
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and cold starts

[Arttu Aula]

Methyl ethyl ketone is at least the solvent of choice in the aviation
industry. The general rule of thumb in those circles being that everything's
more toxic than in the automotive department: leaded AvGas, high sulfur jet
fuel(not to mention the additives they throw in), hydraulic fluid which they
at least strongly discourage from ingesting. It does vaporize quickly,
dissolves most glues and paints and all grease, much better than acetone.
Considering the bother we go through to put on gloves and masks when dealing
with it, i wouldn't use it as fuel.

Block heaters do take a bit of electricity, but they do save enough fuel in
cold weather to justify their use; 1/2h in 5 C to -5 C, 1h down to -15 C,
then 2h for below that. There are fuel burning ones too, no cord or plug
necessary, but they are more expensive. Electrically heated carburetors do
exist, they shouldn't take much power at all considering the small mass of a
carburetor. Even less if you just heat the fuel in the float bowl directly.
It takes 1 minute to heat 1 dl of ethanol 40C (-20 to 20C, for example)
using the power of your low beams (not USING your low beams of course, but
the same amount of electricity). If your battery can't take that, get a new
battery, you won't be able to start an engine on gas at -20. I'm inclined to
think that an EFI engine would start quite well in freezing weather, at
least down to the point where block heaters are recomended anyways. But a
heating around the fuel lines wouldn't be impossible either.

Winter's coming late this year, no snow on chirstmas! And this is Finland
we're talking about! I'd like to try out my snowmobile on ethanol, but the
large batch production's the hard part, it being illegal in Finland and
all... So if the cops ask i didn't distill a test batch of around 3dl with a
steam juicer with the top sections flipped around and the middle filled with
glass plates. It might have burned had i done so :)

Not to mention i can't use the snowmobile on any fuel with no snow around!
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and cold starts

[Luke Hansen]

That's cool! I mean the ethyl alcohol bit...I'm quite
keen on distilling my own fuel as well. I've started a
reflux still, but haven't gotten it finished (I don't
have any tools to braze ferrous metals - steel, to
non-ferrous metals - copper). But it's always
encouraging to read of other folks have success on any
level! It sounds like you may have some knowledge on
the subject, so I've got a question...what do you know
about converting standard ICE gas engines to run well
on ethanol (ethyl alcohol) ?

I've heard from different sources that all you have to
do is bore out your carb. main jet and idle jet...

Best...
Luke


--- Arttu Aula [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Methyl ethyl ketone is at least the solvent of
 choice in the aviation
 industry. The general rule of thumb in those circles
 being that everything's
 more toxic than in the automotive department: leaded
 AvGas, high sulfur jet
 fuel(not to mention the additives they throw in),
 hydraulic fluid which they
 at least strongly discourage from ingesting. It does
 vaporize quickly,
 dissolves most glues and paints and all grease, much
 better than acetone.
 Considering the bother we go through to put on
 gloves and masks when dealing
 with it, i wouldn't use it as fuel.
 
 Block heaters do take a bit of electricity, but they
 do save enough fuel in
 cold weather to justify their use; 1/2h in 5 C to -5
 C, 1h down to -15 C,
 then 2h for below that. There are fuel burning ones
 too, no cord or plug
 necessary, but they are more expensive. Electrically
 heated carburetors do
 exist, they shouldn't take much power at all
 considering the small mass of a
 carburetor. Even less if you just heat the fuel in
 the float bowl directly.
 It takes 1 minute to heat 1 dl of ethanol 40C (-20
 to 20C, for example)
 using the power of your low beams (not USING your
 low beams of course, but
 the same amount of electricity). If your battery
 can't take that, get a new
 battery, you won't be able to start an engine on gas
 at -20. I'm inclined to
 think that an EFI engine would start quite well in
 freezing weather, at
 least down to the point where block heaters are
 recomended anyways. But a
 heating around the fuel lines wouldn't be impossible
 either.
 
 Winter's coming late this year, no snow on
 chirstmas! And this is Finland
 we're talking about! I'd like to try out my
 snowmobile on ethanol, but the
 large batch production's the hard part, it being
 illegal in Finland and
 all... So if the cops ask i didn't distill a test
 batch of around 3dl with a
 steam juicer with the top sections flipped around
 and the middle filled with
 glass plates. It might have burned had i done so :)
 
 Not to mention i can't use the snowmobile on any
 fuel with no snow around!
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol for gas cars

[Thomas Kelly]

Jason,
 Thanks for the assurances.
 A friend sells, restores, repairs, and stores Morgans ( cars)    many 
are classics. He has noticed a relationship between leaking rubber hoses and 
use of ethanol blends as low as 10%. The newer hoses seem to hold up better. 
Another friend got a notice regarding incompatibility of ethanol blends with 
the rubber components in his snowmobile.
 I don't know for sure, but suspect that methanol is even more damaging to 
rubber parts than ethanol. It would stand to reason that newer cars (post 95?) 
and especially flex fuel cars would be better in terms of rubber 
compatibility.
   Tom

- Original Message - 
  From: Jason Katie 
  To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org 
  Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 9:29 PM
  Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol for gas cars


  methanol degrades rubber parts,sure, but so does ethanol and BD. there will 
be plenty of warning if something starts leaking. and in most newer cars it 
wont matter anyway. if all else fails we got lotsa blue-goo (RVT silicone 
sealer)!
  Jason
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Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol for gas cars


Jason,

   Would there be a problem with rubber components?

  A can of HEET (methanol) in the tank every once in awhile to resolve 
a water issue? Maybe. A dose of methanol to hoses and seals with every inch on 
the odometer? Not.   
  JTF Why bother 
washing?  (BD)  
If so:
 I wonder if  flex fuel cars have rubber components that resist 
methanol better than standard issue road cars.

 Being able to denature ethanol with methanol could be the answer to  
the homebrewer's dilemna  water is soluble in both.

 There are several references in the archives to using 80, 85, 90% 
ethanol (rest is water). There is an interesting discussion of water injection 
at the Online Biofuels Library (JTF) The Manual for the Home and Farm 
Production of Alcohol Fuel . There is also a chart in Convert Your Car to 
Alcohol at the Biofuels Library that is based on testing 150 - 200 proof 
alcohol. This suggests that a gas car (in this case a 1969 Dodge Dart) can be 
converted to run on 75% ethanol.  Best results were found to be with 90% 
alcohol.

 My point is that you don't need anhydrous ethanol to run a car. You 
need it if you plan to denature the alcohol with gasoline. Can we denature it 
with methanol w/o damaging the car?
 
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[Biofuel] Ethanol and cold starts

[Thomas Kelly]

Hello All,
 I've read that people using ethanol, blend in 15 - 20% gasoline to improve 
cold weather starts. 
What would one do if they were running on 85 - 90% ethanol : 10 -15% water 
to improve cold weather starts?
 Do flex fuel cars have options for block heaters?

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and cold starts

[Zeke Yewdall]

I don't think that adding water would be the right way to go.  I think the
problem is that ethanol has a higher vapor pressure than gasoline, and in
cold weather, it is hard to get it to vaporize into a fuel-air mixture
effectively.  Gasoline vaporizes much easier, and gets the engine going and
initiates the combustion.  But water has an even higher vapor pressure than
ethanol, plus it is not a fuel, so I don't think it would help.  Since all
of the commercially produced flex fuel vehicals that I've seen are designed
to run E85, I think they just rely on the gasoline content to start in the
winter.  What bugs me is that I can't buy any flex fuel vehicals that are
efficient -- I mean, if I want a flex fuel vehical, I have to upgrade to a
full sized pickup or a V8 sedan.   Where's the little 4 cylinder efficient
flex fuel vehical?  Guess it's not all that hard to change out carbureator
jets to change the fuel air ratio yourself to allow running ethanol.

Z

On 11/28/06, Thomas Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 Hello All,
 I've read that people using ethanol, blend in 15 - 20% gasoline to
improve cold weather starts.
What would one do if they were running on 85 - 90% ethanol : 10 -15%
water to improve cold weather starts?
 Do flex fuel cars have options for block heaters?

Thanks,
  Tom

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and cold starts

[Zeke Yewdall]

I think I may have misread your questions.  It seems you are asking what to
do if you already have the water in there, from homebrew Ethanol?
Hm.  Perhaps a dual tank setup like we use for SVO in diesels.  A
block heater would probably help, but then you are using alot of electricity
-- and is that renewably produced?

Z

On 11/28/06, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


I don't think that adding water would be the right way to go.  I think the
problem is that ethanol has a higher vapor pressure than gasoline, and in
cold weather, it is hard to get it to vaporize into a fuel-air mixture
effectively.  Gasoline vaporizes much easier, and gets the engine going and
initiates the combustion.  But water has an even higher vapor pressure than
ethanol, plus it is not a fuel, so I don't think it would help.  Since all
of the commercially produced flex fuel vehicals that I've seen are designed
to run E85, I think they just rely on the gasoline content to start in the
winter.  What bugs me is that I can't buy any flex fuel vehicals that are
efficient -- I mean, if I want a flex fuel vehical, I have to upgrade to a
full sized pickup or a V8 sedan.   Where's the little 4 cylinder efficient
flex fuel vehical?  Guess it's not all that hard to change out carbureator
jets to change the fuel air ratio yourself to allow running ethanol.

Z

On 11/28/06, Thomas Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  Hello All,
  I've read that people using ethanol, blend in 15 - 20% gasoline to
 improve cold weather starts.
 What would one do if they were running on 85 - 90% ethanol : 10 -15%
 water to improve cold weather starts?
  Do flex fuel cars have options for block heaters?

 Thanks,
   Tom

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and cold starts

[Jason Katie]

i hear toyota and honda have 4cyls that are easily adapted to Flexing.
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  To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 8:36 AM
  Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and cold starts


  I don't think that adding water would be the right way to go.  I think the 
problem is that ethanol has a higher vapor pressure than gasoline, and in cold 
weather, it is hard to get it to vaporize into a fuel-air mixture effectively.  
Gasoline vaporizes much easier, and gets the engine going and initiates the 
combustion.  But water has an even higher vapor pressure than ethanol, plus it 
is not a fuel, so I don't think it would help.  Since all of the commercially 
produced flex fuel vehicals that I've seen are designed to run E85, I think 
they just rely on the gasoline content to start in the winter.  What bugs me is 
that I can't buy any flex fuel vehicals that are efficient -- I mean, if I want 
a flex fuel vehical, I have to upgrade to a full sized pickup or a V8 sedan.   
Where's the little 4 cylinder efficient flex fuel vehical?  Guess it's not all 
that hard to change out carbureator jets to change the fuel air ratio yourself 
to allow running ethanol. 

  Z


  On 11/28/06, Thomas Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello All,
 I've read that people using ethanol, blend in 15 - 20% gasoline to 
improve cold weather starts. 
What would one do if they were running on 85 - 90% ethanol : 10 -15% 
water to improve cold weather starts?
 Do flex fuel cars have options for block heaters?

Thanks, 
  Tom

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and cold starts

[bob allen]

Zeke you have vapor pressure backwards.  Lower vapor pressure means less 
volatile.  The boiling point of a liquid is defined as that temperature 
when the vapor pressure equals atmospheric pressure (760 mm Hg at sea 
level) 
Zeke Yewdall wrote:
 I don't think that adding water would be the right way to go.  I think 
 the problem is that ethanol has a higher vapor pressure

lower vapor pressure
 than gasoline, and in cold weather, it is hard to get it to vaporize 
 into a fuel-air mixture effectively.  Gasoline vaporizes much easier, 
 and gets the engine going and initiates the combustion.  But water has 
 an even higher vapor pressure
lower
 than ethanol, plus it is not a fuel, so I don't think it would help.  
 Since all of the commercially produced flex fuel vehicals that I've 
 seen are designed to run E85, I think they just rely on the gasoline 
 content to start in the winter.

the only way to improve cold starts on a vehicle running on ethanol 
water would be to add a something more volatile (higher vapor pressure) 
which is miscible with the more polar ethanol water mix.  The problem 
here is that  vapor pressure and  water solubility tend to be inversely 
proportional.  One guess would be acetone,or possibly methyl ethyl 
ketone.  both should be miscible in ethanol/water but more volatile than 
either.

 What bugs me is that I can't buy any flex fuel vehicals that are 
 efficient -- I mean, if I want a flex fuel vehical, I have to upgrade 
 to a full sized pickup or a V8 sedan.   Where's the little 4 cylinder 
 efficient flex fuel vehical?  Guess it's not all that hard to change 
 out carbureator jets to change the fuel air ratio yourself to allow 
 running ethanol.


what's a carburetor?  :-

 Z

 On 11/28/06, *Thomas Kelly* [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hello All,
  I've read that people using ethanol, blend in 15 - 20%
 gasoline to improve cold weather starts.
 What would one do if they were running on 85 - 90% ethanol
 : 10 -15% water to improve cold weather starts?
  Do flex fuel cars have options for block heaters?
  
 Thanks,
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and cold starts

[Thomas Kelly]

 There you go Zeke  
  A second tank.

 It also answered my next question.
 What do you do when you are running on homebrew that is not anhydrous 
simply because you can't achieve 99+%, and you are low on fuel? ex Traveling 
and have to fill up with store-bought fuel;  E-85 or even gasoline.
Answer: Fill the second tank, flip a switch and off you go.

   Thanks Zeke, 
   Tom
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  From: Zeke Yewdall 
  To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 9:39 AM
  Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and cold starts


  I think I may have misread your questions.  It seems you are asking what to 
do if you already have the water in there, from homebrew Ethanol?
Hm.  Perhaps a dual tank setup like we use for SVO in diesels.  A block 
heater would probably help, but then you are using alot of electricity -- and 
is that renewably produced? 

  Z


  On 11/28/06, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think that adding water would be the right way to go.  I think the 
problem is that ethanol has a higher vapor pressure than gasoline, and in cold 
weather, it is hard to get it to vaporize into a fuel-air mixture effectively.  
Gasoline vaporizes much easier, and gets the engine going and initiates the 
combustion.  But water has an even higher vapor pressure than ethanol, plus it 
is not a fuel, so I don't think it would help.  Since all of the commercially 
produced flex fuel vehicals that I've seen are designed to run E85, I think 
they just rely on the gasoline content to start in the winter.  What bugs me is 
that I can't buy any flex fuel vehicals that are efficient -- I mean, if I want 
a flex fuel vehical, I have to upgrade to a full sized pickup or a V8 sedan.   
Where's the little 4 cylinder efficient flex fuel vehical?  Guess it's not all 
that hard to change out carbureator jets to change the fuel air ratio yourself 
to allow running ethanol. 

Z


On 11/28/06, Thomas Kelly  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Hello All,
   I've read that people using ethanol, blend in 15 - 20% gasoline to 
improve cold weather starts. 
  What would one do if they were running on 85 - 90% ethanol : 10 -15% 
water to improve cold weather starts?
   Do flex fuel cars have options for block heaters?

  Thanks, 
Tom

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and cold starts

[Thomas Kelly]

Hi Bob.

 You mentioned methy ethyl ketone (MEK) as a possible cold start 
additive to an ethanol/water mix.
 I was hoping that methyl butyl ketone might be used instead. It is on 
the list of substances that can be used to denature ethanol.

- It is much less soluble in water than MEK (14g/L  vs 290g/L) -
Higher vapor pressure??? (vapor pressure is inversely proportional to 
solubility)
- It's boiling point is higher than MET  lower vapor pressure?
(The boiling point of a liquid is defined as that temperature when the 
vapor pressure equals atmospheric pressure.)

 Help me Bob, I'm confused.

  Is methyl butyl ketone a good candidate for denaturing ethanol w. 
water in it and, can the mix then be used as engine fuel?
ORIs it more likely to be used to denature anhydrous ethanol that is 
intended to be used as a solvent?
  Tom
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From: bob allen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and cold starts


 Zeke you have vapor pressure backwards.  Lower vapor pressure means less
 volatile.  The boiling point of a liquid is defined as that temperature
 when the vapor pressure equals atmospheric pressure (760 mm Hg at sea
 level)
 Zeke Yewdall wrote:
 I don't think that adding water would be the right way to go.  I think
 the problem is that ethanol has a higher vapor pressure

 lower vapor pressure
 than gasoline, and in cold weather, it is hard to get it to vaporize
 into a fuel-air mixture effectively.  Gasoline vaporizes much easier,
 and gets the engine going and initiates the combustion.  But water has
 an even higher vapor pressure
 lower
 than ethanol, plus it is not a fuel, so I don't think it would help.
 Since all of the commercially produced flex fuel vehicals that I've
 seen are designed to run E85, I think they just rely on the gasoline
 content to start in the winter.

 the only way to improve cold starts on a vehicle running on ethanol
 water would be to add a something more volatile (higher vapor pressure)
 which is miscible with the more polar ethanol water mix.  The problem
 here is that  vapor pressure and  water solubility tend to be inversely
 proportional.  One guess would be acetone,or possibly methyl ethyl
 ketone.  both should be miscible in ethanol/water but more volatile than
 either.

 What bugs me is that I can't buy any flex fuel vehicals that are
 efficient -- I mean, if I want a flex fuel vehical, I have to upgrade
 to a full sized pickup or a V8 sedan.   Where's the little 4 cylinder
 efficient flex fuel vehical?  Guess it's not all that hard to change
 out carbureator jets to change the fuel air ratio yourself to allow
 running ethanol.


 what's a carburetor?  :-

 Z

 On 11/28/06, *Thomas Kelly* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hello All,
  I've read that people using ethanol, blend in 15 - 20%
 gasoline to improve cold weather starts.
 What would one do if they were running on 85 - 90% ethanol
 : 10 -15% water to improve cold weather starts?
  Do flex fuel cars have options for block heaters?

 Thanks,
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and cold starts

[Zeke Yewdall]

Oops.  You are right.  But my reasoning was right, if you reverse what i
said about vapor pressure.

Hmmm, methyl ethyle ketone as I recall that stuff is pretty hazardous,
but perhaps no more so than unleaded gasoline.

Z

On 11/28/06, bob allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Zeke you have vapor pressure backwards.  Lower vapor pressure means less
volatile.  The boiling point of a liquid is defined as that temperature
when the vapor pressure equals atmospheric pressure (760 mm Hg at sea
level)
Zeke Yewdall wrote:
 I don't think that adding water would be the right way to go.  I think
 the problem is that ethanol has a higher vapor pressure

lower vapor pressure
 than gasoline, and in cold weather, it is hard to get it to vaporize
 into a fuel-air mixture effectively.  Gasoline vaporizes much easier,
 and gets the engine going and initiates the combustion.  But water has
 an even higher vapor pressure
lower
 than ethanol, plus it is not a fuel, so I don't think it would help.
 Since all of the commercially produced flex fuel vehicals that I've
 seen are designed to run E85, I think they just rely on the gasoline
 content to start in the winter.

the only way to improve cold starts on a vehicle running on ethanol
water would be to add a something more volatile (higher vapor pressure)
which is miscible with the more polar ethanol water mix.  The problem
here is that  vapor pressure and  water solubility tend to be inversely
proportional.  One guess would be acetone,or possibly methyl ethyl
ketone.  both should be miscible in ethanol/water but more volatile than
either.

 What bugs me is that I can't buy any flex fuel vehicals that are
 efficient -- I mean, if I want a flex fuel vehical, I have to upgrade
 to a full sized pickup or a V8 sedan.   Where's the little 4 cylinder
 efficient flex fuel vehical?  Guess it's not all that hard to change
 out carbureator jets to change the fuel air ratio yourself to allow
 running ethanol.


what's a carburetor?  :-

 Z

 On 11/28/06, *Thomas Kelly* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hello All,
  I've read that people using ethanol, blend in 15 - 20%
 gasoline to improve cold weather starts.
 What would one do if they were running on 85 - 90% ethanol
 : 10 -15% water to improve cold weather starts?
  Do flex fuel cars have options for block heaters?

 Thanks,
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and cold starts

[Jason Katie]

they keep barrels of it in the blastproof paint bunker in the harley factory up 
by the airport. i dont know how reactive it is, but apparently it burns REALLY 
fast.
Jason
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  Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:55 AM
  Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol and cold starts


  Oops.  You are right.  But my reasoning was right, if you reverse what i said 
about vapor pressure.

  Hmmm, methyl ethyle ketone as I recall that stuff is pretty hazardous, 
but perhaps no more so than unleaded gasoline. 

  Z


  On 11/28/06, bob allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Zeke you have vapor pressure backwards.  Lower vapor pressure means less
volatile.  The boiling point of a liquid is defined as that temperature
when the vapor pressure equals atmospheric pressure (760 mm Hg at sea
level)
Zeke Yewdall wrote:
 I don't think that adding water would be the right way to go.  I think
 the problem is that ethanol has a higher vapor pressure

lower vapor pressure
 than gasoline, and in cold weather, it is hard to get it to vaporize 
 into a fuel-air mixture effectively.  Gasoline vaporizes much easier,
 and gets the engine going and initiates the combustion.  But water has
 an even higher vapor pressure
lower
 than ethanol, plus it is not a fuel, so I don't think it would help. 
 Since all of the commercially produced flex fuel vehicals that I've
 seen are designed to run E85, I think they just rely on the gasoline
 content to start in the winter.

the only way to improve cold starts on a vehicle running on ethanol 
water would be to add a something more volatile (higher vapor pressure)
which is miscible with the more polar ethanol water mix.  The problem
here is that  vapor pressure and  water solubility tend to be inversely 
proportional.  One guess would be acetone,or possibly methyl ethyl
ketone.  both should be miscible in ethanol/water but more volatile than
either.

 What bugs me is that I can't buy any flex fuel vehicals that are 
 efficient -- I mean, if I want a flex fuel vehical, I have to upgrade
 to a full sized pickup or a V8 sedan.   Where's the little 4 cylinder
 efficient flex fuel vehical?  Guess it's not all that hard to change 
 out carbureator jets to change the fuel air ratio yourself to allow
 running ethanol.


what's a carburetor?  :-

 Z

 On 11/28/06, *Thomas Kelly*  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hello All,
  I've read that people using ethanol, blend in 15 - 20% 
 gasoline to improve cold weather starts.
 What would one do if they were running on 85 - 90% ethanol
 : 10 -15% water to improve cold weather starts?
  Do flex fuel cars have options for block heaters? 

 Thanks,
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[Biofuel] Ethanol for gas cars

[Thomas Kelly]

Hi Zeke,

 You wrote:  I think that a gas car would run fine on ethanol denatured 
with either biodiesel or methanol.

 Two questions:
1. I have heard/read from what I consider to be reliable sources that gas cars 
can be converted to run fine on 80 - 85% ethanol (15 - 20% water). 
True or False???

 If this is the case, the fly in the ointment for a homebrewer (US) is that 
the mix has to be denatured  .  unleaded gasoline is not a good choice 
because of the water concentration. To denature with gasoline water conc must 
be only 1 or  2% .   that's the tough part.

2. If methanol is a suitable denaturant, at what level (%) does methanol become 
a problem for engine parts?

  I appreciate your thoughts on this.
Tom



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  Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 10:56 AM
  Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol)





  On 11/26/06, Thomas Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim,

 Add BD to denature   .   great idea.   Still perfectly suitable 
for making ethyl esters.
 It wasn't on the list of possibilities, but there is an option to 
apply for different denaturants.

 The idea on denaturing the ethanol is to make it unsuitable for 
drinking. 
Would ~ 2% BD make it unsuitable for drinking?

  I thought that biodiesel was non-toxic -- enough so that you could drink  a 
2% solution?   It you're going to drink 98% ethanol, are you going to be 
concerned about a little biodiesel in there? 


  I think that a gas car would run fine on ethanol denatured with either 
biodiesel or methanol.

  Z

 If not, couldn't it be denatured with methanol?  ..  cut back 98+% 
on methanol use.

 Uh-oh  Now YOU have me thinking   .   dangerous   am using a 
table saw again today.
 Would 80 - 85% ethanol, denatured with methanol (2%?) be suitable for 
gas cars?  

 Tom
  - Original Message - 
  From: JAMES PHELPS 
  To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org 
  Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 11:16 PM
  Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol)


  Joe and Tom,
  Yes they won't sell anhydrous Ethanol e-100 without adding gasoline or 
. perhaps Biodiesel if the customer asks for it that way, Hmm 
now if I can just get my friend at the Ethanol plant to use Biodiesel to 
denture it instead of gas. H

  Jim
- Original Message - 
From: Thomas Kelly 
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org 
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 5:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol)


Hi Joe,
 I didn't follow you when you wrote:
I am really curious about the castor oil trick.  I wonder how to do 
it?  I think the methanol I have recovered is already over 90% pure and I think 
the castor oil would sink to the bottom.  If there was a high percentage of 
water the oil would float on top and you could do something like normal 
distillation through the oil layer evaporating pure alcohol off the top of the 
oil layer and gradually removing it from the water below.  I haven't done any 
experiments yet. Of course the goal is to move to ethyl eventually as well.

 I thought the idea was to dissolve the distilled alcohol in castor 
oil, then remove the water that does not dissolve and then proceed to distill 
the alcohol from the castor oil.

This would require alcohol to be highly soluble in castor oil (or a 
lot of castor oil). The more soluble, I think, the more energy to distill the 
alcohol out.

 What you are saying, if I have it right, reminds me of a 
selectively permeable membrane. A fairly small volume of castor oil floating on 
a large volume of hydrated alcohol would, in a sense, act to select which 
molecules get to pass from the bottom layer (liquid) to the top layer (vapor).
Even at low temps (35 - 40C?), the alcohol would vaporize from the 
castor oil. As it was removed (vacuum?) from the still its partial pressure 
would remain low ---  a continuous stream from the liquid through the 
castor oil to the vapor layer and out. 
 Would the repulsive force (hydrophobic interaction) between water 
and castor oil be sufficient to prevent water vapor from pushing through the 
oil layer into the vapor layer?
 Would the interactions between the alcohol and water allow water 
to travel with the alcohol through the oil? (Cotransport systems like this 
occur in living cells).

 Maybe I have it all wrong. 
 You do have me thinking. The last time that happened ..  harmonic 
mixing  ...  I almost buzzed a finger on the table saw. Today I do some grunt 
work   .  nothing dangerous.

Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol for gas cars

[JAMES PHELPS]

Just to add some food for thought here on this subject.

If you build the engine for the fuel type you will get top performance. this 
performance may even exceed the performance of a  similar engine designed to 
run on unleaded.  Where all the problems come from is trying to run anengine 
designed for one fuel on another.  In exalmple if I wanted to get top 
performance out of propane fuel I would start with a 9-10 : 1 compression 
ratio would create an engine withas good or better performance to one 
designed at 7-8:1 designed for unleaded regular gasoline.

Jim


From: Thomas Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject: [Biofuel] Ethanol for gas cars
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:51:09 -0500

Hi Zeke,

  You wrote:  I think that a gas car would run fine on ethanol 
denatured with either biodiesel or methanol.

  Two questions:
1. I have heard/read from what I consider to be reliable sources that gas 
cars can be converted to run fine on 80 - 85% ethanol (15 - 20% water).
 True or False???

  If this is the case, the fly in the ointment for a homebrewer (US) is 
that the mix has to be denatured  .  unleaded gasoline is not a good 
choice because of the water concentration. To denature with gasoline water 
conc must be only 1 or  2% .   that's the tough part.

2. If methanol is a suitable denaturant, at what level (%) does methanol 
become a problem for engine parts?

   I appreciate your thoughts on this.
 Tom



   - Original Message -
   From: Zeke Yewdall
   To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
   Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 10:56 AM
   Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol)





   On 11/26/06, Thomas Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Jim,

  Add BD to denature   .   great idea.   Still perfectly 
suitable for making ethyl esters.
  It wasn't on the list of possibilities, but there is an option to 
apply for different denaturants.

  The idea on denaturing the ethanol is to make it unsuitable for 
drinking.
 Would ~ 2% BD make it unsuitable for drinking?

   I thought that biodiesel was non-toxic -- enough so that you could drink 
  a 2% solution?   It you're going to drink 98% ethanol, are you going to 
be concerned about a little biodiesel in there?


   I think that a gas car would run fine on ethanol denatured with either 
biodiesel or methanol.

   Z

  If not, couldn't it be denatured with methanol?  ..  cut back 
98+% on methanol use.

  Uh-oh  Now YOU have me thinking   .   dangerous   am 
using a table saw again today.
  Would 80 - 85% ethanol, denatured with methanol (2%?) be suitable 
for gas cars?

  Tom
   - Original Message -
   From: JAMES PHELPS
   To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
   Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 11:16 PM
   Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol)


   Joe and Tom,
   Yes they won't sell anhydrous Ethanol e-100 without adding gasoline 
or . perhaps Biodiesel if the customer asks for it that 
way, Hmm now if I can just get my friend at the Ethanol plant to use 
Biodiesel to denture it instead of gas. H

   Jim
 - Original Message -
 From: Thomas Kelly
 To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
 Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 5:42 AM
 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol)


 Hi Joe,
  I didn't follow you when you wrote:
 I am really curious about the castor oil trick.  I wonder how to 
do it?  I think the methanol I have recovered is already over 90% pure and 
I think the castor oil would sink to the bottom.  If there was a high 
percentage of water the oil would float on top and you could do something 
like normal distillation through the oil layer evaporating pure alcohol off 
the top of the oil layer and gradually removing it from the water below.  I 
haven't done any experiments yet. Of course the goal is to move to ethyl 
eventually as well.

  I thought the idea was to dissolve the distilled alcohol in 
castor oil, then remove the water that does not dissolve and then proceed 
to distill the alcohol from the castor oil.

 This would require alcohol to be highly soluble in castor oil 
(or a lot of castor oil). The more soluble, I think, the more energy to 
distill the alcohol out.

  What you are saying, if I have it right, reminds me of a 
selectively permeable membrane. A fairly small volume of castor oil 
floating on a large volume of hydrated alcohol would, in a sense, act to 
select which molecules get to pass from the bottom layer (liquid) to the 
top layer (vapor).
 Even at low temps (35 - 40C?), the alcohol would vaporize from the 
castor

Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol for gas cars

[Jason Katie]

most gasoline powered cars run at 8+ any more, so a true flex fuel vehicle 
(similar to the aforementioned 2 1/2 ton hauler) could be made from existing 
parts, its just the fuel feed adjustments that would give you problems. a 
computer would have to be built and programmed with multiple feedback 
functions to accomodate any mixture of the usable fuels.
Jason
ICQ#:  154998177
MSN:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message - 
From: JAMES PHELPS [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol for gas cars


 Just to add some food for thought here on this subject.

 If you build the engine for the fuel type you will get top performance. 
 this
 performance may even exceed the performance of a  similar engine designed 
 to
 run on unleaded.  Where all the problems come from is trying to run 
 anengine
 designed for one fuel on another.  In exalmple if I wanted to get top
 performance out of propane fuel I would start with a 9-10 : 1 compression
 ratio would create an engine withas good or better performance to one
 designed at 7-8:1 designed for unleaded regular gasoline.

 Jim


From: Thomas Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject: [Biofuel] Ethanol for gas cars
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:51:09 -0500

Hi Zeke,

  You wrote:  I think that a gas car would run fine on ethanol
denatured with either biodiesel or methanol.

  Two questions:
1. I have heard/read from what I consider to be reliable sources that gas
cars can be converted to run fine on 80 - 85% ethanol (15 - 20% water).
 True or False???

  If this is the case, the fly in the ointment for a homebrewer (US) 
 is
that the mix has to be denatured  .  unleaded gasoline is not a good
choice because of the water concentration. To denature with gasoline water
conc must be only 1 or  2% .   that's the tough part.

2. If methanol is a suitable denaturant, at what level (%) does methanol
become a problem for engine parts?

   I appreciate your thoughts on this.
 Tom



   - Original Message -
   From: Zeke Yewdall
   To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
   Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 10:56 AM
   Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol)





   On 11/26/06, Thomas Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Jim,

  Add BD to denature   .   great idea.   Still perfectly
suitable for making ethyl esters.
  It wasn't on the list of possibilities, but there is an option 
 to
apply for different denaturants.

  The idea on denaturing the ethanol is to make it unsuitable for
drinking.
 Would ~ 2% BD make it unsuitable for drinking?

   I thought that biodiesel was non-toxic -- enough so that you could 
 drink
  a 2% solution?   It you're going to drink 98% ethanol, are you going to
be concerned about a little biodiesel in there?


   I think that a gas car would run fine on ethanol denatured with either
biodiesel or methanol.

   Z

  If not, couldn't it be denatured with methanol?  ..  cut 
 back
98+% on methanol use.

  Uh-oh  Now YOU have me thinking   .   dangerous   am
using a table saw again today.
  Would 80 - 85% ethanol, denatured with methanol (2%?) be 
 suitable
for gas cars?

  Tom
   - Original Message -
   From: JAMES PHELPS
   To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
   Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 11:16 PM
   Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol)


   Joe and Tom,
   Yes they won't sell anhydrous Ethanol e-100 without adding gasoline
or . perhaps Biodiesel if the customer asks for it that
way, Hmm now if I can just get my friend at the Ethanol plant to use
Biodiesel to denture it instead of gas. H

   Jim
 - Original Message -
 From: Thomas Kelly
 To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
 Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 5:42 AM
 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethyl Esters (was Making Methanol)


 Hi Joe,
  I didn't follow you when you wrote:
 I am really curious about the castor oil trick.  I wonder how to
do it?  I think the methanol I have recovered is already over 90% pure and
I think the castor oil would sink to the bottom.  If there was a high
percentage of water the oil would float on top and you could do something
like normal distillation through the oil layer evaporating pure alcohol 
off
the top of the oil layer and gradually removing it from the water below. 
I
haven't done any experiments yet. Of course the goal is to move to ethyl
eventually as well.

  I thought the idea was to dissolve the distilled alcohol in
castor oil, then remove the water that does not dissolve and then proceed
to distill the alcohol from

[Biofuel] Ethanol and my car.

[Ken Dunn]

Hi all,

Been a while since I posted (I broke my ankle skateboarding and I had
been sidelined for a while).  I've been playing catch-up ever since.
Any way,  since I've been back on my feet I've been working on my
camper (77 VW Bus) to get it ready for winter and keep it from falling
to bits.  Prior to my injury I had been trying to assemble the parts
to put a Rabbit diesel engine in it but, had run into problems finding
an affordable engine in decent condition.  Recently, I've been working
on getting the engine right since I don't have the money to do all the
body work that I want to do and today it occurred to me that I now
have a very good understanding of the fuel injection system on this
vehicle.  That got me to thinking that I might have the resources to
convert this engine to run ethanol.  I found this book in one of
Keith's posts:

How to Modify Your Car to Run on Alcohol Fuel (Guidelines for
Converting Gasoline Engines, with Specific Instructions for Air-Cooled
Volkswagens), R. Lippman, 1982.

Hmmm, fits my criteria pretty darned well if it covers fuel injection.
 Anyone have (or had) a copy?  Is it worthwhile?  It seems to me that
there might only be one part that would require replacement (I've
replaced all the rubber anyway) but, I've have to take a deeper look.
The way I remember it is that an adjustment to the spray pattern and
an increase in compression are both good things and that a preheater
is helpful during cold months.  Can anyone summarize or point me to
the changes needed to run ethanol?

Any additional help would be most appreciated.

Take care,
Ken

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

[bob allen]

actually, my name is bob (see signature below)

Derick Giorchino wrote:
 Thanks for the response Keith. 
 This is very good info for me. I do not wish to spend a lot of time trying
 to do something that is close to imposable or just impractical.
 When I could be out collecting U.V.O. or making bio d.
 Would you have any idea what Doug is speeking of earlier in this post? 
 He makes it sound like ethanol is easily done.


from sugar yes it is easy- I do it almost daily in my hummingbird feeder.

But ethanol from cellulose is very difficult.





  I maybe reading into this
 though. Derick.
 
 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bob allen
 Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 3:20 PM
 To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol
 
 Derick, you are talking about cellolosic ethanol, that is ethanol made
 from cellulose, rather than 
 from starch.  This is the holy grail of ethanol production. Very small
 amounts of ethanol can be 
 made from sulfuric acid digestion of cellulose, but the yield is abysmal and
 the cost high.  My 
 position is it is not worth the time, trouble, and expense.  the problems
 are manifold.  First is 
 the fact that the lignin present, which binds the cellulose, is not easily
 separable from the 
 cellulose,and hydrolysis of cellulose to free the sugars is much more
 difficult that that of starch, 
 and finally the sugars released from cellulose fermentation are not easily
 fermentable with yeast.
 Big bucks have been spent trying to solve these problems since at least the
 70's with little or no 
 success.  Simply, if it were easy, it would be happening everywhere, as the
 feedstock- cellulosic 
 wastes-are abundant.
 
 
 Derick Giorchino wrote:
 No Keith am not confused. I do make biodiesel. I use methanol and until
 some
 one has a better way that's what I will use. I was asking about the
 production of ethanol to use in other family vehicles. 
 Since they are gas engines. I read on J.T.F. way back when I was starting
 the venture of bio. That ethanol can be made at home using wood chips
 /paper
 and I think there may have been also a mention of dry grass and brush and
 breaking it down with sulfuric acid. But I would need to go back and read
 it
 over. My quarry was as to the amount of yield verses raw product used per
 liter /gal or what ever.
 Thanks Derick.  

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Addison
 Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 6:40 AM
 To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

 What are you people talking about?

 have you ever made any type of biofuel?
 Seems to me that you are confusing them all.
 Acid Base process and ethanol fuel?
 Methanol vs ethanol? It has sense in biodiesel production, but you are
 talking
 alcohol fuel for petroleum engines.
 Doug is being a bit confusing. He was talking about both ethanol fuel 
 in gasoline engines and using ethanol to make biodiesel. Gasoline 
 engines will run on 80% ethanol and 20% water (ie 160 proof) but to 
 make ethyl esters biodiesel the ethanol must be dry, and Doug doesn't 
 know how to make dry ethanol (absolute), he can't do better than 85% 
 ( you should be able to get 95% by distillation). So Doug's question 
 about ethanol vs methanol for making biodiesel doesn't make much 
 sense to me either. I don't think Doug has made biodiesel, or he 
 wouldn't ask anyway - ethanol biodiesel is difficult to make, not for 
 novices, not even when the ethanol is dry, methanol biodiesel is the 
 way to start. I don't think we know of any novices who've succeeded 
 with ethyl esters biodiesel. I don't know how Doug was planning to 
 make methanol, there's no small-scale backyard way of producing 
 methanol. He seems to think you can make it by treating sawdust with 
 concentrated acid, but that makes ethanol, not methanol. I also don't 
 understand the reference to the acid-base process for producing 
 ethanol, the acid-base process at JtF produces biodiesel, not 
 ethanol. Oh well.

 Has nobody yet discovered whether the castor oil method for producing 
 absolute ethanol works or not? I've been after a source of 20 litres 
 of castor oil here in Japan but I haven't found it yet. The method is 
 here:

 Separating Ethanol From Water Via Differential Miscibility -- using castor
 oil
 http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/eth_separate.html#castoil

 Best

 Keith

 Does not make too much sense.
 Andrew


 - Original Message -
 From: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Derick Giorchino
 To: mailto:biofuel@sustainablelists.orgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org
 Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:01 AM
 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

 Hi Doug I am interested in the ethanol production you are using. 
 What is it can you point me in the right direction? Is it the acid 
 base as is explained at J.T.F.? As for the carb problems maybe

Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

[Derick Giorchino]

Sorry Bob my head is up ... in the clouds.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bob allen
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 5:41 AM
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

actually, my name is bob (see signature below)

Derick Giorchino wrote:
 Thanks for the response Keith. 
 This is very good info for me. I do not wish to spend a lot of time trying
 to do something that is close to imposable or just impractical.
 When I could be out collecting U.V.O. or making bio d.
 Would you have any idea what Doug is speeking of earlier in this post? 
 He makes it sound like ethanol is easily done.


from sugar yes it is easy- I do it almost daily in my hummingbird feeder.

But ethanol from cellulose is very difficult.





  I maybe reading into this
 though. Derick.
 
 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bob allen
 Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 3:20 PM
 To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol
 
 Derick, you are talking about cellolosic ethanol, that is ethanol made
 from cellulose, rather than 
 from starch.  This is the holy grail of ethanol production. Very small
 amounts of ethanol can be 
 made from sulfuric acid digestion of cellulose, but the yield is abysmal
and
 the cost high.  My 
 position is it is not worth the time, trouble, and expense.  the problems
 are manifold.  First is 
 the fact that the lignin present, which binds the cellulose, is not easily
 separable from the 
 cellulose,and hydrolysis of cellulose to free the sugars is much more
 difficult that that of starch, 
 and finally the sugars released from cellulose fermentation are not easily
 fermentable with yeast.
 Big bucks have been spent trying to solve these problems since at least
the
 70's with little or no 
 success.  Simply, if it were easy, it would be happening everywhere, as
the
 feedstock- cellulosic 
 wastes-are abundant.
 
 
 Derick Giorchino wrote:
 No Keith am not confused. I do make biodiesel. I use methanol and until
 some
 one has a better way that's what I will use. I was asking about the
 production of ethanol to use in other family vehicles. 
 Since they are gas engines. I read on J.T.F. way back when I was starting
 the venture of bio. That ethanol can be made at home using wood chips
 /paper
 and I think there may have been also a mention of dry grass and brush and
 breaking it down with sulfuric acid. But I would need to go back and read
 it
 over. My quarry was as to the amount of yield verses raw product used per
 liter /gal or what ever.
 Thanks Derick.  

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Addison
 Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 6:40 AM
 To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

 What are you people talking about?

 have you ever made any type of biofuel?
 Seems to me that you are confusing them all.
 Acid Base process and ethanol fuel?
 Methanol vs ethanol? It has sense in biodiesel production, but you are
 talking
 alcohol fuel for petroleum engines.
 Doug is being a bit confusing. He was talking about both ethanol fuel 
 in gasoline engines and using ethanol to make biodiesel. Gasoline 
 engines will run on 80% ethanol and 20% water (ie 160 proof) but to 
 make ethyl esters biodiesel the ethanol must be dry, and Doug doesn't 
 know how to make dry ethanol (absolute), he can't do better than 85% 
 ( you should be able to get 95% by distillation). So Doug's question 
 about ethanol vs methanol for making biodiesel doesn't make much 
 sense to me either. I don't think Doug has made biodiesel, or he 
 wouldn't ask anyway - ethanol biodiesel is difficult to make, not for 
 novices, not even when the ethanol is dry, methanol biodiesel is the 
 way to start. I don't think we know of any novices who've succeeded 
 with ethyl esters biodiesel. I don't know how Doug was planning to 
 make methanol, there's no small-scale backyard way of producing 
 methanol. He seems to think you can make it by treating sawdust with 
 concentrated acid, but that makes ethanol, not methanol. I also don't 
 understand the reference to the acid-base process for producing 
 ethanol, the acid-base process at JtF produces biodiesel, not 
 ethanol. Oh well.

 Has nobody yet discovered whether the castor oil method for producing 
 absolute ethanol works or not? I've been after a source of 20 litres 
 of castor oil here in Japan but I haven't found it yet. The method is 
 here:

 Separating Ethanol From Water Via Differential Miscibility -- using
castor
 oil
 http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/eth_separate.html#castoil

 Best

 Keith

 Does not make too much sense.
 Andrew


 - Original Message -
 From: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Derick Giorchino
 To: mailto:biofuel@sustainablelists.orgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org
 Sent: Tuesday

Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

[Tonomár András]

What are you people talking about?

have you ever made any type of biofuel? 

Seems to me that you are confusing them 
all.
Acid Base process and ethanol fuel?
Methanol vs ethanol? It has sense in biodiesel 
production, but you are talking 
alcohol fuel for petroleum engines. 

Does not make too much sense.
Andrew


  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Derick Giorchino 
  
  To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org 
  
  Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:01 
  AM
  Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's 
  Methanol
  
  
  Hi Doug I am 
  interested in the ethanol production you are using. What is it can you point 
  me in the right direction? Is it the acid base as is explained at J.T.F.? As 
  for the carb problems maybe a marine carb is more tolerant of the alcohol fuel 
  if not there are places that could chrome or anodize the carb bowls for a 
  price you would need to re thread all the holes. Or maybe powder coating would 
  work.
  Good luck 
  Derick
  
  
  
  
  From: 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lres1Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 12:03 
  AMTo: 
  Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSubject: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's 
  Methanol
  
  
  Would like to know the advantages 
  if any of using Methanol instead of Ethanol in making bio-diesel. It is very 
  easy to make Ethanol with down to 15% water. Seems kinda silly to make Ethanol 
  and Methanol if Ethanol will do all.
  
  
  
  Have now got a MPEFI Jeep running 
  on 80% Ethanol and 20% water as a straight injection. Have a few bugs to work 
  out but total conversion cost is less than 
  US$20.00.
  
  To convert back to RUG is a flick 
  of a switch on the dash.
  
  
  
  This makes more sense now to use 
  the Ethanol instead of making Methanol for bio-diesel production as I already 
  make the ethanol and it can replace RUG in a MPEFI engine or standard carb 
  engine. I still have no replies on how to lacquer or coat an alloy carburetor 
  to stop reactions with the Ethanol. At present The system is fully drained and 
  blown with compressed air to clear out all water and Ethanol. Would be kinda 
  nice to be able to shut the engines off and just walk away and not have the 
  cleaning time. 
  
  
  
  I do not want to get rid of the 
  water in my Ethanol replacement for RUG as it gives much more power than RUG 
  at 80 to 85% Ethanol and 15 to 20% water mix. The plasticized fuel tanks and 
  lines can handle it all the carbs can not.
  
  
  
  My next step is to try and run 502 
  C.I.V8 engines and 351 modified engines and 350 C.I. engineswith 4 
  barrel hollies on Ethanol but need to clear up the carb reaction problems with 
  the alloys involved.
  
  
  
  Would like to know how to get to 
  0.5% water for bio-diesel processing. Same question as JJJN I 
  guess
  
  
  
  Doug 
  
  
  

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

[Keith Addison]

What are you people talking about?

have you ever made any type of biofuel?
Seems to me that you are confusing them all.
Acid Base process and ethanol fuel?
Methanol vs ethanol? It has sense in biodiesel production, but you are talking
alcohol fuel for petroleum engines.

Doug is being a bit confusing. He was talking about both ethanol fuel 
in gasoline engines and using ethanol to make biodiesel. Gasoline 
engines will run on 80% ethanol and 20% water (ie 160 proof) but to 
make ethyl esters biodiesel the ethanol must be dry, and Doug doesn't 
know how to make dry ethanol (absolute), he can't do better than 85% 
( you should be able to get 95% by distillation). So Doug's question 
about ethanol vs methanol for making biodiesel doesn't make much 
sense to me either. I don't think Doug has made biodiesel, or he 
wouldn't ask anyway - ethanol biodiesel is difficult to make, not for 
novices, not even when the ethanol is dry, methanol biodiesel is the 
way to start. I don't think we know of any novices who've succeeded 
with ethyl esters biodiesel. I don't know how Doug was planning to 
make methanol, there's no small-scale backyard way of producing 
methanol. He seems to think you can make it by treating sawdust with 
concentrated acid, but that makes ethanol, not methanol. I also don't 
understand the reference to the acid-base process for producing 
ethanol, the acid-base process at JtF produces biodiesel, not 
ethanol. Oh well.

Has nobody yet discovered whether the castor oil method for producing 
absolute ethanol works or not? I've been after a source of 20 litres 
of castor oil here in Japan but I haven't found it yet. The method is 
here:

Separating Ethanol From Water Via Differential Miscibility -- using castor oil
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/eth_separate.html#castoil

Best

Keith

Does not make too much sense.
Andrew


- Original Message -
From: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Derick Giorchino
To: mailto:biofuel@sustainablelists.orgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

Hi Doug I am interested in the ethanol production you are using. 
What is it can you point me in the right direction? Is it the acid 
base as is explained at J.T.F.? As for the carb problems maybe a 
marine carb is more tolerant of the alcohol fuel if not there are 
places that could chrome or anodize the carb bowls for a price you 
would need to re thread all the holes. Or maybe powder coating would 
work.

Good luck Derick


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lres1
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 12:03 AM
To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol



Would like to know the advantages if any of using Methanol instead 
of Ethanol in making bio-diesel. It is very easy to make Ethanol 
with down to 15% water. Seems kinda silly to make Ethanol and 
Methanol if Ethanol will do all.



Have now got a MPEFI Jeep running on 80% Ethanol and 20% water as a 
straight injection. Have a few bugs to work out but total conversion 
cost is less than US$20.00.

To convert back to RUG is a flick of a switch on the dash.



This makes more sense now to use the Ethanol instead of making 
Methanol for bio-diesel production as I already make the ethanol and 
it can replace RUG in a MPEFI engine or standard carb engine. I 
still have no replies on how to lacquer or coat an alloy carburetor 
to stop reactions with the Ethanol. At present The system is fully 
drained and blown with compressed air to clear out all water and 
Ethanol. Would be kinda nice to be able to shut the engines off and 
just walk away and not have the cleaning time.



I do not want to get rid of the water in my Ethanol replacement for 
RUG as it gives much more power than RUG at 80 to 85% Ethanol and 15 
to 20% water mix. The plasticized fuel tanks and lines can handle it 
all the carbs can not.



My next step is to try and run 502 C.I. V8 engines and 351 modified 
engines and 350 C.I. engines with 4 barrel hollies on Ethanol but 
need to clear up the carb reaction problems with the alloys involved.



Would like to know how to get to 0.5% water for bio-diesel 
processing. Same question as JJJN I guess



Doug


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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

[Derick Giorchino]

No Keith am not confused. I do make biodiesel. I use methanol and until some
one has a better way that's what I will use. I was asking about the
production of ethanol to use in other family vehicles. 
Since they are gas engines. I read on J.T.F. way back when I was starting
the venture of bio. That ethanol can be made at home using wood chips /paper
and I think there may have been also a mention of dry grass and brush and
breaking it down with sulfuric acid. But I would need to go back and read it
over. My quarry was as to the amount of yield verses raw product used per
liter /gal or what ever.
Thanks Derick.  

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Addison
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 6:40 AM
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

What are you people talking about?

have you ever made any type of biofuel?
Seems to me that you are confusing them all.
Acid Base process and ethanol fuel?
Methanol vs ethanol? It has sense in biodiesel production, but you are
talking
alcohol fuel for petroleum engines.

Doug is being a bit confusing. He was talking about both ethanol fuel 
in gasoline engines and using ethanol to make biodiesel. Gasoline 
engines will run on 80% ethanol and 20% water (ie 160 proof) but to 
make ethyl esters biodiesel the ethanol must be dry, and Doug doesn't 
know how to make dry ethanol (absolute), he can't do better than 85% 
( you should be able to get 95% by distillation). So Doug's question 
about ethanol vs methanol for making biodiesel doesn't make much 
sense to me either. I don't think Doug has made biodiesel, or he 
wouldn't ask anyway - ethanol biodiesel is difficult to make, not for 
novices, not even when the ethanol is dry, methanol biodiesel is the 
way to start. I don't think we know of any novices who've succeeded 
with ethyl esters biodiesel. I don't know how Doug was planning to 
make methanol, there's no small-scale backyard way of producing 
methanol. He seems to think you can make it by treating sawdust with 
concentrated acid, but that makes ethanol, not methanol. I also don't 
understand the reference to the acid-base process for producing 
ethanol, the acid-base process at JtF produces biodiesel, not 
ethanol. Oh well.

Has nobody yet discovered whether the castor oil method for producing 
absolute ethanol works or not? I've been after a source of 20 litres 
of castor oil here in Japan but I haven't found it yet. The method is 
here:

Separating Ethanol From Water Via Differential Miscibility -- using castor
oil
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/eth_separate.html#castoil

Best

Keith

Does not make too much sense.
Andrew


- Original Message -
From: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Derick Giorchino
To: mailto:biofuel@sustainablelists.orgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

Hi Doug I am interested in the ethanol production you are using. 
What is it can you point me in the right direction? Is it the acid 
base as is explained at J.T.F.? As for the carb problems maybe a 
marine carb is more tolerant of the alcohol fuel if not there are 
places that could chrome or anodize the carb bowls for a price you 
would need to re thread all the holes. Or maybe powder coating would 
work.

Good luck Derick


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lres1
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 12:03 AM
To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol



Would like to know the advantages if any of using Methanol instead 
of Ethanol in making bio-diesel. It is very easy to make Ethanol 
with down to 15% water. Seems kinda silly to make Ethanol and 
Methanol if Ethanol will do all.



Have now got a MPEFI Jeep running on 80% Ethanol and 20% water as a 
straight injection. Have a few bugs to work out but total conversion 
cost is less than US$20.00.

To convert back to RUG is a flick of a switch on the dash.



This makes more sense now to use the Ethanol instead of making 
Methanol for bio-diesel production as I already make the ethanol and 
it can replace RUG in a MPEFI engine or standard carb engine. I 
still have no replies on how to lacquer or coat an alloy carburetor 
to stop reactions with the Ethanol. At present The system is fully 
drained and blown with compressed air to clear out all water and 
Ethanol. Would be kinda nice to be able to shut the engines off and 
just walk away and not have the cleaning time.



I do not want to get rid of the water in my Ethanol replacement for 
RUG as it gives much more power than RUG at 80 to 85% Ethanol and 15 
to 20% water mix. The plasticized fuel tanks and lines can handle it 
all the carbs can not.



My next step is to try and run 502 C.I. V8 engines and 351 modified 
engines and 350 C.I. engines with 4 barrel hollies on Ethanol but 
need to clear up the carb reaction problems with the alloys involved

Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

[bob allen]

Derick, you are talking about cellolosic ethanol, that is ethanol made from 
cellulose, rather than 
from starch.  This is the holy grail of ethanol production. Very small 
amounts of ethanol can be 
made from sulfuric acid digestion of cellulose, but the yield is abysmal and 
the cost high.  My 
position is it is not worth the time, trouble, and expense.  the problems are 
manifold.  First is 
the fact that the lignin present, which binds the cellulose, is not easily 
separable from the 
cellulose,and hydrolysis of cellulose to free the sugars is much more difficult 
that that of starch, 
and finally the sugars released from cellulose fermentation are not easily 
fermentable with yeast.
Big bucks have been spent trying to solve these problems since at least the 
70's with little or no 
success.  Simply, if it were easy, it would be happening everywhere, as the 
feedstock- cellulosic 
wastes-are abundant.


Derick Giorchino wrote:
 No Keith am not confused. I do make biodiesel. I use methanol and until some
 one has a better way that's what I will use. I was asking about the
 production of ethanol to use in other family vehicles. 
 Since they are gas engines. I read on J.T.F. way back when I was starting
 the venture of bio. That ethanol can be made at home using wood chips /paper
 and I think there may have been also a mention of dry grass and brush and
 breaking it down with sulfuric acid. But I would need to go back and read it
 over. My quarry was as to the amount of yield verses raw product used per
 liter /gal or what ever.
 Thanks Derick.  
 
 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Addison
 Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 6:40 AM
 To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol
 
 What are you people talking about?

 have you ever made any type of biofuel?
 Seems to me that you are confusing them all.
 Acid Base process and ethanol fuel?
 Methanol vs ethanol? It has sense in biodiesel production, but you are
 talking
 alcohol fuel for petroleum engines.
 
 Doug is being a bit confusing. He was talking about both ethanol fuel 
 in gasoline engines and using ethanol to make biodiesel. Gasoline 
 engines will run on 80% ethanol and 20% water (ie 160 proof) but to 
 make ethyl esters biodiesel the ethanol must be dry, and Doug doesn't 
 know how to make dry ethanol (absolute), he can't do better than 85% 
 ( you should be able to get 95% by distillation). So Doug's question 
 about ethanol vs methanol for making biodiesel doesn't make much 
 sense to me either. I don't think Doug has made biodiesel, or he 
 wouldn't ask anyway - ethanol biodiesel is difficult to make, not for 
 novices, not even when the ethanol is dry, methanol biodiesel is the 
 way to start. I don't think we know of any novices who've succeeded 
 with ethyl esters biodiesel. I don't know how Doug was planning to 
 make methanol, there's no small-scale backyard way of producing 
 methanol. He seems to think you can make it by treating sawdust with 
 concentrated acid, but that makes ethanol, not methanol. I also don't 
 understand the reference to the acid-base process for producing 
 ethanol, the acid-base process at JtF produces biodiesel, not 
 ethanol. Oh well.
 
 Has nobody yet discovered whether the castor oil method for producing 
 absolute ethanol works or not? I've been after a source of 20 litres 
 of castor oil here in Japan but I haven't found it yet. The method is 
 here:
 
 Separating Ethanol From Water Via Differential Miscibility -- using castor
 oil
 http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/eth_separate.html#castoil
 
 Best
 
 Keith
 
 Does not make too much sense.
 Andrew


 - Original Message -
 From: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Derick Giorchino
 To: mailto:biofuel@sustainablelists.orgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org
 Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:01 AM
 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

 Hi Doug I am interested in the ethanol production you are using. 
 What is it can you point me in the right direction? Is it the acid 
 base as is explained at J.T.F.? As for the carb problems maybe a 
 marine carb is more tolerant of the alcohol fuel if not there are 
 places that could chrome or anodize the carb bowls for a price you 
 would need to re thread all the holes. Or maybe powder coating would 
 work.

 Good luck Derick


 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of lres1
 Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 12:03 AM
 To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
 Subject: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol



 Would like to know the advantages if any of using Methanol instead 
 of Ethanol in making bio-diesel. It is very easy to make Ethanol 
 with down to 15% water. Seems kinda silly to make Ethanol and 
 Methanol if Ethanol will do all.



 Have now got a MPEFI Jeep running on 80% Ethanol and 20% water as a 
 straight injection. Have a few bugs to work out but total conversion 
 cost is less than US

Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

[Derick Giorchino]

Thanks for the response Keith. 
This is very good info for me. I do not wish to spend a lot of time trying
to do something that is close to imposable or just impractical.
When I could be out collecting U.V.O. or making bio d.
Would you have any idea what Doug is speeking of earlier in this post? 
He makes it sound like ethanol is easily done. I maybe reading into this
though. Derick.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bob allen
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 3:20 PM
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

Derick, you are talking about cellolosic ethanol, that is ethanol made
from cellulose, rather than 
from starch.  This is the holy grail of ethanol production. Very small
amounts of ethanol can be 
made from sulfuric acid digestion of cellulose, but the yield is abysmal and
the cost high.  My 
position is it is not worth the time, trouble, and expense.  the problems
are manifold.  First is 
the fact that the lignin present, which binds the cellulose, is not easily
separable from the 
cellulose,and hydrolysis of cellulose to free the sugars is much more
difficult that that of starch, 
and finally the sugars released from cellulose fermentation are not easily
fermentable with yeast.
Big bucks have been spent trying to solve these problems since at least the
70's with little or no 
success.  Simply, if it were easy, it would be happening everywhere, as the
feedstock- cellulosic 
wastes-are abundant.


Derick Giorchino wrote:
 No Keith am not confused. I do make biodiesel. I use methanol and until
some
 one has a better way that's what I will use. I was asking about the
 production of ethanol to use in other family vehicles. 
 Since they are gas engines. I read on J.T.F. way back when I was starting
 the venture of bio. That ethanol can be made at home using wood chips
/paper
 and I think there may have been also a mention of dry grass and brush and
 breaking it down with sulfuric acid. But I would need to go back and read
it
 over. My quarry was as to the amount of yield verses raw product used per
 liter /gal or what ever.
 Thanks Derick.  
 
 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Addison
 Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 6:40 AM
 To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol
 
 What are you people talking about?

 have you ever made any type of biofuel?
 Seems to me that you are confusing them all.
 Acid Base process and ethanol fuel?
 Methanol vs ethanol? It has sense in biodiesel production, but you are
 talking
 alcohol fuel for petroleum engines.
 
 Doug is being a bit confusing. He was talking about both ethanol fuel 
 in gasoline engines and using ethanol to make biodiesel. Gasoline 
 engines will run on 80% ethanol and 20% water (ie 160 proof) but to 
 make ethyl esters biodiesel the ethanol must be dry, and Doug doesn't 
 know how to make dry ethanol (absolute), he can't do better than 85% 
 ( you should be able to get 95% by distillation). So Doug's question 
 about ethanol vs methanol for making biodiesel doesn't make much 
 sense to me either. I don't think Doug has made biodiesel, or he 
 wouldn't ask anyway - ethanol biodiesel is difficult to make, not for 
 novices, not even when the ethanol is dry, methanol biodiesel is the 
 way to start. I don't think we know of any novices who've succeeded 
 with ethyl esters biodiesel. I don't know how Doug was planning to 
 make methanol, there's no small-scale backyard way of producing 
 methanol. He seems to think you can make it by treating sawdust with 
 concentrated acid, but that makes ethanol, not methanol. I also don't 
 understand the reference to the acid-base process for producing 
 ethanol, the acid-base process at JtF produces biodiesel, not 
 ethanol. Oh well.
 
 Has nobody yet discovered whether the castor oil method for producing 
 absolute ethanol works or not? I've been after a source of 20 litres 
 of castor oil here in Japan but I haven't found it yet. The method is 
 here:
 
 Separating Ethanol From Water Via Differential Miscibility -- using castor
 oil
 http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/eth_separate.html#castoil
 
 Best
 
 Keith
 
 Does not make too much sense.
 Andrew


 - Original Message -
 From: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Derick Giorchino
 To: mailto:biofuel@sustainablelists.orgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org
 Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:01 AM
 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

 Hi Doug I am interested in the ethanol production you are using. 
 What is it can you point me in the right direction? Is it the acid 
 base as is explained at J.T.F.? As for the carb problems maybe a 
 marine carb is more tolerant of the alcohol fuel if not there are 
 places that could chrome or anodize the carb bowls for a price you 
 would need to re thread all the holes. Or maybe powder coating would 
 work.

 Good luck

[Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

[lres1]

Would like to know the advantages if any of using 
Methanol instead of Ethanol in making bio-diesel. It is very easy to make 
Ethanol with down to 15% water. Seems kinda silly to make Ethanol and Methanol 
if Ethanol will do all.

Have now got a MPEFI Jeep running on 80% Ethanol 
and 20% water as a straight injection. Have a few bugs to work out but total 
conversion cost is less than US$20.00.
To convert back to RUG is a flick of a switch on 
the dash.

This makes more sense now to use the Ethanol 
instead of making Methanol for bio-diesel production as I already make the 
ethanol and it can replace RUG in a MPEFI engine or standard carb engine. I 
still have no replies on how to lacquer or coat an alloy carburetor to stop 
reactions with the Ethanol. At present The system is fully drained and blown 
with compressed air to clear out all water and Ethanol. Would be kinda nice to 
be able to shut the engines off and just walk away and not have the cleaning 
time. 

I do not want to get rid of the water in my Ethanol 
replacement for RUG as it gives much more power than RUG at 80 to 85% Ethanol 
and 15 to 20% water mix. The plasticized fuel tanks and lines can handle it all 
the carbs can not.

My next step is to try and run 502 C.I.V8 
engines and 351 modified engines and 350 C.I. engineswith 4 barrel hollies 
on Ethanol but need to clear up the carb reaction problems with the alloys 
involved.

Would like to know how to get to 0.5% water for 
bio-diesel processing. Same question as JJJN I guess

Doug 
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

[Keith Addison]

Would like to know the advantages if any of using Methanol instead 
of Ethanol in making bio-diesel. It is very easy to make Ethanol 
with down to 15% water. Seems kinda silly to make Ethanol and 
Methanol if Ethanol will do all.

Have now got a MPEFI Jeep running on 80% Ethanol and 20% water as a 
straight injection. Have a few bugs to work out but total conversion 
cost is less than US$20.00.
To convert back to RUG is a flick of a switch on the dash.

This makes more sense now to use the Ethanol instead of making 
Methanol for bio-diesel production as I already make the ethanol and 
it can replace RUG in a MPEFI engine or standard carb engine. I 
still have no replies on how to lacquer or coat an alloy carburetor 
to stop reactions with the Ethanol. At present The system is fully 
drained and blown with compressed air to clear out all water and 
Ethanol. Would be kinda nice to be able to shut the engines off and 
just walk away and not have the cleaning time.

I do not want to get rid of the water in my Ethanol replacement for 
RUG as it gives much more power than RUG at 80 to 85% Ethanol and 15 
to 20% water mix. The plasticized fuel tanks and lines can handle it 
all the carbs can not.

My next step is to try and run 502 C.I. V8 engines and 351 modified 
engines and 350 C.I. engines with 4 barrel hollies on Ethanol but 
need to clear up the carb reaction problems with the alloys involved.

Would like to know how to get to 0.5% water for bio-diesel 
processing. Same question as JJJN I guess

Doug

I think you said quite some time ago that you were making biodiesel 
with ethanol.

Have you actually made any ethyl esters biodiesel yet, or any biodiesel yet?

Best

Keith
 


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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's Methanol

[Derick Giorchino]

Hi Doug I am interested in the ethanol
production you are using. What is it can you point me in the right direction? Is
it the acid base as is explained at J.T.F.? As for the carb problems maybe a
marine carb is more tolerant of the alcohol fuel if not there are places that
could chrome or anodize the carb bowls for a price you would need to re thread
all the holes. Or maybe powder coating would work.

Good luck Derick









From:
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Behalf Of lres1
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12:03 AM
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Subject: [Biofuel] Ethanol V's
Methanol







Would like to know the advantages if any of using Methanol
instead of Ethanol in making bio-diesel. It is very easy to make Ethanol with
down to 15% water. Seems kinda silly to make Ethanol and Methanol if Ethanol
will do all.











Have now got a MPEFI Jeep running on 80% Ethanol and 20%
water as a straight injection. Have a few bugs to work out but total conversion
cost is less than US$20.00.





To convert back to RUG is a flick of a switch on the dash.











This makes more sense now to use the Ethanol instead of
making Methanol for bio-diesel production as I already make the ethanol and it
can replace RUG in a MPEFI engine or standard carb engine. I still have no
replies on how to lacquer or coat an alloy carburetor to stop reactions with
the Ethanol. At present The system is fully drained and blown with compressed
air to clear out all water and Ethanol. Would be kinda nice to be able to shut
the engines off and just walk away and not have the cleaning time. 











I do not want to get rid of the water in my Ethanol
replacement for RUG as it gives much more power than RUG at 80 to 85% Ethanol
and 15 to 20% water mix. The plasticized fuel tanks and lines can handle it all
the carbs can not.











My next step is to try and run 502 C.I.V8 engines and
351 modified engines and 350 C.I. engineswith 4 barrel hollies on Ethanol
but need to clear up the carb reaction problems with the alloys involved.











Would like to know how to get to 0.5% water for bio-diesel
processing. Same question as JJJN I guess











Doug 








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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol use

[Pagandai Pannirselvam]

 Hi Charles  There is a patented information about using the zeolites at the top of the reactor , which can be very selective to adsorb and return back pure alcohol see google search using free patent site.
Then you can recover the catalyst using solar energy to remove water.In the case of ethanol , the higher temperature , I am not sure that higher can fovour the reaction.Can any one have the experience to give more informatiion?
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:Hi allIt's slowly turning to spring down here in the southern hemisphere,
and a young man's thoughts turn to what he's going to get up to inthose long summer evenings. Me, I think only of biofuel! I am havinggood progress and results with methanol but my long term plan is tobe completely self- sufficient and ferment my own ethanol to use in
my reaction. I will first buy some denatured ethanol to practice on,and I have read what is on the JtF web-site and realise I will needto really dewater my oil, use more ethanol than methanol etc. I wouldlike to know, however, if I can increase the temperature of the
reaction mixture to cut down the time taken for the reaction asethanol boils at 78C rather than 65C, and if there are any otherhints/ tips people can give through their experience of this reaction.Thanks
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol use

[Jan Warnqvist]

Hello Ken, Charles et al.
Ethanol can be somewhat tricky to deal with when it comes to producing
biodiesel.
The glycerine drop is related to the amount of ethyl esters that you have
created during the process. This is suggesting that you will need a certain
qty of ethyl esters produced in order to have a spontaneous glycerol drop.
To make sure that you have a sufficient amount, the ethanol stochiometric
surplus should be at least 75% or rather 100%. The stochiometric
relationships are much more important than increasing of the reaction
temperature, say 5 or 10 degrees. But also note that the ethanol inserted
has to be anhydrous.
Best of luck to you !
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 On Aug 21, 2006, at 1:57 PM, Charles List wrote:


  I would like to know, however, if I can increase the temperature
  of the  reaction mixture to cut down the time taken for the reaction
  as  ethanol boils at 78C rather than 65C.


 You probably could, but the separation of glycerol takes such a
 long time with ethanol (hours maybe), and the reactants are all
 in solution that whole time (completely clear, single phase), that
 you probably don't need more than the usual heating to get the
 reaction to go as far as it will.

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[Biofuel] Ethanol use

[Charles List]

Hi all

It's slowly turning to spring down here in the southern hemisphere,  
and a young man's thoughts turn to what he's going to get up to in  
those long summer evenings. Me, I think only of biofuel! I am having  
good progress and results with methanol but my long term plan is to  
be completely self- sufficient and ferment my own ethanol to use in  
my reaction. I will first buy some denatured ethanol to practice on,  
and I have read what is on the JtF web-site and realise I will need  
to really dewater my oil, use more ethanol than methanol etc. I would  
like to know, however, if I can increase the temperature of the  
reaction mixture to cut down the time taken for the reaction as  
ethanol boils at 78C rather than 65C, and if there are any other  
hints/ tips people can give through their experience of this reaction.

Thanks

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol use

[Ken Provost]

On Aug 21, 2006, at 1:57 PM, Charles List wrote:


 I would like to know, however, if I can increase the temperature
 of the  reaction mixture to cut down the time taken for the reaction
 as  ethanol boils at 78C rather than 65C.


You probably could, but the separation of glycerol takes such a
long time with ethanol (hours maybe), and the reactants are all
in solution that whole time (completely clear, single phase), that
you probably don't need more than the usual heating to get the
reaction to go as far as it will.

-K




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[Biofuel] Ethanol powered planes of Brazil... was Sharing Biodiesel

[Juan Boveda]

Hello Matthew Law and all.

On July 26th, 2006 you wrote: My biggest issue is that I love to fly. 
 Almost all aeroplanes still use
leaded avgas in very old, mega-inefficient engines.  So, all the work I
may do to reduce my nasty emissions every day is probably cancelled by the
one or two hours flying I do every month.  Yes, there are diesel 'planes
coming on to the market, but what we really need is bio jet fuel which
probably won't happen in my lifetime given the speed at which the aviation
regulators work.  Or even better, electric aeroplanes.

Matt.

You do not need too long to see something new in the air.
There are already Brazilian planes with aviation engines certified for 
ethanol use. The first was a crop dusting aeroplane Ipanema, later some of 
those engines were available for other small planes as I read lately in a 
local newspaper one of them was used here as an ambulance plane for poor 
people in remote areas. The Brazilian Air Force is looking for 
certification of its T-25 basic trainer with a ethanol powered engine. 
Engine consumption is 30% higher but for the same size deliver +5% more 
power compared with aviation gasoline but flying with ethanol was 25% 
cheaper because ethanol is much cheaper than av-gas.
If you live in North America, the pumps at the nearest airfield would not 
have av-ethanol right now so you might need to carry your own fuel.
See the site from the Brazilian aviation builder:

http://www.embraer.com/

http://www.embraer.com.br/institucional/download.asp?onde=downloadarqui  
vo=2_083-Prd-VPI-Ethanol_Ipanema_Certification-I-04.pdf

http://www.embraer.com/english/content/imprensa/press_release.asp?press_  
release_id=880ano=2004

http://www.embraer.com.br/institucional/download/2_053-Prd-VOP-Ipanema_W  
ins_Flight_Intl_Award-I-05.pdf


Other links with more information are below, they are in Portuguese or 
English
ETHANOL-FUELED IPANEMA CERTIFIED BY THE CTA
http://www.defesanet.com.br/embraer/neiva1_e.htm
CTA certifica 1o aviao militar a alcool
http://www.defesanet.com.br/fab/cta_alcool.htm

http://www.defesanet.com.br/embraer/ipanema_sci_ame.htm

http://www.defesanet.com.br/embraer/ipanema_sci_ame_ee.htm

http://www.defesanet.com.br/fab/cta_alcool.htm


Best Regards.

Juan Boveda
Paraguay

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Subject:Re: [Biofuel] Sharing Biodiesel

I traded my old car in for a pretty economical turbo diesel which,
although it isn't running on BD yet, it will be once I get past the
experimenting stage and on to bigger batches.  My neighbour is taking a
keen and reasoned interest in my endeavours and suggests his next vehicle
will be diesel so he can take the same route as I.

I would have no problem sharing my BD with him if the net effect of two
cars on say, BD50 is better than one on BD100, even though I would
reluctantly have to take some from the pumps.

My biggest issue is that I love to fly.  Almost all aeroplanes still use
leaded avgas in very old, mega-inefficient engines.  So, all the work I
may do to reduce my nasty emissions every day is probably cancelled by the
one or two hours flying I do every month.  Yes, there are diesel 'planes
coming on to the market, but what we really need is bio jet fuel which
probably won't happen in my lifetime given the speed at which the aviation
regulators work.  Or even better, electric aeroplanes.

Matt.


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[Biofuel] ethanol crunch?

[Jason Katie]

there is a gas station in my hometown that was selling E85 and was doing a 
real good job until his wholesalers started raising their prices claiming 
lack of supply. im tempted to move back to illinois and feed his tanks just 
to twist the petrol companies collective nose. maybe even supplant the 
diesel tankers as well? i should probably stop, im getting ideas
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol for diesel engines

[FRANCISCO]

Hi
Ethanol is close to gasoline when referring to fueling energy to an
engine. Therefore cetane number is low even though ethanol prefers
higher pressure than regular gasoline. So ethanol diesel blend to be
viable as fuel and easy the blending has to have two supports: cetane
improver additive to easy combustion and a electronic/software
combination which can adjust ignition timing and pumpin all the time. (
Please remember atomiztion is diferent also!) In order to reduce the
amount of additive ( very expensive and it is like TNT - worsening
stability) I assume they use some diesel so it helps ignition (Please
note) This reminds me the natural gas/diesel dual fuel engine where
the diesel is used as the spark plug and the electronics do the rest.
Please remember when we have two types of fuel two explosions will
always happen and in the case of the diesel/cetane improver/alcohol we
might have three explosions and this is not good for the engine so in
the long run efficiency is jeopardize severely.
Hakan you are right: The cetane improver experiences with alcohol have
been done a long time by Scania and in fact they tried to introduce
this technology in Brasil. It is not used because it was considered too
expensive. 
The consumption should be much higher than the 100% diesel ( energy
content per mass and volume admission in the combustion chamber ) and
considering the new refining technologies the emissions of the new
blend should not be better. We still do not know the effect of aldehyde
on the environment a please pay attention nitrates generates NOx thru
exhaust pipe and aldehyde and NOx are always there when using alcohol.
Also diesel engines do operate at higher temperatures and this can
affect exhaust gases worsening emissions environmentally speaking.
In my opinion we have to scrutinize this approach thouruglly and this
approach it is not novel. 
I love ppo svo and biodiesel.
very best fo rall of us
Chic


Hakan Falk wrote:

  Keith,

If I remembered right, the Swedish diesel buses are running on a wood 
alcohol mix, with some sort of additive. In Sweden it is now more and 
more common that the buses use biofuel.

Hakan


At 18:47 07/06/2006, you wrote:
  
  
Hi Tomas



  Hi,

this one fuel combination is interesting.
I've never heard about such possibility before:

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/06/xcelplus_acquir.html

--
Tomas Juknevicius
  


Fuel-Cycle Energy and Emission Impacts of Ethanol-Diesel Blends in
Urban Buses and Farming Tractors, (July 2003, 992kb pdf)
http://www.transportation.anl.gov/pdfs/TA/280.pdf

The Manual for the Home and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel
by S.W. Mathewson
Chapter 3 UTILIZATION OF ALCOHOL FUELS
Diesel Engines
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_manual/manual3.html

Best

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol for diesel engines

[Jan Warnqvist]

Just wanting to make some remarks 
.
The Scania ethanol buses are running 
on a special ethanol quality blend consisting from ethanol (95%), a cetane 
improver called Bereid, which I am told is a polyglycol, and a lubricant. The 
injection timing is normal (approx 20 degrees before TDC) and all engines are 
equipped with intercooler which functions as an air heater when the engine runs 
on idle. Ethanol is not self-evident as a diesel fuel, but progress has been 
done.
Jan Warnqvist

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  From: 
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  To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org 
  
  Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 4:25 
  PM
  Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol for diesel 
  engines
  HiEthanol is close to gasoline when referring to fueling 
  energy to an engine. Therefore cetane number is low even though ethanol 
  prefers higher pressure than regular gasoline. So ethanol diesel blend to be 
  viable as fuel and easy the blending has to have two supports: cetane improver 
  additive to easy combustion and a electronic/software combination which can 
  adjust ignition timing and pumpin all the time. ( Please remember atomiztion 
  is diferent also!) In order to reduce the amount of additive ( very 
  expensive and it is like TNT - worsening stability) I assume they use some 
  diesel so it helps ignition (Please note) This reminds me the natural 
  gas/diesel dual fuel engine where the diesel is used as the spark plug and the 
  electronics do the rest. Please remember when we have two types of fuel two 
  explosions will always happen and in the case of the diesel/cetane 
  improver/alcohol we might have three explosions and this is not good for the 
  engine so in the long run efficiency is jeopardize severely.Hakan you are 
  right: The cetane improver experiences with alcohol have been done a long time 
  by Scania and in fact they tried to introduce this technology in Brasil. It is 
  not used because it was considered too expensive. The consumption should 
  be much higher than the 100% diesel ( energy content per mass and volume 
  admission in the combustion chamber ) and considering the new refining 
  technologies the emissions of the new blend should not be better. We 
  still do not know the effect of aldehyde on the environment a please pay 
  attention nitrates generates NOx thru exhaust pipe and aldehyde and NOx are 
  always there when using alcohol. Also diesel engines do operate at higher 
  temperatures and this can affect exhaust gases worsening emissions 
  environmentally speaking.In my opinion we have to scrutinize this approach 
  thouruglly and this approach it is not novel. I love ppo svo and 
  biodiesel.very best fo rall of usChicHakan Falk wrote: 
  Keith,

If I remembered right, the Swedish diesel buses are running on a wood 
alcohol mix, with some sort of additive. In Sweden it is now more and 
more common that the buses use biofuel.

Hakan


At 18:47 07/06/2006, you wrote:
  
Hi Tomas


  Hi,

this one fuel combination is interesting.
I've never heard about such possibility before:

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/06/xcelplus_acquir.html

--
Tomas Juknevicius
  Fuel-Cycle Energy and Emission Impacts of Ethanol-Diesel Blends in
Urban Buses and Farming Tractors, (July 2003, 992kb pdf)
http://www.transportation.anl.gov/pdfs/TA/280.pdf

The Manual for the Home and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel
by S.W. Mathewson
Chapter 3 UTILIZATION OF ALCOHOL FUELS
Diesel Engines
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_manual/manual3.html

Best

Keith


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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol for diesel engines

[Tomas Juknevicius]

Ah, it just opens the new energy path.
If only the BD could be used for diesels,
only the energy from oily plants can be harvested for usage in cars.
With this new path, more avenues are opened. Energy input from
starchy plants (especially keeping in mind the ethanol generation from
celulose) can now be tapped. This setup might be more suitable for colder 
climates,
than current rapeseed approach.

Anyway, ethanol burning in the diesel is more economical than
burning the same ethanol in otto cycle engines
(the current crop of flex-fuel vehicles).

The only nagging question is that additive mentioned in the article.

Jason Katie wrote:
 
 if the exhaust isnt any better than a gasoline engine on ethanol, what
 difference would it make whether or not it was ethy or BD? it sounds like
 the additive isnt all the best either

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[Biofuel] Ethanol for diesel engines

[Tomas Juknevicius]

Hi,

this one fuel combination is interesting.
I've never heard about such possibility before:

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/06/xcelplus_acquir.html

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol for diesel engines

[Keith Addison]

Hi Tomas

Hi,

this one fuel combination is interesting.
I've never heard about such possibility before:

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/06/xcelplus_acquir.html

--
Tomas Juknevicius


Fuel-Cycle Energy and Emission Impacts of Ethanol-Diesel Blends in 
Urban Buses and Farming Tractors, (July 2003, 992kb pdf)
http://www.transportation.anl.gov/pdfs/TA/280.pdf

The Manual for the Home and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel
by S.W. Mathewson
Chapter 3 UTILIZATION OF ALCOHOL FUELS
Diesel Engines
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_manual/manual3.html

Best

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol for diesel engines

[Hakan Falk]

Keith,

If I remembered right, the Swedish diesel buses are running on a wood 
alcohol mix, with some sort of additive. In Sweden it is now more and 
more common that the buses use biofuel.

Hakan


At 18:47 07/06/2006, you wrote:
Hi Tomas

 Hi,
 
 this one fuel combination is interesting.
 I've never heard about such possibility before:
 
 http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/06/xcelplus_acquir.html
 
 --
 Tomas Juknevicius


Fuel-Cycle Energy and Emission Impacts of Ethanol-Diesel Blends in
Urban Buses and Farming Tractors, (July 2003, 992kb pdf)
http://www.transportation.anl.gov/pdfs/TA/280.pdf

The Manual for the Home and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel
by S.W. Mathewson
Chapter 3 UTILIZATION OF ALCOHOL FUELS
Diesel Engines
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_manual/manual3.html

Best

Keith


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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol for diesel engines

[Jason Katie]

if the exhaust isnt any better than a gasoline engine on ethanol, what 
difference would it make whether or not it was ethy or BD? it sounds like 
the additive isnt all the best either
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[Biofuel] Ethanol boom or bust?

[Darryl McMahon]

Ethanol boom or bust?
Whether Canada's answer to Kyoto will work is the mystery

Paul Jay
Citizen Special

Saturday, May 27, 2006

Murray Sharp can remember his days working for a farm co-operative in 
Chatham, Ont., in 1965, back when corn fetched $4 a bushel and the 
promise of a good living for farmers was high. Now 63, the retired 
elementary school teacher is a long way from the corn business, instead 
running with his wife a small organics farm in Florence, Ont., although 
he does sell corn seeds as well. It's nearly impossible to make a living 
at it, he says.

It was $4 a bushel then, which if you figure inflation should be about 
$40 now. But instead, it's sitting around $2.65, says Mr. Sharp, the 
former president of the National Farmers Union local in Lampton county.

A century ago, the foundations of Canada's growth lay in the fields of 
farmers. And while agriculture has always been a foundation of Canada's 
bounty of natural resources, in recent years harvesters have faced tough 
times. The 1990s saw prairie farmers lose grain transportation subsidies 
and go into heavier debt loads as commodity prices sank. The real money 
in foreign markets was oil, and it became the golden boy in Canada's 
class of natural resources.

But a new market for farmers to sell their grain -- and potentially 
their waste -- appears to be opening in Canada, with the federal 
government's announcement in Regina this week of a nationwide commitment 
to mandate the use of ethanol in gasoline.

It was trumpeted as a victory for the environment and hailed as a model 
for future federal provincial cooperation. But what it may also signal 
is a new source of wealth for farmers in corn-rich Ontario, as well as 
in the prairies, where wheat can also be used to make the compound. If 
the model of the United States is any indication, a move towards ethanol 
will mean big business for corn and wheat producers north of the border.

It begs the question: are farmers set to become the latest fuel barons 
in Canada? Perhaps of larger importance is the impact of ethanol itself. 
Blending ethanol with gasoline is seen as a solution to oil dependence, 
pollution and a struggling agricultural sector, but is it really the 
answer? Are we asking too much of a compound more commonly associated 
with moonshine?

The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association thinks ethanol is up to the 
task. Jeff Passmore, a vice-chairman with the association, points to the 
study by Michael Wang of Argonne National Laboratories in the U.S., 
which showed corn ethanol can reduce greenhouse gases by anywhere from 
18 to 29 per cent.

Others, such as the U.S.-based Center for Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Technologies, aren't convinced.

We see biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel as the on-ramp onto the 
hydrogen highway, as just one component of the solution, says John 
Shears, a visiting research fellow with the centre. But corn 
grain-derived ethanol doesn't get us benefits on the energy side and 
provide debatable benefits on the environment side.

Critics point out that both the energy and monetary cost of producing 
ethanol outweigh its potential gain. Others point to studies which 
suggest the use of small amounts of ethanol in gasoline, like the five 
per cent target for 2010 mandated by the federal government, may 
actually promote the release of smog-producing evaporative emissions. 
And consumer groups are concerned that the federal-provincial 
initiatives will adversely affect people at the pump.

Few can debate, however, that ethanol has become a hot commodity. In 
2005, U.S. production of ethanol was 15 billion litres annually, with a 
requirement under the Energy Policy Act to increase production to 28 
billion litres by 2012. Canada is expected to reach 650 million litres 
by 2010, triple the amount produced now.

And much of this ethanol is earmarked for automobiles. The big three 
automakers in Detroit are producing vehicles capable of using an 85-per 
cent ethanol blend (or E85), well above the 10 per cent ethanol content 
that represents the limit most cars on the road today can handle before 
the ethanol's corrosive qualities wear on valves and fittings. There are 
already about five million E85 vehicles on the road in North America, 
but all but the oldest vehicles are equipped to handle at least 10 per cent.

How did ethanol become the fuel of choice so quickly?

The popularity of the compound, most commonly created by distilling 
crops such as corn in the United States or sugarcane in Brazil, has 
benefited not only from rising oil prices and fears over instability in 
the Middle East, but also changes in environmental legislation south of 
the border.

In 1990, the Clean Air Act in the U.S. required oil companies to add 
oxygen-rich compounds to their gasoline to combat smog in polluted 
cities. Ethanol and methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE, were the two 
most common additives. But after environmental studies found MTBE -- 

Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol boom or bust?

[Tom Irwin]

Hi Darryl and all,

We´ve seen a sharp jump in the price of sugar here in Uruguay. It had been about 13 Uruguayan pesos (about .50 U.S. dollars). Now its about 23 pesos.

Tom Irwin


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[Biofuel] Ethanol for rural households

[Keith Addison]

Fwd from the Stoves list at repp.

Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 15:57:25 +0530
From: nari phaltan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [Stoves] Ethanol for rural households

Dear stovers,

I hope you enjoy reading the following on this subject.
http://nariphaltan.virtualave.net/ruralethanol.pdf

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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol without distillation

[pan ruti]

I also pulled paper from internet using googleArticle  Ethanol production by extractive fermentation  M. Minier, G. Goma *Départment de Génie Biochimique et Alimentaire, ERA-CNRS No. 879. INSA, Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse Cédex, France  *Correspondence to G. Goma, Départment de Génie Biochimique et Alimentaire, ERA-CNRS No. 879. INSA, Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse Cédex, France  setDOI("ADOI=10.1002/bit.260240710")Abstract   
   The ideal method to produce a terminal metabolite inhibitor of cell growth and production is to remove and recover it from the fermenting broth as it formed. Extractive fermentation is achieved in the case of ethanol production by coupling both fermentation and liquid-liquid extraction, The solvent of extraction is 1-dodecanol (or a mixture 1-dedecanol, 1-tetradecanol); study of the inhibitory effect of primary aliphatic alcohols of different chain lengths shows that no growth is observed in the presence of alcohols which have between 2 and 12 carbons. This effect is suppressed when the carbon number is 12 or higher. A new reactor has been used-1 pulsed packed column. Pulsation is performed pneumatically. Porous material used as a package adsorbs the cells. The fermentation broth is pulsed in order to (1) increase the interfacial area between the aqueous phase and the dodecanol, (2) decrease gas holdup. Alcoholic fermentation, performed at 35°C on
 glucose syrup, permits the total utilization of glucose solution of 409 g/L with a yeast which cannot-in classical process- completely use solutions with 200 g/L of glucose. The feasibility of a new method of fermentation coupling both liquid-liquid extraction and fermentation is demonstrated. Extension of this method is possible to any microbial production inhibited by its metabolite excretion.  The octanol from castor can be better one than Castor oil. Pure Castor oil canbe good one. The pulsing fase seperation can help the seperation very fast. In Canada the extractive fermentation has been shown to be very sucessful.For small scale we need still simplify this process.This very usful information published in JTF can end the distillation process and hence the need for Bioler and its high pressure pump. yet
 more information is needed, as this process can give pure ethanol, almost all the information is kept as industrial top secret or sold .Jason go ahead practical experiments and I am sure you are in right direction and we , small research group from Brazil wish this process a big sucess .If any one from the list has used this process .Let us know sd  PannirselvamJason  Katie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  i pulled a paper from the library describing separating ethanol from water using castor oil. can this be done using any kind of oil, or are their certain characteristics of the oil not described in the paper?http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/eth_separate.html
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol without distillation

[pan ruti]

I also pulled paper from internet using googleArticle  Ethanol production by extractive fermentation  M. Minier, G. Goma *Départment de Génie Biochimique et Alimentaire, ERA-CNRS No. 879. INSA, Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse Cédex, France  *Correspondence to G. Goma, Départment de Génie Biochimique et Alimentaire, ERA-CNRS No. 879. INSA, Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse Cédex, France  setDOI("ADOI=10.1002/bit.260240710")Abstract   
   The ideal method to produce a terminal metabolite inhibitor of cell growth and production is to remove and recover it from the fermenting broth as it formed. Extractive fermentation is achieved in the case of ethanol production by coupling both fermentation and liquid-liquid extraction, The solvent of extraction is 1-dodecanol (or a mixture 1-dedecanol, 1-tetradecanol); study of the inhibitory effect of primary aliphatic alcohols of different chain lengths shows that no growth is observed in the presence of alcohols which have between 2 and 12 carbons. This effect is suppressed when the carbon number is 12 or higher. A new reactor has been used-1 pulsed packed column. Pulsation is performed pneumatically. Porous material used as a package adsorbs the cells. The fermentation broth is pulsed in order to (1) increase the interfacial area between the aqueous phase and the dodecanol, (2) decrease gas holdup. Alcoholic fermentation, performed at 35°C on
 glucose syrup, permits the total utilization of glucose solution of 409 g/L with a yeast which cannot-in classical process- completely use solutions with 200 g/L of glucose. The feasibility of a new method of fermentation coupling both liquid-liquid extraction and fermentation is demonstrated. Extension of this method is possible to any microbial production inhibited by its metabolite excretion.  The octanol from castor can be better one than Castor oil. Pure Castor oil canbe good one. The pulsing fase seperation can help the seperation very fast. In Canada the extractive fermentation has been shown to be very sucessful.For small scale we need still simplify this process.This very usful information published in JTF can end the distillation process and hence the need for Bioler and its high pressure pump. yet
 more information is needed, as this process can give pure ethanol, almost all the information is kept as industrial top secret or sold .Jason go ahead practical experiments and I am sure you are in right direction and we , small research group from Brazil wish this process a big sucess .If any one from the list has used this process .Let us know sd  PannirselvamJason  Katie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  i pulled a paper from the library describing separating ethanol from water using castor oil. can this be done using any kind of oil, or are their certain characteristics of the oil not described in the paper?http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/eth_separate.html
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Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol vs Biodiesel

[Ken Provost]

On Feb 3, 2006, at 12:58 PM, anna b wrote:


 I am curious as to why ethanol has dominated the
 recent discussion in main stream media of alternative
 fuels.  The way I see it biodiesel is already
 available as are diesel cars to use it.



Think of the historical difference in cost between
bread and olive oil. Ethanol can be made from
bread, biodiesel requires vegoil. The quality
of the feedstock is much higher for biodiesel,
and so will be the cost -- especially in those
places where waste oils (ie, fried foods) aren't
so readily available as in suburban US.

Also, biodiesel requires constructing production
facilities that don't exist presently. Ethanol is a
common product worldwide already.

Also, of course, Bush's friends would rather
make ethanol :-)

-K


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[Biofuel] ethanol method glycerin ?

[Bioclaire Nederland]

Hi all,
As you will know, glycerin is highly hygroscopic.
Did anyone of you ever try to make 100% ethanol (200 proof) using glycerin ?

Pieter
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Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method glycerin ?

[Mark Kennedy]

Are you saying that it may be possible to take the gycerin by product after
making biodiesel, ferment it then distill it to make ethanol?
-Mark


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 Hi all,
 As you will know, glycerin is highly hygroscopic.
 Did anyone of you ever try to make 100% ethanol (200 proof) using
 glycerin ?

 Pieter
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Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method glycerin ?

[Keith Addison]

Are you saying that it may be possible to take the gycerin by product after
making biodiesel, ferment it then distill it to make ethanol?
-Mark

See:
Absolute Alcohol Using Glycerine
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library.html#alcglyc

Keith


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  Subject: [Biofuel] ethanol method glycerin ?
 
 
  Hi all,
  As you will know, glycerin is highly hygroscopic.
  Did anyone of you ever try to make 100% ethanol (200 proof) using
  glycerin ?
 
  Pieter
  Netherlands.


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Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method

[Bioclaire Nederland]

Can somebody explain me what is Drano ?

Pieter.

- Original Message -
From: Derick Giorchino [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method


 This is more a warning than a question. But many years ago I was told that
 if you put Drano in a ping pong ball by use of a syringe then seal the
hole.
 Throw the ball in gasoline and run your ass off. The gas was supposed to
 melt the ball and there was supposed to be a very big explosion. I never
 tried this although I was young at the time, I was not that stupid. If
this
 is true gas in bio with lye have a negative effect. As I said this maybe a
 myth but its worth checking on.
 Good health. Derick

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zeke Yewdall
 Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 8:46 AM
 To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method

 A small amount of gasoline in the biodiesel shouldn't affect it too
 much.  Some of the crazy schemes for using unheated SVO call for
 mixing it with 15% gasoline or such.  While I don't think this is
 necessarily good for the diesel engine, the majority of the problems I
 have heard of from doing this are not sufficiently dissolving the oil,
 not problems with the gasoline component per se.

 It also seems that gasoline should be separable from biodiesel by
 distillation, because of the much lower vapor pressure of gasoline,
 although I am not sure about that.

 Z

 On 1/26/06, bob allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Jan, Wouldn't you expect that  500 ppm water would be picked up in any
  recovered ethanol, due to even a small amount of soap production?  also
  if the ethanol used is for automobile use, is it an  E-85 blend, ie, 15%
  gasoline?  If so I would think that the gasoline would partition into
  any biodiesel made from this alcohol source.  How would the gasoline
  impact the biodiesel?
 
  Jan Warnqvist wrote:
   Hello Bias Antonio,
   Ken is right, the NaOH dissolves a lot quicker in ethanol if heated.
In
   order to make ethyl esters the quality of the reactants has to be
high:
   ethanol min 99,5% pure and
   oil with a water content  500 ppm and
   a stochiometric surplus of ethanol of at least 75% and why not 100% ?
   The economy of this is depending upon your possibilities of recover
the
   excess ethanol.
   Good luck to you
   AGERATEC AB
   Jan Warnqvist
   - Original Message -
   From: Ken Provost [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
   Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:55 AM
   Subject: Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method
  
  
   On Jan 25, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Blas Antonio Guanes wrote:
  
  
the problem is that, methanol costs 4 $ and pure ethanol
   for car costs 0.52 $, NaOH is gotten in any part.. KOH is
   sold in bags of 25  kilos for soap industry.. Here in Paragua
   it is difficult to get chemical products. for that reason I want
   know how I can make with oil, ethanol and NaOH
  
   Have you tried dissolving NaOH in pure anhydrous ethanol? It is
   difficult. If you can dissolve the required amount (perhaps by
   boiling the ethanol/NaOH mixture under reflux), you could possibly
   make biodiesel out of very clean dry oil. If you only use 3.5g NaOH
   per liter of oil, or if your ethanol or oil contain any water, you
will
   probably never achieve separation of a glycerine phase. All your
   ingredients go into a clear solution, and just stay that way forever.
   Until glycerine separates, you don't have biodiesel.
  
   -K
  
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Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method

[Blas Antonio Guanes]

Here in Paraguay absolute alcohol takes place to use in cars with structure 
modified mechanics, it is pure ethanol. That is here an advantage. then like 
you recommend to make ethoxid?, if it is with KOH, like you to extract 5% of 
water that it is generated with the reaction KOH + EtOH..
I will prove again with NaOH in 7 g/l heating. Then I will see that it 
happens. How much isgood proportion  to prove with new oil?

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Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method

[Derick Giorchino]

Sorry Pieter I guess I should have told you Drano is a NHO caustic soda base
drain cleaner.

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Can somebody explain me what is Drano ?

Pieter.

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To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method


 This is more a warning than a question. But many years ago I was told that
 if you put Drano in a ping pong ball by use of a syringe then seal the
hole.
 Throw the ball in gasoline and run your ass off. The gas was supposed to
 melt the ball and there was supposed to be a very big explosion. I never
 tried this although I was young at the time, I was not that stupid. If
this
 is true gas in bio with lye have a negative effect. As I said this maybe a
 myth but its worth checking on.
 Good health. Derick

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zeke Yewdall
 Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 8:46 AM
 To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method

 A small amount of gasoline in the biodiesel shouldn't affect it too
 much.  Some of the crazy schemes for using unheated SVO call for
 mixing it with 15% gasoline or such.  While I don't think this is
 necessarily good for the diesel engine, the majority of the problems I
 have heard of from doing this are not sufficiently dissolving the oil,
 not problems with the gasoline component per se.

 It also seems that gasoline should be separable from biodiesel by
 distillation, because of the much lower vapor pressure of gasoline,
 although I am not sure about that.

 Z

 On 1/26/06, bob allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Jan, Wouldn't you expect that  500 ppm water would be picked up in any
  recovered ethanol, due to even a small amount of soap production?  also
  if the ethanol used is for automobile use, is it an  E-85 blend, ie, 15%
  gasoline?  If so I would think that the gasoline would partition into
  any biodiesel made from this alcohol source.  How would the gasoline
  impact the biodiesel?
 
  Jan Warnqvist wrote:
   Hello Bias Antonio,
   Ken is right, the NaOH dissolves a lot quicker in ethanol if heated.
In
   order to make ethyl esters the quality of the reactants has to be
high:
   ethanol min 99,5% pure and
   oil with a water content  500 ppm and
   a stochiometric surplus of ethanol of at least 75% and why not 100% ?
   The economy of this is depending upon your possibilities of recover
the
   excess ethanol.
   Good luck to you
   AGERATEC AB
   Jan Warnqvist
   - Original Message -
   From: Ken Provost [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
   Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:55 AM
   Subject: Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method
  
  
   On Jan 25, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Blas Antonio Guanes wrote:
  
  
the problem is that, methanol costs 4 $ and pure ethanol
   for car costs 0.52 $, NaOH is gotten in any part.. KOH is
   sold in bags of 25  kilos for soap industry.. Here in Paragua
   it is difficult to get chemical products. for that reason I want
   know how I can make with oil, ethanol and NaOH
  
   Have you tried dissolving NaOH in pure anhydrous ethanol? It is
   difficult. If you can dissolve the required amount (perhaps by
   boiling the ethanol/NaOH mixture under reflux), you could possibly
   make biodiesel out of very clean dry oil. If you only use 3.5g NaOH
   per liter of oil, or if your ethanol or oil contain any water, you
will
   probably never achieve separation of a glycerine phase. All your
   ingredients go into a clear solution, and just stay that way forever.
   Until glycerine separates, you don't have biodiesel.
  
   -K
  
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Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method in remote place

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 Hello Anthonio, Ken and Keith Iam sure that big company like BASF are trying to make ethoxideIN GLOBAL Market in big scale to sell to ruralpeople (high price too) so that Biod can be easily made with ethoxide( ethanol and NaOH)using patended catalyst, butwe can make in the cites this one as well outined process by Ken here ( Thanka a lot for HEN) thus BioD can be produced by any oneand any where, especially where even in rural remote place .This can be more practical and easy  wayso that Anthoni can get help from university in the city , who has technical skill to make possible the dificult part of the process ( the chemical engineering people like us ) colaborating , his dreams to make cheap biofuel,can
 be the wish of all our members inthe list. Can any here in our list , and sure Keith to to bring here the stae of art of making the Biod in different places, what is pro and against the etoxide methods.Can this method can help or not the biofuel development against the petroleium fuel.  Thanking you  Yours truely  Pannirselvam P.V   Ken Provost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  On Jan 25, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Blas Antonio Guanes wrote: the problem is that, methanol costs 4 $ and pure ethanol for car costs 0.52 $, NaOH is gotten in any part.. KOH is sold in bags of 25 kilos for soap industry.. Here in
 Paragua it is difficult to get chemical products. for that reason I want know how I can make with oil, ethanol and NaOHHave you tried dissolving NaOH in pure anhydrous ethanol? It isdifficult. If you can dissolve the required amount (perhaps byboiling the ethanol/NaOH mixture under reflux), you could possiblymake biodiesel out of very clean dry oil. If you only use 3.5g NaOHper liter of oil, or if your ethanol or oil contain any water, you willprobably never achieve separation of a glycerine phase. All youringredients go into a clear solution, and just stay that way forever.Until glycerine separates, you don't have biodiesel.-K___Biofuel mailing listBiofuel@sustainablelists.orghttp://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.orgBiofuel at Journey to Forever:http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.htmlSearch the combined
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Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method

[Jan Warnqvist]

Hello Bias Antonio,
Ken is right, the NaOH dissolves a lot quicker in ethanol if heated. In
order to make ethyl esters the quality of the reactants has to be high:
ethanol min 99,5% pure and
oil with a water content  500 ppm and
a stochiometric surplus of ethanol of at least 75% and why not 100% ?
The economy of this is depending upon your possibilities of recover the
excess ethanol.
Good luck to you
AGERATEC AB
Jan Warnqvist
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From: Ken Provost [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method



 On Jan 25, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Blas Antonio Guanes wrote:


   the problem is that, methanol costs 4 $ and pure ethanol
  for car costs 0.52 $, NaOH is gotten in any part.. KOH is
  sold in bags of 25  kilos for soap industry.. Here in Paragua
  it is difficult to get chemical products. for that reason I want
  know how I can make with oil, ethanol and NaOH


 Have you tried dissolving NaOH in pure anhydrous ethanol? It is
 difficult. If you can dissolve the required amount (perhaps by
 boiling the ethanol/NaOH mixture under reflux), you could possibly
 make biodiesel out of very clean dry oil. If you only use 3.5g NaOH
 per liter of oil, or if your ethanol or oil contain any water, you will
 probably never achieve separation of a glycerine phase. All your
 ingredients go into a clear solution, and just stay that way forever.
 Until glycerine separates, you don't have biodiesel.

 -K

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Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method in remote place

[Ken Provost]

On Jan 26, 2006, at 2:29 AM, pan ruti wrote:

 I am sure  that big company like  BASF  are trying to
 make  ethoxide IN GLOBAL Market in big scale  to sell
 to rural people  (high price too) so that Biod  can be
 easily made with ethoxide( ethanol and NaOH).


If you started with pure sodium ethoxide as a catalyst
rather than trying to make your own with ethanol and lye,
you could have an easier time of it. Might be hard to find
in a rural area, but it has the added advantage of not
contributing water to the mix. You could also use sodium
metal rather than lye (!!!) to produce your own ethoxide.


 Can any here in our list ..what is pro and against the
 ethoxide methods.


The biggest disadvantage of ethanol over methanol is
that the base-catalyzed biodiesel reactions do not occur
as readily, since ethanol is less acidic than methanol.
More catalyst is needed, and more ethanol to drive the
equilibrium. Acid-catalyzed ESTERification (of soapstock
or FFA) would occur just as easily with ethanol as methanol.

Another major problem with ethanol is that distillation
alone will not produce anhydrous ethanol, which is
essential for the base-catalyzed method.

The biggest advantage of ethanol is the obvious one --
it is readily produced and distilled (but not easily dried)
all over the world from renewable sources.

The best solution for biodiesel would be a cheap  easy
way to make methanol from biomass.


-K



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Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method

[bob allen]

Jan, Wouldn't you expect that  500 ppm water would be picked up in any 
recovered ethanol, due to even a small amount of soap production?  also 
if the ethanol used is for automobile use, is it an  E-85 blend, ie, 15% 
gasoline?  If so I would think that the gasoline would partition into 
any biodiesel made from this alcohol source.  How would the gasoline 
impact the biodiesel?

Jan Warnqvist wrote:
 Hello Bias Antonio,
 Ken is right, the NaOH dissolves a lot quicker in ethanol if heated. In
 order to make ethyl esters the quality of the reactants has to be high:
 ethanol min 99,5% pure and
 oil with a water content  500 ppm and
 a stochiometric surplus of ethanol of at least 75% and why not 100% ?
 The economy of this is depending upon your possibilities of recover the
 excess ethanol.
 Good luck to you
 AGERATEC AB
 Jan Warnqvist
 - Original Message -
 From: Ken Provost [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
 Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:55 AM
 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] ethanol method
 
 
 On Jan 25, 2006, at 11:00 AM, Blas Antonio Guanes wrote:


  the problem is that, methanol costs 4 $ and pure ethanol
 for car costs 0.52 $, NaOH is gotten in any part.. KOH is
 sold in bags of 25  kilos for soap industry.. Here in Paragua
 it is difficult to get chemical products. for that reason I want
 know how I can make with oil, ethanol and NaOH

 Have you tried dissolving NaOH in pure anhydrous ethanol? It is
 difficult. If you can dissolve the required amount (perhaps by
 boiling the ethanol/NaOH mixture under reflux), you could possibly
 make biodiesel out of very clean dry oil. If you only use 3.5g NaOH
 per liter of oil, or if your ethanol or oil contain any water, you will
 probably never achieve separation of a glycerine phase. All your
 ingredients go into a clear solution, and just stay that way forever.
 Until glycerine separates, you don't have biodiesel.

 -K

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