Ken, Thanks for the info. I don't have any as yet. In fact I haven't built my still at this time. The state of Alabama has a lot of restrictions pertaining to ethanol production. I have written to the governor, the lt governor, my senators, representatives, the president and vice president about the laws but all I get back are form letters thanking me for writing. I don't want to go to jail for making fuel so I am gathering info from any source I can. Do you have any idea how much zeolite cost? I don't have a clue. Thanks for writing. Ron Miller ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Provost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] zeolite
> >Hi to all, > >Does anyone out there know the process for removing water from ethanol using > >3A zeolite. I know this is the material used by industry to do this > >but I'd like to > >know the process. As I understand it this will remove all the water content of > >distilled ethanol. Any remarks? > > > >Thanks, > >Ron Miller > > First, make sure it's dry, by heating to about 600 deg. F for several > hours, then > cooling back down in dry air. Toss in the required amount with your hydrous > ethanol (molecular sieve zeolite absorbs like 25% of its weight in water) and > stand back -- it can get HOT. Takes a few hours to get saturated. Oh, I'm sure > the pros will talk all about columns of X dia. and Y length, with flow rates of > blah, blah, but the simple ways are best. Good luck -- BTW, I only have free > samples of this stuff. Did you actually have to PAY for it, and if so, how much > (if you don't mind my asking :-)). Check out > > http://www.sorbentsystems.com/desiccants_charts.html > > for some good info and graphs, and let us know your results. -K > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
