Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from wood please compliment
Thank you for the info. I will need to lookup these terms of course. It does give me more to work with. I do appreciate this. Gypsym can be used as depolymerizing and delignication agente for removal of lignin at hiher temperatature , making possivel cellulose seperation , and hence , sugar and alcohol production sd Pannirselvam Oh Boy! I looked the first one up then asked my wife (she knows more about biology than me) about depolymerizing complex molecules. It is a great feeling when we can all work together on a problem if only to help more of us to understand. Thanks again I feel like I am making headway. Brian Rodgers ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from wood please compliment
Hi Brain Rodgers Gypsym can be used as depolymerizing and delignication agente for removal of lignin at hiher temperatature , making possivel cellulose seperation , and hence , sugar and alcohol production sd Pannirselvam On 8/4/05, Brian Rodgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Manick > > You are fortunate to have walking encyclopedia in your dad. Nurture him > well. > > During my morning run I stopped by the area where Dad was attaching wire to > the steel posts I pounded in over the weekend. (Patting myself on the back > here for nurturing.) Hehe Anyway, Dad said it was nice to hear your > compliment and he was encouraged. He explained the deal with the gypsum. I > admitted I had no idea how gypsum was involved with biomass processing. I > am still a bit unclear and asked him to get me a link or write it down so I > can study the theory and maybe it will sink in. He also said that he queried > the UNM Chemistry department of which he is alumni about which University > was actively working on the cellulose to sugar process. They didn't know. > Does anyone here know the answer to this question? Brian Rodgers > > > ___ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > -- Pagandai V Pannirselvam Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN Departamento de Engenharia Química - DEQ Centro de Tecnologia - CT Programa de Pós Graduação em Engenharia Química - PPGEQ Grupo de Pesquisa em Engenharia de Custos - GPEC Av. Senador Salgado Filho, Campus Universitário CEP 59.072-970 , Natal/RN - Brasil Residence : Av Odilon gome de lima, 2951, Q6/Bl.G/Apt 102 Capim Macio EP 59.078-400 , Natal/RN - Brasil Telefone(fone ) ( 84 ) 3215-37690 Ramal210 32171557 Telefone(fax) ( 84 ) 3215-3770 residencia 32171557 Cellular 84 88145083 ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from wood please compliment
Thanks Manick You are fortunate to have walking encyclopedia in your dad. Nurture him well. During my morning run I stopped by the area where Dad was attaching wire to the steel posts I pounded in over the weekend. (Patting myself on the back here for nurturing.) Hehe Anyway, Dad said it was nice to hear your compliment and he was encouraged. He explained the deal with the gypsum. I admitted I had no idea how gypsum was involved with biomass processing. I am still a bit unclear and asked him to get me a link or write it down so I can study the theory and maybe it will sink in. He also said that he queried the UNM Chemistry department of which he is alumni about which University was actively working on the cellulose to sugar process. They didn’t know. Does anyone here know the answer to this question? Brian Rodgers ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from wood please compliment
Hi Brian, You are fortunate to have walking encyclopedia in your dad. Nurture him well.Yes pressurised SO3 being a gas would mix better than LIQUID, without heavy milling machine.It is just a suggestion. Thanks very much for "been there done that" compliment. It will keep me going in good spirit. I have prepared creosote and wood tars as rubber plasticizers, giving excellent energy damping properties. This I did by cooking by slow pyrolysis of the wood up to 500C in a drum fitted with condenser. Products: charcoal (30%), tar (7%), acetic acid (6%),methanol (1.5%), wood gas ( 25%), the rest being water. The tar dissoles in caustic soda NaOH and is easily applied to wood for protection against termites. Acetic acid can be recovered from water phase by proper solvent and distllation. Methanol is easily separated from water phase by fractional ditillation. It is like ethanol in properties and could be used as auto fuel. Although I worked with Malaysian hardwoods there is plenty of similar data/literature on softwoods like pine. I think you can definitely put these ideas to work Brian. Good luck!Brian Rodgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for the note Manick.It sounds like you have "been there done that" with cellulose to sugar to ethanol.Every technological term in you letter sends me off looking up meanings.Thank goodness for GoogleSO3 Sulphur Trioxide, my search found that this can be a byproduct of coal powered energy plants. I am not sure how this fits into the equation yet but I almost always need to sleep on it to get the big picture. I don't suppose you could enlighten us? Are we attempting to break out the sugar with SO3? Similar to what the Sulphuric Acid bath does to the sawdust? My Dad is a retired chemist, his specialty back in the fifties & sixties when it was still fashionable was coal tar products and creosote. It is interesting that you note that a by product of this idea of yours is creosote. Unfortunately for us, my Dad just turned 87 years old on Friday and it has been quite a while since he has done research and chemistry. Just the same I will run your idea by him and see if any lights come on. By the way, Dad wrote a letter to University New Mexico where he is Alumni and asked if they are working on this wood waste as a biomass problem. He told me they did write back but I dont have any details yet. Brian Rodgers Manick Harris wrote:I used sawdust from Malaysian hardwoods like Meranti. I think any cellulosic material will do. One report states concentrated sulphuric acid and sawdust can also be milled together ( try !:1 ratio initially) into glucose at room temperature, ie 25C. This could be attempted with 2 roll mill set very close together,say 0.02mm. If this works how about gassing sawdust with SO3 ( ex gypsum) under pressure in a vessel? The residue I got was dark lignin which could be broken down into creosote for protection against termites and rubber filler giving excellent damping or energy absorption beit mechanical or electromagnetic as in radar shielding. Just a thought: we could proof planes this way to escape enemy radar. Excuse me if my thoughts go astray but it seems viable to pursue direct hydrolysis of biomass. Brian Rodgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That is very cool. I have seen this process somewhere. H2SO4, that is Sulphuric Acid right? I have a friend with a small sawmill and a 2000 gallon tank sitting idle, he is going to use it for rainwater collection. I asked him if he ever fermented sawdust. He said, It composts pretty well when we get a little rain. He was keen on the idea of trying, but shied away from the idea of putting Sulphuric acid in the tank to shock the glucose. I told him we would wash it out real quick, LOL. So yeah I am hoping that another way to break down the cellulose has been developed. I have heard of enzymes and mushroom spoor but nothing very miraculous yet, Hoping rather naively Im afraid. Brian Rodgers P.S. What type of wood did you use? I understand it makes a difference. We have mainly Ponderosa Pine Trees. Manick Harris wrote: I did this in the 80s as an one-time expt. Boiled sawdust in 30% H2SO4 for 3h, neutralised with lime, filtered and fermented the sugar with yeast into alcohol which was recovered by distillation. Reckon sawdust/biomass waste can be obtained at v.low cost. Cost of H2SO4 can be offset by value of CaSO4,gypsum, which is a saleable commodity. Yet no takers anywhere currently, despite rising petrol prices. Sad really because we are inhibited society really. Brian Rodgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am new here, but this certainly looks like the place to be. I my opinion looking at ethanol strictly from a BTU to create over BTU available leaves out too many important variables. Even if with Ethanols numbers looking dismally uneconomical to many people who I will call naysayers the clincher for me is ethanol comes from a renewable resource corn. If we can
Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from wood please
Thanks for the note Manick. It sounds like you have "been there done that" with cellulose to sugar to ethanol. Every technological term in you letter sends me off looking up meanings. Thank goodness for Google SO3 Sulphur Trioxide, my search found that this can be a byproduct of coal powered energy plants. I am not sure how this fits into the equation yet but I almost always need to sleep on it to get the big picture. I don't suppose you could enlighten us? Are we attempting to break out the sugar with SO3? Similar to what the Sulphuric Acid bath does to the sawdust? My Dad is a retired chemist, his specialty back in the fifties & sixties when it was still fashionable was coal tar products and creosote. It is interesting that you note that a by product of this idea of yours is creosote. Unfortunately for us, my Dad just turned 87 years old on Friday and it has been quite a while since he has done research and chemistry. Just the same I will run your idea by him and see if any lights come on. By the way, Dad wrote a letter to University New Mexico where he is Alumni and asked if they are working on this wood waste as a biomass problem. He told me they did write back but I don’t have any details yet. Brian Rodgers Manick Harris wrote: I used sawdust from Malaysian hardwoods like Meranti. I think any cellulosic material will do. One report states concentrated sulphuric acid and sawdust can also be milled together ( try !:1 ratio initially) into glucose at room temperature, ie 25C. This could be attempted with 2 roll mill set very close together,say 0.02mm. If this works how about gassing sawdust with SO3 ( ex gypsum) under pressure in a vessel? The residue I got was dark lignin which could be broken down into creosote for protection against termites and rubber filler giving excellent damping or energy absorption beit mechanical or electromagnetic as in radar shielding. Just a thought: we could proof planes this way to escape enemy radar. Excuse me if my thoughts go astray but it seems viable to pursue direct hydrolysis of biomass. Brian Rodgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That is very cool. I have seen this process somewhere. H2SO4, that is Sulphuric Acid right? I have a friend with a small sawmill and a 2000 gallon tank sitting idle, he is going to use it for rainwater collection. I asked him if he ever fermented sawdust. He said, ”It composts pretty well when we get a little rain.” He was keen on the idea of trying, but shied away from the idea of putting Sulphuric acid in the tank to shock the glucose. I told him we would wash it out real quick, LOL. So yeah I am hoping that another way to break down the cellulose has been developed. I have heard of enzymes and mushroom spoor but nothing very miraculous yet, Hoping… rather naively I’m afraid. Brian Rodgers P.S. What type of wood did you use? I understand it makes a difference. We have mainly Ponderosa Pine Trees. Manick Harris wrote: I did this in the 80s as an one-time expt. Boiled sawdust in 30% H2SO4 for 3h, neutralised with lime, filtered and fermented the sugar with yeast into alcohol which was recovered by distillation. Reckon sawdust/biomass waste can be obtained at v.low cost. Cost of H2SO4 can be offset by value of CaSO4,gypsum, which is a saleable commodity. Yet no takers anywhere currently, despite rising petrol prices. Sad really because we are inhibited society really. Brian Rodgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am new here, but this certainly looks like the place to be. I my opinion looking at ethanol strictly from a BTU to create over BTU available leaves out too many important variables. Even if with Ethanol’s numbers looking dismally uneconomical to many people who I will call naysayers the clincher for me is ethanol comes from a renewable resource corn. If we can figure out a way to break down the cellulose in wood waste forests products we would really have something. Don’t get me wrong I want to help the American farmers but I live in the forests of the South-West USA and we have a real problem with small diameter trees choking the forests and creating a fire hazard. The solution becomes, two birds with one stone, economically speaking. The trees have to be removed and are anyway but they are being chipped and left in most places. Lets do some real research on fomenting wood fibers. Brian Rodgers New Mexico Brian's & Nell's computer scanned this baby & no viruses were found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 7/28/2005 ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.
Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from wood please
I used sawdust from Malaysian hardwoods like Meranti. I think any cellulosic material will do. One report states concentrated sulphuric acid and sawdust can also be milled together ( try !:1 ratio initially) into glucose at room temperature, ie 25C. This could be attempted with 2 roll mill set very close together,say 0.02mm. If this works how about gassing sawdust with SO3 ( ex gypsum) under pressure in a vessel? The residue I got was dark lignin which could be broken down into creosote for protection against termites and rubber filler giving excellent damping or energy absorption beit mechanical or electromagnetic as in radar shielding. Just a thought: we could proof planes this way to escape enemy radar. Excuse me if my thoughts go astray but it seems viable to pursue direct hydrolysis of biomass. Brian Rodgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That is very cool. I have seen this process somewhere. H2SO4, that is Sulphuric Acid right? I have a friend with a small sawmill and a 2000 gallon tank sitting idle, he is going to use it for rainwater collection. I asked him if he ever fermented sawdust. He said, It composts pretty well when we get a little rain. He was keen on the idea of trying, but shied away from the idea of putting Sulphuric acid in the tank to shock the glucose. I told him we would wash it out real quick, LOL. So yeah I am hoping that another way to break down the cellulose has been developed. I have heard of enzymes and mushroom spoor but nothing very miraculous yet, Hoping rather naively Im afraid.Brian Rodgers P.S. What type of wood did you use? I understand it makes a difference. We have mainly Ponderosa Pine Trees. Manick Harris wrote: I did this in the 80s as an one-time expt. Boiled sawdust in 30% H2SO4 for 3h, neutralised with lime, filtered and fermented the sugar with yeast into alcohol which was recovered by distillation. Reckon sawdust/biomass waste can be obtained at v.low cost. Cost of H2SO4 can be offset by value of CaSO4,gypsum, which is a saleable commodity. Yet no takers anywhere currently, despite rising petrol prices. Sad really because we are inhibited society really. Brian Rodgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am new here, but this certainly looks like the place to be.I my opinion looking at ethanol strictly from a BTU to create over BTU available leaves out too many important variables. Even if with Ethanols numbers looking dismally uneconomical to many people who I will call naysayers the clincher for me is ethanol comes from a renewable resource corn. If we can figure out a way to break down the cellulose in wood waste forests products we would really have something. Dont get me wrong I want to help the American farmers but I live in the forests of the South-West USA and we have a real problem with small diameter trees choking the forests and creating a fire hazard. The solution becomes, two birds with one stone, economically speaking. The trees have to be removed and are anyway but they are being chipped and left in most places. Lets do some real research on fomenting wood fibers. Brian Rodgers New Mexico Brian's & Nell's computer scanned this baby & no viruses were found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 7/28/2005___Biofuel mailing listBiofuel@sustainablelists.orghttp://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.orgBiofuel at Journey to Forever:http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.htmlSearch the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages):http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from wood please
Hello Robert What kind of "residue" is left from wood or these other alternative inputs to the ethanol production process.Anything of value, like seedcake from biodiesel production? Anything harmful? I suggest you read the Wood-Ethanol Report, in the links I posted before, here: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/WoodEthanolReport.html It's six yars old but AFAIK it's still the best overview of the subject. HTH. Keith ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from wood please
What kind of "residue" is left from wood or these other alternative inputs to the ethanol production process. Anything of value, like seedcake from biodiesel production? Anything harmful? ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from wood please
Also this: Ethanol from cellulose http://journeytoforever.org/ethanol_link.html#cellulose "Wood-Ethanol Report: Technology Review", Environment Canada 1999 -- good overview of the problem and the current solutions on offer. Go to the Biofuels Library. Fuel From Sawdust -- by Mike Brown (from Acres, USA, 19 June 1983): Conversion of cellulose, such as sawdust, cornstalks, newspaper and other substances, to alcohol -- "a fairly uncomplicated and straightforward process". Go to the Biofuels Library. Production of Ethanol from Wood in Russia since 1943 -- A detailed description of the operating process of a wood-hybrolysis plant in Siberia. http://www.distill.com/woodhydrolysis/ Arkenol Inc. is a pioneer in processing cellulose biomas into ethanol: agricultural wastes, straw, leaves, grass clippings, sawdust or old newspapers. The company uses proprietary concentrated acid hydrolysis technology and is in the final development stages for a 48 million litre per year biorefinery in Sacramento, California processing rice straw. http://www.arkenol.com The Iogen Corporation of Canada is "the leader in developing and manufacturing ethanol-from-cellulose". The Iogen process is an enzymatic hydrolysis process for converting lignocellulosics to ethanol -- uses steam explosion pretreatment pioneered by the company and Iogen's proprietary enzymes. http://www.iogen.ca/ Q & A with Iogen's Jeff Passmore regarding cellulosic ethanol, April 2003 http://www.eesi.org/publications/Newsletters/ ECO/eco%2019.htm#iogen BC International Corporation uses a genetically modified organism to produce ethanol from biomass wastes such as agricultural residues, municipal waste, and forest thinnings. Two-stage dilute acid hydrolysis process for the preparation of the sugar streams and two separate fermentations although both use the same organism. http://www.bcintlcorp.com/ "Ethanol Production in Hawaii", a "pre-feasibility" study who a focus on ethanol from cellulose. Includes comparison of the different processes: simultaneous saccharification and fermentation; concentrated acid hydrolysis, neutralization and fermentation; ammonia disruption, hydrolysis and fermentation; steam disruption, hydrolysis and fermentation; acid disruption and transgenic microorganism fermentation; concentrated acid hydrolysis, acid recycle and fermentation; and acidified acetone extraction, hydrolysis and fermentation. http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/ert/ethanol/ethano94.html Good list of references: http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/ert/ethanol/refs.html Genencore & DOE Move Closer to Fuel Ethanol from Biomass Cellulose - See: Biomass Conversion with Enzymes: http://www.newuses.org/EG/EG-23/23genetic.html Mustard Plants Produce Low-Cost Enzymes for Making Ethanol -- Researchers at the University of Colorado (CU) at Boulder have developed a potentially low- cost method of producing the cellulase enzyme for converting woody biomass materials into ethanol. http://www.colorado.edu/PublicRelations/NewsReleases/2001/1244.html And here's one that went wrong, and could have gone horribly wrong: http://www.safe2use.com/ca-ipm/01-02-05-report.htm There's hope for GMOs providing good solutions, but not in the hands of the current players. Best wishes Keith Brian Rodgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am new here, but this certainly looks like the place to be. I my opinion looking at ethanol strictly from a BTU to create over BTU available leaves out too many important variables. Even if with Ethanols numbers looking dismally uneconomical to many people who I will call naysayers the clincher for me is ethanol comes from a renewable resource corn. If we can figure out a way to break down the cellulose in wood waste forests products we would really have something. Dont get me wrong I want to help the American farmers but I live in the forests of the South-West USA and we have a real problem with small diameter trees choking the forests and creating a fire hazard. The solution becomes, two birds with one stone, economically speaking. The trees have to be removed and are anyway but they are being chipped and left in most places. Lets do some real research on ! fomenting wood fibers. Brian Rodgers New Mexico ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from wood please
Hello Manick, Brian I did this in the 80s as an one-time expt. Boiled sawdust in 30% H2SO4 for 3h, neutralised with lime, filtered and fermented the sugar with yeast into alcohol which was recovered by distillation. Reckon sawdust/biomass waste can be obtained at v.low cost. Cost of H2SO4 can be offset by value of CaSO4,gypsum, which is a saleable commodity. Yet no takers anywhere currently, despite rising petrol prices. Sad really because we are inhibited society really. There's this, it raises quite a lot of interest: Fuel From Sawdust -- by Mike Brown (from Acres, USA, 19 June 1983): Conversion of cellulose, such as sawdust, cornstalks, newspaper and other substances, to alcohol -- "a fairly uncomplicated and straightforward process". http://journeytoforever.org//biofuel_library/ethanol_sawdust.html Best wishes Keith Brian Rodgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am new here, but this certainly looks like the place to be. I my opinion looking at ethanol strictly from a BTU to create over BTU available leaves out too many important variables. Even if with Ethanols numbers looking dismally uneconomical to many people who I will call naysayers the clincher for me is ethanol comes from a renewable resource corn. If we can figure out a way to break down the cellulose in wood waste forests products we would really have something. Dont get me wrong I want to help the American farmers but I live in the forests of the South-West USA and we have a real problem with small diameter trees choking the forests and creating a fire hazard. The solution becomes, two birds with one stone, economically speaking. The trees have to be removed and are anyway but they are being chipped and left in most places. Lets do some real research on ! fomenting wood fibers. Brian Rodgers New Mexico ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from wood please
That is very cool. I have seen this process somewhere. H2SO4, that is Sulphuric Acid right? I have a friend with a small sawmill and a 2000 gallon tank sitting idle, he is going to use it for rainwater collection. I asked him if he ever fermented sawdust. He said, ”It composts pretty well when we get a little rain.” He was keen on the idea of trying, but shied away from the idea of putting Sulphuric acid in the tank to shock the glucose. I told him we would wash it out real quick, LOL. So yeah I am hoping that another way to break down the cellulose has been developed. I have heard of enzymes and mushroom spoor but nothing very miraculous yet, Hoping… rather naively I’m afraid. Brian Rodgers P.S. What type of wood did you use? I understand it makes a difference. We have mainly Ponderosa Pine Trees. Manick Harris wrote: I did this in the 80s as an one-time expt. Boiled sawdust in 30% H2SO4 for 3h, neutralised with lime, filtered and fermented the sugar with yeast into alcohol which was recovered by distillation. Reckon sawdust/biomass waste can be obtained at v.low cost. Cost of H2SO4 can be offset by value of CaSO4,gypsum, which is a saleable commodity. Yet no takers anywhere currently, despite rising petrol prices. Sad really because we are inhibited society really. Brian Rodgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am new here, but this certainly looks like the place to be. I my opinion looking at ethanol strictly from a BTU to create over BTU available leaves out too many important variables. Even if with Ethanol’s numbers looking dismally uneconomical to many people who I will call naysayers the clincher for me is ethanol comes from a renewable resource corn. If we can figure out a way to break down the cellulose in wood waste forests products we would really have something. Don’t get me wrong I want to help the American farmers but I live in the forests of the South-West USA and we have a real problem with small diameter trees choking the forests and creating a fire hazard. The solution becomes, two birds with one stone, economically speaking. The trees have to be removed and are anyway but they are being chipped and left in most places. Lets do some real research on fomenting wood fibers. Brian Rodgers New Mexico Brian's & Nell's computer scanned this baby & no viruses were found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 7/28/2005 ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from wood please
I did this in the 80s as an one-time expt. Boiled sawdust in 30% H2SO4 for 3h, neutralised with lime, filtered and fermented the sugar with yeast into alcohol which was recovered by distillation. Reckon sawdust/biomass waste can be obtained at v.low cost. Cost of H2SO4 can be offset by value of CaSO4,gypsum, which is a saleable commodity. Yet no takers anywhere currently, despite rising petrol prices. Sad really because we are inhibited society really. Brian Rodgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am new here, but this certainly looks like the place to be.I my opinion looking at ethanol strictly from a BTU to create over BTU available leaves out too many important variables. Even if with Ethanols numbers looking dismally uneconomical to many people who I will call naysayers the clincher for me is ethanol comes from a renewable resource corn. If we can figure out a way to break down the cellulose in wood waste forests products we would really have something. Dont get me wrong I want to help the American farmers but I live in the forests of the South-West USA and we have a real problem with small diameter trees choking the forests and creating a fire hazard. The solution becomes, two birds with one stone, economically speaking. The trees have to be removed and are anyway but they are being chipped and left in most places. Lets do some real research on fomenting wood fibers. Brian Rodgers New Mexico Brian's & Nell's computer scanned this baby & no viruses were found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 7/28/2005___Biofuel mailing listBiofuel@sustainablelists.orghttp://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.orgBiofuel at Journey to Forever:http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.htmlSearch the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages):http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] ethanol from wood please
I am new here, but this certainly looks like the place to be. I my opinion looking at ethanol strictly from a BTU to create over BTU available leaves out too many important variables. Even if with Ethanol’s numbers looking dismally uneconomical to many people who I will call naysayers the clincher for me is ethanol comes from a renewable resource corn. If we can figure out a way to break down the cellulose in wood waste forests products we would really have something. Don’t get me wrong I want to help the American farmers but I live in the forests of the South-West USA and we have a real problem with small diameter trees choking the forests and creating a fire hazard. The solution becomes, two birds with one stone, economically speaking. The trees have to be removed and are anyway but they are being chipped and left in most places. Lets do some real research on fomenting wood fibers. Brian Rodgers New Mexico Brian's & Nell's computer scanned this baby & no viruses were found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 7/28/2005 ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
