Re: [biofuel] Methanol Production

2003-04-23 Thread Icarus Solem
Hello, I've been trying to find technical info on the use of ethanol in the biodiesel manufacturing process, with no luck. I've been discussing the possibility of a small-scale plant that produced both biodiesel and ethanol, using agricultural raw materials (we are lucky in California - lots of

Re: [biofuel] Methanol Production

2003-04-23 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Karus, Bryan Hello, I've been trying to find technical info on the use of ethanol in the biodiesel manufacturing process, with no luck. There's quite a lot of info in the archives, and more here: Ethyl-esters biodiesel http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_link.html#ethylester I've been

Re: [biofuel] Methanol Production

2003-04-23 Thread Jeffery Dodson
of the vapor. (A still will only make 95% pure alcohol and you will need 100% to make biodesiel) -Original Message- From: Bryan Brah [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:57:16 -0500 Subject: [biofuel] Methanol Production Since it is so difficult to make

Re: [biofuel] Methanol Production

2003-04-23 Thread martin
Keith, I too found information on the process of creating methanol from syn-gas (CO, CO2, H2): http://www.methanex.com/emergingenergy/syngasfactory.htm Although I could not find out how the natural gas is transformed into the syngas, I did find some information on destructive distillation:

[biofuel] Methanol Production

2003-04-22 Thread Bryan Brah
Since it is so difficult to make BioDiesel with ethanol, how hard would it be to make methanol at home? I know that methanol is a by-product of ethanol distillation of fruits containing high concentrations of pectin, is there a way to exploit this fact and make just methanol? -BRAH

Re: [biofuel] methanol production/corncobs

2001-05-12 Thread Keith Addison
One of our project members has requested that I investigate the possability of methanol production using corn cobs as a feedstock. Consisting of mainly cellulose I imagine that a destructive distillation might be the route to go. Does anyone have a lead for more information on destructive

Re: [biofuel] methanol production/corncobs

2001-05-12 Thread jerry dycus
Hi Keith, Dana and All, --- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of our project members has requested that I investigate the possability of methanol production using corn cobs as a feedstock. Consisting of mainly cellulose I imagine that a destructive distillation might be the

[biofuel] methanol production/corncobs

2001-05-12 Thread F. Marc de Piolenc
Dana Linscott wrote: One of our project members has requested that I investigate the possability of methanol production using corn cobs as a feedstock. Consisting of mainly cellulose I imagine that a destructive distillation might be the route to go. Does anyone have a lead for more

Re: [biofuel] methanol production/corncobs

2001-05-11 Thread Dana Linscott
One of our project members has requested that I investigate the possability of methanol production using corn cobs as a feedstock. Consisting of mainly cellulose I imagine that a destructive distillation might be the route to go. Does anyone have a lead for more information on destructive