Hi Ron, Keith, Steve, Aleks, et al,
At present I believe I
have solved a number of problems associated with small fuel ethanol stills,
and was about to bring a range of small stills out at the start of the year,
after spending the previous 18 months working almost full time on them in
between caring for my mother. I was hoping that these small stills would
help pay for further developments to get some of the slightly bigger still
experimental work finished and to a useable stage but have got somewhat
diverted with these by-pass oil and fuel filters which I see as a worthwhile
venture in their own right, whose use I would most definitely like to see
spread and become commonplace, and with trying to solve the distillation and
purification of glycerine, a by-product which widespread production and
purification to a reasonably high level would certainly help with the
manufacture and cost of biodiesel. Unfortunately the envolvement with the
by-pass filters has meant I need to concentrate on that at this stage as it
is taking every penny I have to keep it going with the result that work on
the stills has come to a grinding halt in the meantime. At present I could
get back and shortly intend to get back on to the production of stills but
really need about $20,000 to $30,000 to get them up and running. If there is
someone out there who is prepared to put up that sort of money in return for
a reasonable return on their money I am prepared to get back onto them but
in the meantime I need to pursue the course I have adopted. At this stage I
have thrown a lot of money at both projects although far more at the still
one and would eventually like to see a return on my money while at the same
time seeing these benefit people. Having spent the last 11 1/2 years of my
life looking after my folks I dont want to be in the same boat when it comes
to my old age. The plans are therefore not for sale but I hope it will not
be long before I get stills to market.
Ron if you are getting involved with ethanol production I would advise you
against involvement with a lot of the small alcohol stills out there for the
home distillation market as the majority of them were designed by people who
only have a limited knowledge of distillation with grossly inferior stills
resulting. (not to say that good quality stills will not come out of this
area eventually). Talk about Cowboys International. (probably not a good
thing to say to someone living in the States as I am sure there are many
hardworking, honest, and good cowboys there. In this part of the world the
word cowboy applied in this sense means something totally different: like
someone who is as rough as guts, takes no pride in his work, and in short is
a rip off artist). I suggest you download the two books Keith has on his
site and thoroughly read them. You will learn a lot from them in terms of
the basics. I would also search your local large city library with the help
of a good librarian who knows what she is doing. It is amazing what they can
turn up. They can also source books from other libraries. One good source
worth looking in is your local university Engineering School Dept.
B.r., David
> >Hi Hans, I'm From the US and would like info on who has the best still
> >design. I plan on building my own using stainless steel. I also want to
know
> >who has the best performing distillers yeast. I am planning on making
fuel
> >for my automobile and lawn equipment. So far I have downloaded The Home
> >Distillation Handbook " By Gert Strand. It's really good but lacks good
> >plans for a still. If you have any good info please let me know. I need
good
> >details for construction purposes.
> >Thanks,
> >Ron Miller
> >Mobile , Alabama
>
> Hello Ron
>
> The Home Distillation Handbook is really for drinkers more than
> fuellers. You should do better with these (both full-text online,
> free access):
>
> Mother Earth Alcohol Fuel
> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/meToC.html
>
> The Manual for the Home and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel
> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_manual/manual_ToC.html
>
> There's currently a shortage of a good fuel alcohol still, sorry to
> say. The stills on offer are mostly for drink production and are too
> small. But we're working on it and should have some results soon.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Keith Addison
> Journey to Forever
> Handmade Projects
> Tokyo
> http://journeytoforever.org/
>
>
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