Use caclium oxide or quicklime - may be cheaper but exothermic. Greg and April wrote:
> > I have heard of a little trick that might work, and it would be cheeper to > boot. The idea was along the fact that water combines with lime and alcohol > does not. I don't know if it will work, but, the idea behind it makes > sense. > > Place the ethanol in a container like a 30 gal RubberMaid trash can. Add > 1/4 bag Portland cement, mix well, let settle, after 24 hrs, mix it all back > up, let settle again. Without disturbing the sedament, remove the alcohol to > just above the lime. The lime in the can combines with the water and gets > solid (clumping). After it sets up, it can be removed from the can, leaving > unreacted lime to be mixed with the next batch of ethanol, with more added > as nessasary. A simple micron filter to remove any last lime, from the > alcohol would be all that was needed. -- ------------ Recycling - not a chore more a way of life Dave Preskett [EMAIL PROTECTED] The BioComposites Centre University of Wales, Bangor Deiniol Road Bangor Gwynedd LL57 2UW ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Universal Inkjet Refill Kit $29.95 Refill any ink cartridge for less! Includes black and color ink. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XwUZwC/MkNDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
