motie, fermentation temps. should not exceed 25C(77F).
i am still trying to look thru my info to find the vacuum
required to distill off ethanol at say 68-72F.
roger
> --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > there are turbo yeasts available that will withstand
> > 20%+. with sufficent vacuum you can boil water at
> > room temp. i would question whether the yeast's ability
> > to propagate (and therefore produce ethanol)would
> > be affected by a low vacuum.i think that you are
> > pursuing an interesting avenue of research. i will try
> > to dig up some info on boiling ethanol at different
> > vacuums.
> > regards, roger ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>
> I thoroughly appreciate the effort, Roger. While I am looking to
> evaporate the Ethanol at 125F, even better would be if I could do it
> at 100F.
> I started work on a different integrated systems process several
> years ago, and it was up in the air with various people trying to
> tell me it couldn't be done. None could tell me WHY it couldn't be
> done. I found a solution to every reason anyone could come up with.
> The Engineering for a commercial plant is in process now, as
> budgetary constraints abound. Financing is VERY scarce for a concept
> project. It will be at least 3 years before it is operational.
>
> I want to do some small scale work on this concept of using vacuum to
> somewhat refine the process of fermentation. If someone has insight
> into WHY it won't work, I'll attempt to resolve the problem before
> spending money on it. The real proof will be when I can drive down
> the road burning Ethanol produced this way. The first prototype is
> liable to look like something from "Junkyard Wars" on TV.
> I haven't made any effort to determine the marketability of this
> idea, and have no plans to do so in the future. To the best of my
> knowledge, this will NOT be a patentable concept. If it is, I have
> just made public the basis, and precluded someone else trying to do
> so. Consider this my legal disclaimer to all.
>
> Motie
>
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