In this application I don't think a CO2 scrubber will serve any purpose. The problem with the CO2 is simply the volume that the pump has to shift not that we need to eliminate carbon dioxide. I think a faster pump would be a better solution and maybe more efficient energy wise than a piston pump. I would look along the lines of a vane pump from a dairy or methane farm ( the latter will be intrinsically safe which will be a consideration if this is a commercial operation) I would start looking here http://www.alfalaval.com/scripts/WebObjects.dll/ecore.woa/wa/showNode?siteNo deID=1261&contentID=-1&languageID=1 or here http://www.alfalavalagri.ch/ If you look far enough they have lots of heat exchange equipment and the like that would be great in this environment
Regards John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg and April" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, 11 February 2002 3:05 Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: ethanol distillation > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Randall & Shelley Barron" > > Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 11:14 > Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: ethanol distillation > > > > You could use a Carbon dioxide scrubber to remove the CO2 and then still > > be able to use a vacuum for distillation. > > > I guess that begs the question, what handy dandy thingamajig do we use, to > put together a CO2 scrubber ( sorry, I'm just not familuar with CO2 > scrubbers, so while I know what they do, I don't know how they work or are > made ). > > Greg H. > > > > 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/ > > > 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/
