hopefully Motie was talking about our website www.revenoor.com Thanks guys Let me know if I can answer any other questions. Regards, Terry D. Wilhelm The Revenoor Co --- motie_d <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Martin Klingensmith > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am exploring ethanol possibilities > > I have calculated that with a mash of 14% alcohol, > I will need at > least 100 > > gallons to distill out to ~15 gallons of 180 proof > alcohol. > > Has anyone ever made a semi-automatic device for > fermenting/distilling? > > I am a typical mechanical-minded person, the least > effort is the > best way > > right? > > > I agree that is the best way. I'm sort of > half-heartedly exploring > that situation myself. (I don't have time or > resources to pursue it > as a full-time effort) > I'm looking for a method of using vacuum on a > fermentation tank to > remove some of the alcohol on a continuous basis. I > found a pressure > cooker, boiled about an inch of water in it, letting > it vent > (hopefully) most of the air, and hooked a hose to a > container with > Ethanol in it. I had removed the pressure gauge from > the cooker, and > installed a vacuum gauge from an AirConditioner > recharging set. I was > hoping that as the steam cooled, it would provide > vacuum enough to > pull at least some of the Ethanol vapors to another > container inline. > It was a misuse of equipment and failed to work. The > gasket in the > pressure cooker is made to hold pressure, NOT > vacuum. I got 10 inches > of vacuum, and the seal sucked inside. Ethanol will > not boil at 100F > with only 10 inches of vacuum. I want to keep the > temp of the > fermenter low enough so the Yeast will survive and > continue to > produce. Others have told me I need to keep the temp > below 95F. I > still don't know how much vacuum will be needed. I > haven't abandoned > the project, yet. > > I had a link to someone who provides commercial > systems for sale. I > can't locate it just now. They have everything from > a Still to a > complete system including fermentation tanks and > pumps, up to 1 > million gallons/year. > > If you find any further info, be sure to post it > here. > > Motie > >
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