The quantity and type of yeast and tank volume is CRITICAL if being done commercially. The quantity of innoculant must be calculated accurately as the final yield of yeast bodies can vary as much as 50%. Sugar used to make yeast bodies is not available as alcohol.
Kirk --- Kenneth Kron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ken Provost wrote: > > >on 10/17/04 7:43 AM, Sandra MAURIAC at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > >>I'm a French student and I'm trying to produce > ethanol by first dissolving > >>wheat flour in water. Has anybody heard of this > process and knows which > >>quantities to use ? Thanks > >> > >> > > > >I would recommend cracked wheat (maybe 2-3 mm > average size) rather than > >flour -- the flour will convert faster but will > make a sticky mess! > >You'll also need a source of enzymes, either > purified or supplied by > >malt (malted wheat would be fine, or malted > barley). If you have a > >homebrew beer shop nearby, they could supply all > the ingredients as > >well as proportions. Basically, you'll just be > making an all-wheat beer, > >and then (presumably) distilling it ..... -K > > > > > You'll want to choose your yeast carefully. For > example champagne yeast > will produce a much higher percentage of alchohol > than beer yeast will, > due to thier ability to survive the higher alchohol > content before dying > off. Some other factors may be important to you and > I don't think taste > is going to be one of them! > > kk > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
