Re: [Biofuel] Purchasing a still for ethanol

[Manick Harris]

Hello everybody,

If my knowledge of ethanol-water fractionation data serves me correctly, you cannot get 190proof alcohol by fractional distillation of alcohol-water mixture. Only up to 170-180 proof which could be used for E85 cars. To get 100% alcohol try extraction with castor oil of fermented liquor followed by simple distillation if castor oil does not dissolve any water. Please check this in JTF archives. If this does not work try azeotropic distillation of the 170 proof alcohol with  toluene in which case simple distillation would suffice to remove the water leaving more concentrated alcohol in the still. Take care and first check MSDS data whether toluene is carcinogenic.

Manickh

Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Where can I buy a still that can produce fuel grade ethanol (190 proof)?

 

I have read that the charles 803 is a poor still and I have no

access to anyone knowledgable enough to build a good enough still

without accurate plans. I could possibly pay someone to build one

if I knew exactly what to tell them to build.

 

I have done google and JTF and searched this list but have come up

with no one that operates a successful fuel still.

 

Thanks

Bob

 

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