Hey y'all.
I've spent the last several months, probably close to a year, periodically doing research and assembling a VM still. I'm doing this mainly for the hell of it, but I've also got plans on converting an old truck to run on ethanol. Last week I did my first run, learned a lot, and ended up with some 180 proof stuff. Hopefully my next run will improve on that figure.
New distiller from NC
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Hawke
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Re: New distiller from NC
Welcome aboard.
Unfortunately, unless you are prepared to go big, you won't be able to produce enough to make it worth while, or cost effective.
Even using high yeild Turbo yeast, it would require more than 100 gallons of wash to get a tank of fuel.
Unfortunately, unless you are prepared to go big, you won't be able to produce enough to make it worth while, or cost effective.
Even using high yeild Turbo yeast, it would require more than 100 gallons of wash to get a tank of fuel.
It is the very things that we think we know, that keep us from learning what we should know.
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HookLine
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Re: New distiller from NC
Hi wrudisill
If you are seriously interested in fuel alcohol, then these are the guys to talk to:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alcoholfuel/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
If you are seriously interested in fuel alcohol, then these are the guys to talk to:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/alcoholfuel/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
Be safe.
Be discreet.
And have fun.
Be discreet.
And have fun.
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Re: New distiller from NC
Making ethanol for fuel can end up being a full time job... The gallons per ton yield for sugar beets isn't all that great either, with estimates being between 22 - 25 gallons per ton off optimal crop yields of 20 - 30 tons per acre... But you'll still have time to drive enough to use up what you make... It's definitely a "go big or go home" endeavor...