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HI everyone,
hope you all are well, This is a great forum you have here. I just have a few questions.
You see, I am new the bioethanol side of things. I used to produce small amount of biodiesel for a few local cab drivers here in london, so I know about the biofuels arena. Also, I have just finished building an all electric car.
Now I would like to turn my attention to bioethanol. I've alway been interested by it, but never had the chance to work with it.
I know that the main processes are Fermentation, distillation, dewatering and denaturing.
But I would love to have further information about how exact to go about these processes.
for example, I thought that I would make a small tester batch, using apples and pears as the organic material. would that be ok??
Fermentation
I know that i need to mash the organic material into a pulp, place it all into a container, add water (but how much water??) and add the yeast. How do i control the yeast because to do not want the yeast to die too early or too late.
how long shall i leave it to ferment for and what would be an ideal temperature?
How much pulp will there be left once the fermentation has completed. and I do I distillate the liquid only or the remaining pulp too.
How shall I complete the dewatering and denaturing steps.
thank you for your help
biophoenix
hope you all are well, This is a great forum you have here. I just have a few questions.
You see, I am new the bioethanol side of things. I used to produce small amount of biodiesel for a few local cab drivers here in london, so I know about the biofuels arena. Also, I have just finished building an all electric car.
Now I would like to turn my attention to bioethanol. I've alway been interested by it, but never had the chance to work with it.
I know that the main processes are Fermentation, distillation, dewatering and denaturing.
But I would love to have further information about how exact to go about these processes.
for example, I thought that I would make a small tester batch, using apples and pears as the organic material. would that be ok??
Fermentation
I know that i need to mash the organic material into a pulp, place it all into a container, add water (but how much water??) and add the yeast. How do i control the yeast because to do not want the yeast to die too early or too late.
how long shall i leave it to ferment for and what would be an ideal temperature?
How much pulp will there be left once the fermentation has completed. and I do I distillate the liquid only or the remaining pulp too.
How shall I complete the dewatering and denaturing steps.
thank you for your help
biophoenix
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