bioethanol
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I need the help of people who know stuff! So I have joined up today and I hope that you will be able to assist me in my quest.
Firstly the personal bit. I don't drink alcohol, but I am fascinated in its potential for a domestic biofuel. I have recently got myself a top of the range distiller (a Turbo 500 reflux) which it is legal to use in my country (UK) for domestic fuel creation (2500 litres of pure alcohol a year).
It makes clear spirit due to its reflux column and cant be used for brandy / whiskey making (as that requires a pot still).
I have given the still a baptismal run using:
Turbo Express yeast (24 hour )
Turbo carbon
Turbo Clear
6 Kg of sugar
+ some additives and boil enhancers to make the boil smoother and yes it worked even though I was impatient as heck with the first fermentation (new shiny toy syndrome!) I still managed to get a useable 2 and a half litres at somewhere between 90 and 94 % alcohol by volume which worked nicely in my improvised bioethanol fireplace and penny stoves for tea making.
But, and this is where it gets important!!
Turbo yeasts can be expensive thus making the use of the biofuel rather pricey. But they do contain in their packs, all the right nutrients to make a nice powerful ferment.
How can a home biofuel maker make their own nutrients so as to make a cheap yeast (say bread makers yeast) make a good ferment with a decent percentage?
I understand that wheat germ, marmite and other things can be used? is that right? What about sprouted lentils to get the biological agents of life? how about B vitamin additions?
How about cheaper clearing agents?
Any links, ideas or thoughts would be useful. I know someone may already have given an answer to these things, but I don't always know where to look or how to fund the answers.
I need the help of people who know stuff! So I have joined up today and I hope that you will be able to assist me in my quest.
Firstly the personal bit. I don't drink alcohol, but I am fascinated in its potential for a domestic biofuel. I have recently got myself a top of the range distiller (a Turbo 500 reflux) which it is legal to use in my country (UK) for domestic fuel creation (2500 litres of pure alcohol a year).
It makes clear spirit due to its reflux column and cant be used for brandy / whiskey making (as that requires a pot still).
I have given the still a baptismal run using:
Turbo Express yeast (24 hour )
Turbo carbon
Turbo Clear
6 Kg of sugar
+ some additives and boil enhancers to make the boil smoother and yes it worked even though I was impatient as heck with the first fermentation (new shiny toy syndrome!) I still managed to get a useable 2 and a half litres at somewhere between 90 and 94 % alcohol by volume which worked nicely in my improvised bioethanol fireplace and penny stoves for tea making.
But, and this is where it gets important!!
Turbo yeasts can be expensive thus making the use of the biofuel rather pricey. But they do contain in their packs, all the right nutrients to make a nice powerful ferment.
How can a home biofuel maker make their own nutrients so as to make a cheap yeast (say bread makers yeast) make a good ferment with a decent percentage?
I understand that wheat germ, marmite and other things can be used? is that right? What about sprouted lentils to get the biological agents of life? how about B vitamin additions?
How about cheaper clearing agents?
Any links, ideas or thoughts would be useful. I know someone may already have given an answer to these things, but I don't always know where to look or how to fund the answers.
