Renewable Hydrogen from Ethanol by Autothermal Reforming

If one can produce 52.5% ethanol in a single distillation,

Make that 51.5% for 103 proof.

Brad

hi everyone,

i could not access the info, as i am not a subscriber, but it sounds interesting, and i would like to read more about it, if anyone knows where else the info shows up.

joe

When making corn likker, the still is cheap. It's the mash that costs. Right now corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade are running above $4 per bushel. Since you get about 2.5 gallon of hootch from a bushel, that's already about $1.80 per gallon and you ain't even trucked it anywhere.

Why waste good corn liquor to make gasohol ? Wouldn't it be better to all get bombed and forget about going anywhere?

The idea is to reform ethanol, on location as needed, into H₂ for energy.

The exothermic reaction creates a 700C^o energy source to start with.

The residual 160% H₂ and mainly CO₂ works well for fuel cells and or Internal Combustion Engines.

Ethanol is made from any organic starch or sugar by yeast. Wasting corn squeezings for fuel is alcohol abuse. How many tons of organic waste goes to landfills every year? Digest it into ethanol and use the dredges for compost.

Electricity is hard to store and distribution losses are high. As much as 90% is lost as heat before reaching your house where an incandescent bulb turns 5-10% of whats left into light.

Gas is a whole other political ball of wax. Biodiesel is as good a fuel as any but has some storage issues that will be or have been overcome.

Bio fuels are CO₂ neutral.

This technology was available in 2004 and not heard from since. Any barnyard mechanics could make one for hydrogen production from organic trash.

Brad