Homemade 100% cheap ethanol for running gasoline engines
Recently I came to learn from this new home ethanol systems soon to be put into sale. It is call the Efuel100 MicroFueler the world’s first portable ethanol micro-refinery system. The unique component of the system, it replaces the traditional ethanol reflux column system with a solid state distillation technology, making it possible for homeowners and small business to safely and cost-effectively create their own fuel, on-site. While doing me research on the new system, I got very interested, and wanted to share the information.
The systems locks more or less like a regular gas station pump, with a hose and nozzle. Within the appliance size unit is the ethanol distiller, and pump. The user can interact with the system by a front panel LCD (display). To simply the distillation process for consumers, the MicroFueler uses sugar instead of starches, which cuts the distillation period considerably.
The feedstock for starting the process of producing your own ethanol at home starts with simple table sugar and ethanol grade yeast mixture. The entire process is autonomously controlled by the system after that. For producing a gallon of ethanol that will run your gasoline engine, the system would need 10-14 pounds of sugar. The system is capable of producing 5 gallons of ethanol per day once the formation is complete.
Also the system is able to produce ethanol from discarded alcohol using a recovery mode. The user can pour discarded beer, wine or any distilled drink in the fermentation tank and convert it to ethanol.
The questions now are, would the common home user be able to find a reliable local source of sugar that is cheap enough to produce its own ethanol? How the government will react to people adopting systems likes these in their houses? Would the ethanol be the required quality to not damage your gasoline engine? We’ll have to check on those first. Until then, I see the system offering as an appliance, very user friendly, a great market opportunity and a way to reduce our dependence on imported gasoline. On my part I would keep my eye on the development of the system and do my how information gathering to analyze if this indeed would be a good economical and environmental energy solution from wish I could take advantage of.
What do you reader think about it?
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