O.k, Hillbillies, How to make ethynol?? a gasoline alternative.?

Question

I think that's how it's spelled. Nevertheless, I want a recipe and instructions, PLEASE. I live in Tennesse and I saw someone complaining about gas prices on a local channel. He makes his own, it's legal, and considerably less expensive!! Sort of like the process in making "white lightnin'". Or, tell me your opinion on the idea.

Answer 1

The catalyst is most commonly phosphoric acid, absorbed onto a porous support such as diatomaceous earth or charcoal; this catalyst was first used for large-scale ethanol production by the Shell Oil Company in 1947.[5] Solid catalysts, mostly various metal oxides, have also been mentioned in the chemical literature.

In an older process, first practiced on the industrial scale in 1930 by Union Carbide[6], but now almost entirely obsolete, ethene was hydrated indirectly by reacting it with concentrated sulfuric acid to product ethyl sulfate, which was then hydrolysed to yield ethanol and regenerate the sulfuric acid:

C2H4 + H2SO4 → CH3CH2SO4H
CH3CH2SO4H + H2O → CH3CH2OH + H2SO4
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Fermentation
Ethanol for use in alcoholic beverages, and the vast majority of ethanol for use as fuel, is produced by fermentation: when certain species of yeast (most importantly, Saccharomyces cerevisiae) metabolize sugar in the absence of oxygen, they produce ethanol and carbon dioxide. The overall chemical reaction conducted by the yeast may be represented by the chemical equation

C6H12O6 → 2 CH3CH2OH + 2 CO2
The process of culturing yeast under conditions to produce alcohol is referred to as brewing. Brewing can only produce relatively dilute concentrations of ethanol in water; concentrated ethanol solutions are toxic to yeast. The most ethanol-tolerant strains of yeast can survive in up to about 25% ethanol (by volume).

During the fermentation process, it is important to prevent oxygen getting to the ethanol, since otherwise the ethanol would be oxidised to acetic acid (vinegar). Also, in the presense of oxygen, the yeast would undergo aerobic respiration to produce just carbon dioxide and water, without producing ethanol.

Answer 2

First off, I'm not sure it's "legal".
Secondly, you do it by fermenting grain, then distilling off the alcohol. Although it's not that easy.
Thirdly, you will ALWAYS have more net energy input into this process than you can possibly get out. Ethanol will never work to replace gasoline. If it was a better alternative, then farmers would be using ethanol-powered tractors, combines, and grain bin dryers. They're not, for good reason.

Answer 3

Go to the Foxfire books and learn to make moonshine. Same thing basically. You can't run an auto on it if gas has ever been in the engine.

Answer 4

First off, do you even have a car that can run on E85? If not, you're the stupidest wanna-be ethanol farmer EVER.

Answer 5

IT WORKS IN OUT COUNTRYS, SOUTH AMERICA IS USEING IT AND IT CAN WORK HERE TO.

AMERICA IS TO DARN LAZY TO CONVERT AND DONT WANT TO PAY THE PRICE TO CONVERT ....IM ALL FOR IT TO CONVERT, DOESNT MATTER WHAT IT COST AND WE WOULDNT HAVE TO RELY ON OTHER COUNTRYS THATS WAY.

NOT JUST THAT BUT WE WOULD ALL BE BETTER OFF WITH ETHYNOL ALL AROUND AND IT WOULD CREAT JOBS TO.

THERE IS NO REASON TO NOT CONVERT..NOT A SINGLE ONE.