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Old 08-02-2018, 06:52 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
ER/ EI for ethanol production can be suitably viable with sugar cane at 7:1. Ethanol from corn is only 2:1. From cellulose it's <1. Biodiesel from corn is 1.5:1
I wonder if part of the advantage in Brazil is they don't make them take all the water out. I think getting to 190 proof is a lot easier than the 200 proof required here. Read something recently that a little water reduces the corrosiveness as well.

I'll ask a engineer I work with at a couple ethanol plants next time he drops by.
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