Surplus Alchohol Solution

MarkM66 · 02-23-15, 01:42 PM

I have access to a surplus of alcohol solutions. Either 70% Isopropanol or 70% Ethyl Alcohol.

Can someone think of a way to actually use this stuff? Is there a heater that it can be used in to heat a garage or something? Maybe mix it with something else then burn it?

It flashes around 70 degrees F.

Piwoslaw · 02-23-15, 02:51 PM

Sorry for the off-topic, but this is the first time I see someone complaining that they have too much alcohol and don't know what to do with it

Seriously: Maybe mix it with gasoline to clean emissions?

AC_Hacker · 02-26-15, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarkM66

I have access to a surplus of alcohol solutions. Either 70% Isopropanol or 70% Ethyl Alcohol...

I think that 70% has too much water to be useful as a fuel.

You could re-distill to a higher concentration of alcohol, and then use it for fuel.

-AC

philb · 02-26-15, 10:48 PM

Donate them to your local health clinic or Salvation Army or ...you get the idea. Both are excellent disinfectants.
Chemistry labs sometimes use them for burners. You could do the same.

MarkM66 · 02-27-15, 07:08 AM

I actually have received 100% Isopropanol before. With that I would put a few gallons in my gas tank at every fill up. Worked fine.

I don't think this stuff would work as well. Don't really want to risk it. I have put some in my wiper fluid though.

dguzzi · 03-05-22, 07:02 PM

It would work as an antifreeze in a geothermal loop or experiments related?

philb · 03-06-22, 05:38 PM

If you have enough to justify the cost of a $100 stainless steel still, you could always use it in your vehicle. At the current price if $4.75 for a gallon of gas here, that's what I'd do.

jeff5may · 03-10-22, 04:13 PM

Uhmm anything above about 50 percent will burn.

philb · 03-10-22, 09:46 PM

I’d want the alcohol as close to 100% as I could put it in my vehicle because some moisture and water will fall out in the tank. I got the old Briggs and Stratton engines to run on 60% alcohol easy enough by adjusting the mixture screw.

02-23-15, 01:42 PM	#1
MarkM66 Helper EcoRenovator Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: st.louis Posts: 33 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Surplus Alchohol Solution I have access to a surplus of alcohol solutions. Either 70% Isopropanol or 70% Ethyl Alcohol. Can someone think of a way to actually use this stuff? Is there a heater that it can be used in to heat a garage or something? Maybe mix it with something else then burn it? It flashes around 70 degrees F.

02-23-15, 02:51 PM	#2
Piwoslaw Super Moderator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 964 Thanks: 189 Thanked 111 Times in 87 Posts	Sorry for the off-topic, but this is the first time I see someone complaining that they have too much alcohol and don't know what to do with it Seriously: Maybe mix it with gasoline to clean emissions? __________________ Ecorenovation - the bottomless piggy bank that tries to tame the energy hog.

02-26-15, 10:48 PM	#4
philb Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 155 Thanks: 58 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	Donate them to your local health clinic or Salvation Army or ...you get the idea. Both are excellent disinfectants. Chemistry labs sometimes use them for burners. You could do the same.

02-27-15, 07:08 AM	#5
MarkM66 Helper EcoRenovator Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: st.louis Posts: 33 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I actually have received 100% Isopropanol before. With that I would put a few gallons in my gas tank at every fill up. Worked fine. I don't think this stuff would work as well. Don't really want to risk it. I have put some in my wiper fluid though.

03-05-22, 07:02 PM	#6
dguzzi Helper EcoRenovator Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Michigan Posts: 68 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	It would work as an antifreeze in a geothermal loop or experiments related?

03-06-22, 05:38 PM	#7
philb Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 155 Thanks: 58 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	If you have enough to justify the cost of a $100 stainless steel still, you could always use it in your vehicle. At the current price if $4.75 for a gallon of gas here, that's what I'd do.

03-10-22, 04:13 PM	#8
jeff5may Supreme EcoRenovator Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: elizabethtown, ky, USA Posts: 2,431 Thanks: 431 Thanked 619 Times in 517 Posts	Uhmm anything above about 50 percent will burn.

03-10-22, 09:46 PM	#9
philb Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 155 Thanks: 58 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	I’d want the alcohol as close to 100% as I could put it in my vehicle because some moisture and water will fall out in the tank. I got the old Briggs and Stratton engines to run on 60% alcohol easy enough by adjusting the mixture screw.