Death comes to us all. Life's but a walking shadow | I managed to do the calculations and currency conversions correctly hydrous ethanol is about $2.06 per gallon and anhydrous is $2.54/gal. I think you can assume the hydrous is 95% and the difference in heat value is included in the price (remember the difference in the lower heat value will be greater than just the 5% difference in ethanol content). This all suggests that dehydration costs somewhere in the $0.45 to $0.50 per gallon range or 20% of the finished cost.
Thanks Ray for pointing out the price data, it was timely and useful. |
Hydrous/Wet Ethanol - anyone have a real world price estimate?
