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I am surprised they let ethanol escape and don’t capture it to recycle it. They could put condensers on the ventilation and sell the product for gas or industr
by alfor 4y ago
I am surprised they let ethanol escape and don’t capture it to recycle it.
They could put condensers on the ventilation and sell the product for gas or industrial process.
- akiselev 4y agoIt would be prohibitively expensive to recapture it because the buildings meant to store whiskey for as cheap as possible while it ages. They're little more than sheds made of corrugated sheet metal.
- twic 4y agoWinemakers in California do sometimes capture ethanol vapour escaping from fermentation tanks: https://www.aromatica.io/ https://www.aromatica.io/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmBgx-Z5jhg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmBgx-Z5jhg Although that's an easier problem - higher concentrations, and a smaller volume to collect from.