04-07-2017, 12:15 PM
(04-06-2017, 10:17 PM)Paul F Wrote: Water can be removed a couple of ways but definetely not with a Chamois though something kind of similar works. Here is a link to a paper on a cheap way to do it, pervaporation, which I think is basically a molecular sieve as it usues special membranes. http://files.engineering.com/getfile.asp..._water.pdf
Methanol has such an affinity for water, hydroscopic, that I have had it go bad stored in 5 gal plastic jugs. In my opinion the best way to store it is in steel. It is best to minimize the time the liquid is exposed to air as it is continuously sucking the available humidity.
I ran methanol in a sprint car for years. Now I'm more than happy to run E0 (non Ethanol) pump premium in my kart engines, Sorry for all you folks in Ca. It's $3.29/gal locally here.
Thanks Paul. I know I wasn't the only one that raised an eye brow when E.C. originally posted that years ago on Bob's. By the way, he wasn't claiming that it worked, just that he seen someone doing it and asked what was going on. I thought it was funny okie engineering (no offense to okies, my dad's an okie actually from Muskogee) from back in the day.
I agree with the steel container for storage although I've a couple gallons in a Scribner plastic jug for a couple years now and its still clear as a bell. Its kept in my fuel/oil storage locker which is off the floor which may be an important factor.