[NHCOLL-L:4213] Re: Question re. solvent (ethanol) recycling

[Moser, William]

Hi Alan,
 
At the National Museum of Natural History, we have been testing an alcohol/solvent recycler in order to determine its effectiveness and feasibility for general museum use. The CBG Biotech FormaSolve Recycler can process up to 5 gallons of used alcohol, formalin, alcohol/formalin mix, or xylene. Let me know if I can be of further assistance.
 
best regards,
Bill
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Subject: [NHCOLL-L:4212] Re: Question re. solvent (ethanol) recycling


Alan,
I believe that the fish collection at Tulane uses a still to recycle their alcohol (or at least they did pre-Katrina).  You might want to contact Nelson Rios, nelson at museum.tulane.edu

--John

John E. Simmons
Museologica
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and
Adjunct Curator of Collections
Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery
Penn State University
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University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-2709
jes67 at psu.edu


On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Alan Resetar <aresetar at fieldmuseum.org> wrote:


	Hi:
	
	Does anyone have any experience using a commercial solvent recycling still for ethanol?  It seems like a good way to reduce the cost of disposing of used ethanol and buying clean ethanol.  Here is a link to an older profile on the use of a still:
	http://www.istc.illinois.edu/info/library_docs/TN/tn00-074.pdf
	
	Any comments on stills will be greatly appreciated.
	
	Thanks.
	
	
	Sincerely,
	
	Alan
	
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