Topic: general rant/rave
I talked with a worker from the Boardman ethanol plant yesterday. He was holding an ALUMINUM butterfly valve body that was the shutoff point for the hose that transfers the distilelrs grain to be shipped.
The valve was stuck due to junk in between the shaft and body, thats typical for valves.
Point is, I asked him if the byproduct caused any damage to the aluminum and he said "no"
So much for 'ethanol being so corrosive'
He was having to change the flange screws from steel to stainless because of surface rust. Thats expected with water being present.
He verified that the distillers grain went to cattle feed and was a better feed than the original corn.
But that doesnt sit well with the Oil Companies Trolls that hate ethanol because its inexpensive, easy to produce LOCALLY and cuts them out of SALES.
