[Biofuel] Feliz Navidad, Merry Christmas
Amigos, Friends Mis mejores deseos para que Uds. tengan una muy Feliz Navidad. Que el Niño Jesus los bendiga y los haga muy felices, y sanos, y alegres y que tengan mucho y buen trabajo, con toda su familia. Hasta siempre. Marcelino Miranda QUIMICA NOVA S.A. Argentina ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] (no subject)
Mario, I suggest you to study this subject thru the many books and conferences as for example from: http://www.pyne.co.uk/ Last meeting where we were present was the 14th. European Conference on Biomass for Energy, Industry and the Environment in Paris, last October. Look for it also in the web. In our case we are continously working, studying and participating in said events since 1997. Up to the present we have constructed, and have in operation, a pyrolysis plant, and more recently a biomass gasification plant, from which we obtain the fuel gas to heat the pyrolysis reactor. In effect there is a lot of information in the web. You have to study it, select the most important, then you have to study it in more detail, analyze the chemistry which is involved, the thermodynamics, the economics, etc. Yes you have to spend a lot of time, a lot of money. That is business. Even water distillation has details and difficulties to overcome if you want to fill 1,000 five liters plastic bottles to be sold for truck radiators. Imagine the complex structure of wood. I insist: study. Best regards, Marcelino - Original Message - From: Mariodg77 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 9:16 AM Subject: [Biofuel] pyrolysis and gassification Hi. as told you some days ago, I need ,for my study ,some detailed informations about pyrolysis and gassification, such as details on what comes out in function on what I put in, chemichal characteristics of inputs , links to publications about these 2 processes . Can someone help me?The web is full of stuff, but only words and nothing concrete... thanks a lot, Mario - Original Message - From: Mariodg77 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 12:18 PM Subject: [Biofuel] (no subject) Hi all, My name is Mario Di Giulio and i'm a newbye in this mailing list. I'm a mechanical engineering student at the University of Trieste. I'm finishing my studies and I'm starting to work on a project called STE (xsiccation pyrolysis and gassification). After collecting bibliography I'm supposed work on energy and mass balances upon the pyrolysis and gassification processes. I hope to find good material here, and I please you to help me. I'll start to search in this mailing list archive if there is something useful for my study , and I ask you if you have some advices on where else to find bybliography. Thanks all , see you soon :) Mario -- Email.it, the professional e-mail, gratis per te: http://www.email.it/f Sponsor: Iscriviti Gratis al primo corso on-line di Web Marketing in Italia! Impara subito come promuoverti su internet - clicca qui Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=3210d=20051117 ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Glycerine as fuel
Hello Balaji, Hello Bill, in spite of having a large supply of natural gas in Argentina, and cheap, there are still many places where thereare no distribution lines. In our case at the North West of the country there is a large availability of biomass, which we would like to consider for gasification: heat for our own chemical processes, for generation of our own consumption of electricity and probably for sales of electricity to the grid, and small units for poor,far located towns. Bill, can you give the name and adress, phone, e-mail, etc. of the company that supplied the biomass gasifier in Alabama? Balaji, can you give names,etc. of other manufacturers of gasifiers? Thank you very much. Marcelino Miranda President QUIMICA NOVA S.A. - Original Message - From: Balaji To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Glycerine as fuel Hello Bill. If the purpose of gasification is only providing thermal energy for the chicken house with the disposal of chicken manure (and glycerine) as added bonus, the biomass couldbe gasifiedwith a simple updraftgasifier, This will certainly produce more tarsbut these can be burnt in the gaseous state before they condense using wide port burners. However, if you wish to generate electricity using the producer gas from the gasifier to fire turbocharged/naturally aspirated generators, a downdraft gasifier would be indicated. There are issues related to bulk density and moisture content which need to be tackled first. Regards. balaji - Original Message - From: Bill Clark To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 4:06 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Glycerine as fuel Hi to all, Yesterday I visited a small wood veneer operation using a wood gasification unit to produce steam which heats the veneer driers. They had previously been using LPG as a fuel source. The increase in the price of LPG was threatening to put them out of business. With the help of a grant from the State of Alabama they installed the new biomass gasification unit and paid it off ($500,000.00 USD) in a year and a half. There is another industry here struggling with LPG prices. Chicken growers. These small rural farmers must heat their chicken houses during cool or cold weather. Each house is 60 ft. wide by 200 ft. long. They turn the houses over 6 times per year. Each time a flock is sold, a layer of litter (peanut hulls and chicken waste)must be removed from the floor of the house. While the litter poduced is being used on some farmland (a problem in itself), there is a large glut of chicken litter piled around most of these farms. It is smelly, full of avian pathogens and is a serious leachate problem. There is work being done to utilize this waste as a heat source for these houses. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs Science, Technology and Energy division (ADECA-STE) is very interested in biomass as energy and has a grant program aimed at agricultural energy efficiency. Questions: Can raw glycerine co-product from a biodiesel operation be effective as a source of syngas in a gasifier? What implications from the soap content? Proposal: Since the removal of the litter from each house is a very dusty operation, utilize raw glycerine co-product as a dust settler on the surface of the litter with the added benefit of increasing the energy content of the biomass. Use the waste biomass as fuel in a wood gasification unit to produce heat for the chicken houses. As some of you know, I am running a wvo to biodiesel project for the City of Eufaula, AL. I produce about 600 gal. of biodiesel per week leaving me with approximately 90 gal. of raw glycerine co-product. While this is not enough to treat the 400 chicken houses in the area, it may be enough to demonstrate this idea on one or two farms. If the addition of raw glycerine to chicken litter is workable, perhaps it could create a reliable use for rawglycerine produced in a larger scale biodiesel plant. The raw glycerine could be sold for perhaps $.50-1.00 per gallon, a nice price that would have an impact on the feasibility of a local biodiesel operation. I am just begining to think this through so any comments, positive or negative, would be appreciated. Hoping all is well with each of you, Bill Clark ___Biofuel mailing listBiofuel@sustainablelists.orghttp://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.orgBiofuel at Journey to
Re: [Biofuel] Liquid Coal
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The 27th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, of the Biomass Program of U.S.Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to be held next may in Denver, Colorado, includes among many other interesting papers and posters, the following: Special Topic A: International Energy Agency Task #39 - Liquid Biofuels Monday, May 2, 2005 Chair: Jack Saddler, University of British Columbia 10 minute talks, holding questions for general discussion at end 2:00 p.m. Opening remarks-Session Chair 2:05 p.m. Oral Presentation A-01. Technical Progress In Bioconversion: Steps Towards Commercialization, (MS Word 29 KB) Mabee, W.E., Gregg, D.J., Gilkes, N., and Saddler, J.N., The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2:10 p.m. Oral Presentation A-02. Fuel Ethanol RD in Sweden, (MS Word 20 KB) Barbel Hahn-Hgerdal, Applied Microbiology, LTH/Lund University, Lund, Sweden 2:20 p.m. Oral Presentation A-03. Making a Business with Biofuels, (MS Word 20 KB) Manfred Wrgetter, Bundesanstalt fur LandTechnik, Wieselburg, Austria 2:30 p.m. Oral Presentation A-04. Present Situation and Prospects on Bioethanol in Asian Countries, (MS Word 25 KB) Shiro Saka, Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan 2:40 p.m. Oral Presentation A-05. Liquid Biofuels in South Africa, (MS Word 21 KB) Bernard A. Prior, Department of Microbiology, University of Stellenbosch,Stellenbosch, South Africa Best regards, Marcelino - Original Message - From: Luis Eduardo Puerto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 1:54 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Liquid Coal Hello, I am interested in finding about Liquid Coal. For what I hear, it seems it is environmentally friendly and cheaper to produce given the high oil prices today.I am located in Montreal, and if anybody knows about someone wortking on this technology I would be totally interested. Thank you. By the way, this is an awesome mailinglist!!! Best regards, Luis. - Do You Yahoo!? Todo lo que quieres saber de Estados Unidos, Amrica Latina y el resto del Mundo. Vista Yahoo! Noticias. ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] SAFETY REQUEST
First, please, obtain the MSDS, material safety data sheets of both: methanol and caustic soda (potassium hydroxide too). For the electrical installation, at any industrial level, apply explosion proof installation, equipment and materials. Local: good ventilation. With methanol not necessary to use explosimeters. In general use gloves, sight glasses or plastic face cover, safety hat , long sleeves. Do not inhalate methanol from bottles, drums, etc. Neither the methoxide. Not even after the estherification reaction. Strictly follow the safety guidelines of the MSDS. There might be other comments from experimented bio-dieselers. Best regards. Marcelino - Original Message - From: Evan Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 2:22 PM Subject: [Biofuel] SAFETY REQUEST Hey All, As Im sure most biodiesel makers know and are interested in... I want to do this SAFE!!! Methanol and Lye are Nasty, what can I do to be safe with them, do I need an LEL meter or a mask? Electrical/Fire safety is always big too. Does anyone have any suggestions or stories on how they make there biodiesel safetly. much thanks Evan J. Franklin Deputy Chief, Unity Search Rescue, The Franklin Biodiesel Project, Dispatcher, Operation Game Thief, Unity College, Unity Maine 42 Murdoc Drive U.C. Box 650 Unity, ME 04988 1-207-948-3215 x552 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Original Message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 09:49:54 -0700 In search of answers to the following: In the US, does a co-op structure for a bioD producer exempt it from reg= istering with the EPA as a fuel manufacturer? Corrolary: Can a fleet operator be a co-op member, and not be subject to= EPA scrutiny about Tier 1 Health Study certification? thanks! _ Msg sent via @bmi.net Mail v4 - http://www.bmi.net ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Sent via the WebMail system at unity.unity.edu ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] our low tech bubble washing technique
if you did the air bubbling from the inflated tires maybe some carbon black and or rubber got into your BD, and this is causing the darkness.. Tires loose carbon and rubber very easily. (Even the smelling is telling that). Also maybe some sulfur from the vulcanization process maybe reacting with the BD going into dark compounds. To clear the BD you may also try the following: a) Add some activated carbon to the BD. Heat to about 50¼C. Agitate during half an hour. Let standing for 2 hours aprox. Filter through filter paper, or b) Add activated clay or floridin, similar process c) You may also try filtering through clean, washed sand Good luck. Marcelino - Original Message - From: Anibal Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 3:14 AM Subject: [Biofuel] our low tech bubble washing technique hello fellas long time no hear from me heheheh well.. maybe some of you might have done this but... i was exited as my friend devised cheap way to get air bubbles through the biod very simply , get a inflated tire.. and adjust the valve so that very little air escapes... stick a hose in there... and poke lots o holes on the other end... stick it in the water, and we gots a bubble washer/.. jejeje by the way... anybody can help me on dealin with biod that wont clear up? bubble washed it washed it ,, with salt, with vinegar ,distilled water etc.. many times... and is still dark... now the water is not washing anything anymore.. it stays clear...and the diesel is still dark.. anyhelp? thanks anibal ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
[biofuel] Merry Christmas for all of you
I wish a Merry Christmas to all of you, and pray God for peace, love, friendship, joy, health, a good job, well being among all the countries in the world. Best wishes Marcelino Miranda QUIMICA NOVA S.A. Argentina - Original Message - From: Keith Addison To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Cc: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 6:27 PM Subject: [biofuel] Simple 5-gallon processor http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_processor5.html 5-gallon processor - Cheap, simple, safe and effective Use it once a week and this 5-gallon (20-litre) processor will make you 200 gallons of quality biodiesel a year. We made hundreds of gallons with it before scaling up to bigger batches, and we still use it for small batches and demonstrations. Like our test-batch processor, it's easy to make from not very much, mostly scrap and junk. It's effective and safe, closed and air-tight, with no splashing or leaking of hot fumes. It's suitable for single-stage or two-stage processes. And you can take it anywhere. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
