[biofuel] building a biodiesel fuel processor

2004-05-20 Thread ardis streeter

Hi all,, I have been working on a fuel processor now
for some time. I have the methoxide tank done,it is
all stainless steel construction.Now I am building the
reaction tank also stainless. It will have a heating
coil in it,  that is connected to my wood boiler to
heat the used veg. oil up for the proper reaction
temp..Also I am installing 3 240 volt electric heating
elements in the tank,aprox.225 gallon in size in case
I want a faster heat up of the oil.Also the temp .
will be regulated automatically with 4 aquastats, one
for each element and one for the main hot water coil
in the tank.The aquastates are then connected to
relays that power up the heating elements.The
aquastats then automatically control the temp. in the
tank..Also I am building a stainless tank for
washing.Would it be a good idea to put a coil in this
tank  to control that temp. also or isnt it
necessary? Thanks




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Re: [biofuel] building a biodiesel fuel processor

2004-05-20 Thread Martin Klingensmith



ardis streeter wrote:
 Hi all,, I have been working on a fuel processor now
 for some time. I have the methoxide tank done,it is
 all stainless steel construction.Now I am building the
 reaction tank also stainless. It will have a heating
 coil in it,  that is connected to my wood boiler to
 heat the used veg. oil up for the proper reaction
 temp..Also I am installing 3 240 volt electric heating
 elements in the tank,aprox.225 gallon in size in case
 I want a faster heat up of the oil.Also the temp .
 will be regulated automatically with 4 aquastats, one
 for each element and one for the main hot water coil
 in the tank.The aquastates are then connected to
 relays that power up the heating elements.The
 aquastats then automatically control the temp. in the
 tank..Also I am building a stainless tank for
 washing.Would it be a good idea to put a coil in this
 tank  to control that temp. also or isnt it
 necessary? Thanks
 

Hello Ardis,
it is my understanding that you would not need to heat the washing tank, 
as long as temperature would stay above the gelling point of the biodiesel.


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