[Biofuel] Home heating oil getting greener : Rutland Herald Online
http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20140620/OPINION02/706209963/1018/OPINION Home heating oil getting greener June 20,2014 Vermont’s supply of home heating oil is poised to become cleaner and more efficient this summer. The Clean and Green Oilheat Initiative, which was signed into law as part of the 2011 Vermont Energy Act, establishes a time line for low sulfur, biodiesel blended heating fuel. The first part of the law will be implemented on July 1, 2014, when Vermont requires all heating oil sold in the state to be nearly sulfur free. The Vermont clean fuel standard will become 500 parts-per-million at the end of the month and a mere 15 parts-per-million by 2018. The state mandate will match the federal requirement for clean diesel that was implemented in 2005. Over the past decade, consumers that want more miles per gallon and less pollution are increasingly choosing diesel-powered vehicles. The same benefits of clean diesel will soon be realized for oil heat consumers and the environment. According to several studies, ultra-low sulfur heating oil can immediately save as much as 12 cents per gallon — thanks to increased efficiency and longevity in existing systems. In the near future, even greater savings will be realized as consumers upgrade to ultra-efficient heating systems that utilize low-sulfur fuel. Vermont law also requires the heating oil supply to contain renewable fuel blends once surrounding states implement similar requirements. As demonstrated in testimony before the Public Service Board, low-sulfur heating oil with a B-20 biodiesel blend is cleaner than natural gas. Even without the mandate, most of Vermont’s oil heat providers are already moving toward a clean, renewable, American-made fuel. This biodiesel blended oil heat, known as BioHeat, works seamlessly with existing heating equipment and tanks. Thanks to these and other measures, the carbon footprint of the more 300,000 Vermonters that choose oil heat to keep them safe and warm in the winter will be significantly reduced. MATT COTA (Executive director, Vermont Fuel Dealers Association) ___ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
[biofuel] Home Heating Oil Tanks?
Here in St. Louis, MO, I have easy access to a lot of free home heating oil tanks from other rehabbers (learn more at http://www.mstl.org Rehabbers Club). I realize these things are far bigger (I think they're 100 USgal.) than my initial needs will be. However, if I'm ultimately going to host a co-op, I ought to get as many at once as it makes sense to have. If you were in my position (preparing to start scavenging WVO for the first time), how many home heating oil tanks, if any, would you scavenge? Thanks for your thoughts. Maud St. Louis, MO P.S. Home heating oil tanks are tall and wide. The profile is ovoid and vertical. Because of their width they would not lend themselves to conical modifications at the bottom. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LIdGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] home heating oil
In supertight houses, air to air heat exchangers are common. Heat exchangers ventilate your house and use warmth in the stale air they pump out to warm up the outside air as it comes in. So you can get fresh air for stale, and still keep about 70% of the heat you paid for. http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~hsteinbe/solarhome/air2air.html Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/ Human powered devices, equipment, and transport - http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/2000/humanpower.htm [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] home heating oil In a message dated 07/09/2002 11:59:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm no architect, but it would seem to me to be possible to comply with the government rules and still maintain adequate circulation. If that is the case, then the rotting and mildewing houses would have to be the fault of builders' poor design decisions, rather than the fault of the government regulations per se . . . Chris Witmer Tokyo Chris: The regulations detailed what must be done to make a house more efficient. Included was vapor barriers...the houses cannot breathe like they once could hence mold and respiratory problems. You have too much faith in government regulations being correct. Richard [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/ Please do NOT send quot;unsubscribequot; messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Save on REALTOR Fees http://us.click.yahoo.com/Xw80LD/h1ZEAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send quot;unsubscribequot; messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] home heating oil
Mani: One thing we have in the USA is rules imposed by the government in the 1980s for more energy efficient homes. This has caused homes to be closed up with little of no air circulating through them. The result is rot and mildew that is causing respiratory problems that show up first in children and older folks. Richard [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Free $5 Love Reading Risk Free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/TPvn8A/PfREAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send quot;unsubscribequot; messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] home heating oil
In a message dated 07/09/2002 11:59:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm no architect, but it would seem to me to be possible to comply with the government rules and still maintain adequate circulation. If that is the case, then the rotting and mildewing houses would have to be the fault of builders' poor design decisions, rather than the fault of the government regulations per se . . . Chris Witmer Tokyo Chris: The regulations detailed what must be done to make a house more efficient. Included was vapor barriers...the houses cannot breathe like they once could hence mold and respiratory problems. You have too much faith in government regulations being correct. Richard [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Free $5 Love Reading Risk Free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/TPvn8A/PfREAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send quot;unsubscribequot; messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] home heating oil
Could someone post some info about experiences using biodiesel or SVO for home heating oil? I know that this topic has probably been covered in the past, but it doesn't get as much attention as the use of biodiesel in vehicles does and as I don't use home heating oil I haven't been paying attention, so apologies for any redundancy. I've been doing a bunch of work this month at a sort of 'community center' (www.centerpolefoundation.org) at the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana- it's insanely cold here in the winter, and though plenty of rich ranchers next door do drive newer diesels with all the gadgets and modifications for cold-weather operation, the people here on the reservation are incredibly poor and don't have too many (more expensive than gasoline cars here in the US) diesel vehicles anyway. The cold weather operation issues might be too much for some of the people here to deal with. But oil and kerosene heating is common and the furnaces and equipment are available used. People I've been working with are very interested in my biodiesel truck and the cost savings of my homemade fuel use, but for some of the people, it is just not the right technology at this time. I'm spending a lot of time with old folks who don't have the physical wherewithall to be making fuel, a lot of people who would need more of a 'turnkey' system due to skills or materials availability, and, most of all, the information about making this stuff, getting past the learning curve, and other troubleshooting is just not as available to poor people without a great grasp of English and who don't spend time learning things from books and certainly not from the Internet. I am working here with a group of other builder friends and we are coming back next year to put up an outbuilding. It is small, and is primarily to be used for housing some composting toilets for the place (and also as the place is right by the Battle of Little Bighorn site, it is to be used to house an , um, 'exhibit' about Custer, and all the different things the Native AMericans called him, so you can be sure to think about Custer as you do your business in the bathrooms). The building is something like 400 square feet and strawbale, and we're doing the design for it right now. It seems like a small oil or kerosene burner would be perfect for this situation, operating either on SVO (ideal?) or on biodiesel that some homebrew bootlegger could supply once a year (though I'm a bit worried about longterm storage/algae growth issues too). It would have low fuel consumption as the heater would not run all day and night as in an ordinary house. I am looking for information about how well biodiesel actually works in a kerosene or home heating oil application, looking for actual experiences people have had with it- and for info about specifics- specific equipment, etc. I am also interested in any information about whether SVO use is possible in this situation. Thanks, Mark - Do You Yahoo!? New! SBC Yahoo! Dial - 1st Month Free unlimited access [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Free $5 Love Reading Risk Free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/TPvn8A/PfREAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send quot;unsubscribequot; messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] home heating oil
Mark: If you want to get biodiesel for them, we can help. You should also consider putting in Dipetane to make it pour a little better, reduce the consumption and reduce NOx. Richard McPherson Combustion Technologies LLC www.DipetaneUSA .com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Free $5 Love Reading Risk Free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/TPvn8A/PfREAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send quot;unsubscribequot; messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] home heating oil
Albert Einstein often said: Use the simplest thing that works, as long as it's the best thing. This in mind one should use plant oil as fuel directly: As far as I know there is no problem in using plant oil (SVO) directly in oil burner for home heating. You just do it. But usually the plant oil is more expensive than heating oil (mineral oil = diesel). The problem is with small units for cooking. But there is a solution now. Developed at the University of Hohenheim, Germany. visit: http://jatropha.org/cooker/index.html or download the description in English: http://home.t-online.de/home/320033440512-0002/downloads/planzenoelkocher-e.pdf Kind regards Reinhard Henning mark fire [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Could someone post some info about experiences using biodiesel or SVO for home heating oil? I know that this topic has probably been covered in the past, but it doesn't get as much attention as the use of biodiesel in vehicles does and as I don't use ome heating oil I haven't been paying attention, so apologies for any redundancy. I've been doing a bunch of work this month at a sort of 'community center' (www.centerpolefoundation.org) at the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana- it's insanely cold here in the winter, and though plenty of rich ranchers next door do drive newer diesels with all the gadgets and modifications for cold-weather operation, the people here on the reservation are incredibly poor and don't have too many (more expensive than gasoline cars here in the US) diesel vehicles anyway. The cold weather operation issues might be too much for some of the people here to deal with. But oil and kerosene heating is common and the furnaces and equipment are available used. People I've been working with are very interested in my biodiesel truck and the cost savings of my homemade fuel use, but for some of the people, it is just not the right technology at this time. I'm spending a lot of time with old folks who don't have the physical wherewithall to be making fuel, a lot of people who would nee! d more of a 'turnkey' system due to skills or materials availability, and, most of all, the information about making this stuff, getting past the learning curve, and other troubleshooting is just not as available to poor people without a great grasp of English and who don't spend time learning things from books and certainly not from the Internet. I am working here with a group of other builder friends and we are coming back next year to put up an outbuilding. It is small, and is primarily to be used for housing some composting toilets for the place (and also as the place is right by the Battle of Little Bighorn site, it is to be used to house an , um, 'exhibit' about Custer, and all the different things the Native AMericans called him, so you can be sure to think about Custer as you do your business in the bathrooms). The building is something like 400 square feet and strawbale, and we're doing the design for it right now. It seems like a small oil or kerosene burner would be perfect for this situation, operating either on SVO (ideal?) or on biodiesel that some homebrew bootlegger could supply once a year (though I'm a bit worried about longterm storage/algae growth issues too). It would have low fuel consumption as the heater would not run all day and night as in an ordinary house. I am looking for information about how well biodiesel actually works in a kerosene or home heating oil application, looking for actual experiences people have had with it- and for info about specifics- specific equipment, etc. I am also interested in any information about whether SVO use is possible in this situation. Thanks, Mark - Do You Yahoo!? New! SBC Yahoo! Dial - 1st Month Free unlimited access [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/ Please do NOT send quot;unsubscribequot; messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- bagani GbR, Reinhard Henning, Rothkreuz 11, D-88138 Weissensberg, Germany Tel: ++49 8389 984129, Fax: 984128, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] internet: www.bagani.de [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Free $5 Love Reading Risk Free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/TPvn8A/PfREAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send quot;unsubscribequot; messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to:
Re: [biofuel] home heating oil
This also interests me greatly and I'd love to hear about others' solutions in this department. In winter I heat and (partially) illuminate my home with Aladdin stoves and lanterns (my understanding is that biodiesel does not work with these wick-based devices); I also get hot water year-round from a sophisticated kerosene instantaneous (i.e., no reservoir tank) hot water heater that I strongly suspect would work fine with biodiesel. A dual fuel system (biodiesel + SVO) would probably work too but since hot water is used sporadically, for only a few minutes at a time, it wouldn't be practical. However, there are boilers (here in Japan at least) that are specifically designed to be capable of burning WVO. The Petromax lantern and similar designs (Chinese imitations, etc.) will work fine with biodiesel (and most other flammable liquids, including ethanol); however they produce such an intensely bright light that you probably wouldn't want to use one inside your home. (Especially in hot weather!) You can also get cookstoves that are based on the Petromax design and I'm sure they work well. You could probably build a simple but effective hot water heater around these. There is also the old standby Perfection type cookstove but since they use wicks I assume (based on what I have read) that biodiesel won't work with them. -- Chris Witmer Tokyo mark fire wrote: Could someone post some info about experiences using biodiesel or SVO for home heating oil? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Free $5 Love Reading Risk Free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/TPvn8A/PfREAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send quot;unsubscribequot; messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] home heating oil
You may also want to check out this guy, Earth Roamer, who has a custom built truck camper, diesel, that also has diesel cookstoves and a diesel furnace built by a Scandanavian company or some such. He lists the manufacturers at the site. Ken - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] home heating oil Mark: If you want to get biodiesel for them, we can help. You should also consider putting in Dipetane to make it pour a little better, reduce the consumption and reduce NOx. Richard McPherson Combustion Technologies LLC www.DipetaneUSA .com [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/ Please do NOT send quot;unsubscribequot; messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Free $5 Love Reading Risk Free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/TPvn8A/PfREAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send quot;unsubscribequot; messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] home heating oil Sorry, no link!
http://earthroamer.com/main_truck/camper_environmental.html - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] home heating oil Mark: If you want to get biodiesel for them, we can help. You should also consider putting in Dipetane to make it pour a little better, reduce the consumption and reduce NOx. Richard McPherson Combustion Technologies LLC www.DipetaneUSA .com [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/ Please do NOT send quot;unsubscribequot; messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Free $5 Love Reading Risk Free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/TPvn8A/PfREAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send quot;unsubscribequot; messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] home heating oil
MH Here in Australia we have NatHERS (National Housing energy rating system). Every new house must pass a star rating system similar to appliances. Depending on the area you need say 3.5 stars to 5 star rating. All you need is to send in the plans of your home with details like orientaion, colours, type of windows and sizes, wall roof and floor insulation, window placment, major trees, type of heating and cooling systems. Your home is then rated giving you KW/square meter required to heat the house. This gives you a pretty good idea of the amount of energy required. there should be something similar in the USA to the Australian system. Mani Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Free $5 Love Reading Risk Free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/TPvn8A/PfREAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send quot;unsubscribequot; messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] home heating oil
NOx? at low temperatures? external combustion is already known for extremely low nox numbers, or are you trying to sell something? Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/ Human powered devices, equipment, and transport - http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/2000/humanpower.htm [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 1:37 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] home heating oil Mark: If you want to get biodiesel for them, we can help. You should also consider putting in Dipetane to make it pour a little better, reduce the consumption and reduce NOx. Richard McPherson Combustion Technologies LLC www.DipetaneUSA .com [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/ Please do NOT send quot;unsubscribequot; messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Free $5 Love Reading Risk Free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/TPvn8A/PfREAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send quot;unsubscribequot; messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
