[biofuel] Re: UFO, WVO etc

2001-02-06 Thread Keith Addison
Ed Beggs wrote: Suggest: Renewable Oil (RO). Recovered Renewable Oil (RRO) Used as straight renewable oil (SRO) rather than biodiesel Covers the bases. Ed Hi Ed Yes, but John's message was about talking to reporters, and that's just not how it works. First, newspapers and the media in

[biofuel] The FOOLPROOF way to make biodiesel

2001-02-06 Thread Keith Addison
Good news - no need to bother about FFAs, titration, pH meters and all that stuff, just do it this way, no fuss, very high yields. You saw it here first folks! The FOOLPROOF way to make biodiesel NEW standard method By Aleks Kac Free fatty acid to ester conversion This is a FOOLPROOF way

[biofuel] Simon Wells's processor - new pictures

2001-02-06 Thread Keith Addison
New pictures uploaded of Simon's excellent biodiesel mixer, finished an in action. Building a biodiesel mixer: Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_simon.html Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/

[biofuel] Alcohol Fuel Manual - new chapter

2001-02-06 Thread Keith Addison
Finally managed to get my hands on the scanner again, and uploaded Chapter 14 of Stephen Mathewson's The Manual for the Home and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel. Chapter 14 DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT Simple Reflux Column Condensers Boilers Reflux Control Hydrometer Sump Construction of a Reflux

Re: [biofuel] Re: UFO, WVO etc

2001-02-06 Thread NBT - E. Beggs
Further on the acronyms... The oil/grease that might be used is not always vegetable oil (and the way things are going it is more likley to be animal fat than vegetable oil); not always used (on-farm oil presses, villages far from McDonalds); and sources such as algae could further confuse the

[biofuel] British contaminated meat and bone meal exports

2001-02-06 Thread Keith Addison
February 4 2001 BRITAIN Full H M Customs Excise data A BRITISH company could have exported mad cow disease across the world. Whitehall documents reveal that as many as 70 countries received protein potentially contaminated with BSE that may then have been fed to their cattle. The protein

[biofuel] Re: bse

2001-02-06 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Jerry I think it's a bit too soon to be so confident of the facts - there's hardly anything that deserves to be called a fact except all the dead cows, and dead and dying and yet-to-die people. Hi Stephen and All, We have always had CJD, the human from of BSE, in the US. I've

[biofuel] Re: Digest Number 278

2001-02-06 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Tony Very interesting work by Mr. Purdey, begs the question, who manufactures the organophosphates? The misinformation chain extends all through the bureaucracy to governments world-wide, emanating from the good old boys who stand to lose the most, ie. the multi-national dollar!! It's hard

[biofuel] Re: MHD

2001-02-06 Thread Keith Addison
Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mad Human Disease... Hello Walt, and welcome. What's Appal Energy Co-op? Emotionalism is an unwise alternative to qualified review, from any point on the spectrum. Caution, however, is not. While those who exercise caution are called extreme,

Re: [biofuel] Re: UFO, WVO etc

2001-02-06 Thread skaar
WOR waste oil reclamation. NBT - E. Beggs wrote: Further on the acronyms... The oil/grease that might be used is not always vegetable oil (and the way things are going it is more likley to be animal fat than vegetable oil); not always used (on-farm oil presses, villages far from

[biofuel] fat

2001-02-06 Thread stephen lakios
I think I am low in my rough guess on the amount of fat in an animal carcass.I purchased a 10.23 lb beef roast,additional fat was trimmed in the grocery.After cooking I collected .56 lbs of fat from the pan and the roast was still very well marbled with fat.It may be that a 600 lb carcass

Re: [biofuel] Re: UFO, WVO etc

2001-02-06 Thread jerry dycus
--- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have any better suggestions? How about vegetable bio-oil, animal fat bio-oil, recycled veg or animal fat bio-oil and mixed bio-oil? jerry dycus Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo

[biofuel] Re: UFO, WVO etc

2001-02-06 Thread Keith Addison
Ed Beggs wrote: RE Is becoming established as an acronym for Renewable Energy. It staarts technical, and gradually becomes understood by the wider public like any other acronym. No, only a few. RE might make it, but I think it'll remain jargon, not known by the general public. I doubt you'll

Re: [biofuel] Re: MHD Appal Energy

2001-02-06 Thread Appal Energy
Keith, Pleased to see how JourneytoForever.org has progressed over the months. When we get our collection truck in operation, we might want to put the address on the box panels in bold 1,000 point type. The premise of Appal Energy is at www.appalenergy.comOnly a week old index page, but

[biofuel] Moonshine fuel

2001-02-06 Thread Keith Addison
Hey Sam How's your hydrobooster going? Could you couple it with an alcohol injection system? Then you could burn 100-proof, which you could make in that 75-gallon pot-still. Nice picture at Tony's site: http://www.geocities.com/kiwi_distiller/moonshine.htm ALCOHOL INJECTION Alcohol injection

Re: [biofuel] The FOOLPROOF way to make biodiesel

2001-02-06 Thread jerry dycus
Hi Keith and All, What happens to the methanol? If it takes 20% methanol to make bio-diesel then we need a good practical method to make it. Can the methanol be recycled? Thanks, jerry dycus --- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The FOOLPROOF way to

Re: [biofuel] Re: The FOOLPROOF way to make biodiesel

2001-02-06 Thread skaar
maybe cause it's close to perfect and they are similar cause both stumbled on the same basic process because they were looking for the best process, course somebody could have gotten inspiration from the other. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well as for first! Check out,

[biofuel] Re: The FOOLPROOF way to make biodiesel

2001-02-06 Thread Keith Addison
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well as for first! Check out, http://www.mauibiodiesel.org/discussionforums.htm Under the acid estification section. The Alek's recipe propotions look very similar the ones posted at the mauidiesel site. Hi Kevin Indeed, they're both acid-base 2-stage processes (and

Re: [biofuel] Re: The FOOLPROOF way to make biodiesel

2001-02-06 Thread Keith Addison
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: maybe cause it's close to perfect and they are similar cause both stumbled on the same basic process because they were looking for the best process, course somebody could have gotten inspiration from the other. Not similar, very different. Kevin's wrong. Keith Addison