[biofuels-biz] VEG-Therm Sale almost over!

2002-05-16 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc.
Dear listees: Note: the VEG-Therm 12 volt vegoil heater will be soon be $59 instead of the Spring Special price of $49 that weÕve had for the last month or so. We have about 35 units remaining that we will offer at the $49 price. Thanks to all who have placed orders for various items for

[biofuels-biz] WATER INJECTION and diesel

2002-05-16 Thread David Preskett
Keith, I recall a series of postings on your other group (I unsubscribed due the volume) dealing with misters. I thought there was some for diesels too? Regards Dave -- David Preskett, BSc (Hons.), AIWSc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Recycling - not a chore more a way of life University of Wales

Re: AW: [biofuels-biz] WATER INJECTION and diesel

2002-05-16 Thread craig reece
Keith, Check out http://www.aquamist.co.uk/dc/dc.html and click on the References button, which will direct you to some research paper links on water injection in diesel engines. I think that while water in your dinodiesel, biodiesel, SVO or WVO is a bad thing, and the reason that Racor and

Re: [biofuels-biz] WATER INJECTION and diesel

2002-05-16 Thread Keith Addison
Keith, I recall a series of postings on your other group (I unsubscribed due the volume) dealing with misters. I thought there was some for diesels too? Regards Dave Hello Dave, how're you doing? Yes, people were working with Ron Novak's device, with good results. But I don't think any of

[biofuels-biz] Oil Companies with best Environmental/Alt Fuel Policies?

2002-05-16 Thread nickt33
Hi, I'm new to the list and curious about alternative fuels. Looks like a lot of interest in here! I don't use my vehicles much, but when I do I tend to use them for long expedition type work. In some countries you don't have a choice who you buy fuel from, or the quality. In North America

Re: [biofuels-biz] Oil Companies with best Environmental/Alt Fuel Policies?

2002-05-16 Thread Keith Addison
Hi, I'm new to the list and curious about alternative fuels. Looks like a lot of interest in here! I don't use my vehicles much, but when I do I tend to use them for long expedition type work. In some countries you don't have a choice who you buy fuel from, or the quality. In North America and

Re: [biofuels-biz] WATER INJECTION and diesel

2002-05-16 Thread David Preskett
Keith, Doing rather well thanks. Hope alls well with your project too. The idea springs from something I read maybe on your site or another. It referred to the phenomenon of, when driving with a high relative humidity or misty/foggy conditions, a diesel engine performs better. I thought that

Re: [biofuels-biz] VEG-Therm Sale almost over!

2002-05-16 Thread Steven Hobbs
G'day Edward, I am a farmer in Australia, and I have been producing BD for use on farm. I have my own cold press and have built a processor. I am very interested in the concept of running a diesel on a SVO system and have been toying with the idea of plumbing up a heated tank, but as yet haven't

Re: [biofuels-biz] WATER INJECTION and diesel

2002-05-16 Thread Keith Addison
Keith, Doing rather well thanks. Hope alls well with your project too. Good! And yes thanks. The idea springs from something I read maybe on your site or another. It referred to the phenomenon of, when driving with a high relative humidity or misty/foggy conditions, a diesel engine performs

Re: [biofuels-biz] VEG-Therm Sale almost over!

2002-05-16 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc.
Hi Steven - First of all - great that you have your own cold press for use on the farm! We are trying to get that concept in greater use here in Canada. We rep for the Komet press, which is made in Germany. What type of press do you use? I'd be interested in knowing more about your experiences

[biofuels-biz] Biodiesel

2002-05-16 Thread JohnDRoulston
Hi Kieth I am new but have been reading your info over the past few weeks and find it both interesting and daunting. I can't follow the chemical and technical aspects as I'm a bit old to learn those things. I have a diesel truck and own a fish n chips shop and therefore wish to convert the

AW: [biofuels-biz] WATER INJECTION and diesel

2002-05-16 Thread Camillo Holecek
Comment on various national biodiesel standards set rather low tolerances for water content: The Austrian Standard ONORM C 1191 said only: No water should settle out (i.e. about 1200ppm water would stay in solution in our FAME.) All others bother about 500 and even 300 ppm (DIN), which is

[biofuels-biz] Food Fats and Oils

2002-05-16 Thread Keith Addison
FYI http://www.iseo.org/iseo/foodfats.htm Food Fats and Oils (1994) Full text online This publication addresses many technical issues associated with fats and oils including their chemical composition and their role in the diet. It also includes information on nutritional aspects, physical

[biofuels-biz] Silica/ethanol integration

2002-05-16 Thread manickh
Hello Keith, I think loading the bookmark is the correct way to upload the diagrams and text of a web document for the benefit of the group. Thanks for ur info on the effect of water on increasing CR and power boost...and ur references. I've now uploaded TAL and Alchemix bookmarks for those

Re: AW: [biofuels-biz] WATER INJECTION and diesel

2002-05-16 Thread Keith Addison
Thankyou Camillo. Sorry, yes, no entry for the Austrian standard under Water. The other standards range from 200 (Czech) to 700 (Italy), with the US ASTM PS121-99 at 0.05% (the new ASTM D-6751 standard says water and sediment 0.050 max % volume). Good to know it doesn't make a lot of sense,

Re: [biofuels-biz] Biodiesel

2002-05-16 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Kieth I am new but have been reading your info over the past few weeks and find it both interesting and daunting. I can't follow the chemical and technical aspects as I'm a bit old to learn those things. I have a diesel truck and own a fish n chips shop and therefore wish to convert the used

Re: [biofuels-biz] WATER INJECTION and diesel

2002-05-16 Thread hans rosenberger
Regarding misting and water injection. I have not tried this, but have read about many good examples of it on the www.tdiclub.com where people talk about tuning VW turbodiesels. The primary reason I heard of in that circle was related to the turbo. The engine can be made more efficient if

Re: [biofuel] Fw: Virus warning

2002-05-16 Thread Andrew Lowe
Dear List Members, Before you go spreading this type of rubbish, just go to google and do a search on the file that you are being told to delete. You might find, as I expected I would, that it is a hoax, or that it an actual needed file and that people are talking about it in

[biofuel] VEG-Therm Sale almost over!

2002-05-16 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc.
Dear listees: Note: the VEG-Therm 12 volt vegoil heater will be soon be $59 instead of the Spring Special price of $49 that weÕve had for the last month or so. We have about 35 units remaining that we will offer at the $49 price. Thanks to all who have placed orders for various items for

[biofuel] Fwd: RETROFIT ETHANOL VEHICLE

2002-05-16 Thread Vishwanath k
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Re: [biofuel] Fwd: RETROFIT ETHANOL VEHICLE

2002-05-16 Thread Shukrainternationals
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[biofuel] Alternative Fuels from Biomass

2002-05-16 Thread MH
Alternative Fuels from Biomass By Wyman, C. E. [Some excerpts: ] Abstract Substituting biofuels derived from cellulosic biomass for conventional fuels would reduce CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere, mitigate global climate change, improve our energy security and balance of trade

Re: [biofuel] Alternative Fuels from Biomass

2002-05-16 Thread MH
Alternative Fuels from Biomass By Wyman, C. E. 08/01/1992 [Some excerpts: ] Several oxygenated biofuels such as ethanol reduce carbon monoxide emissions when blended with gasoline. A number of biofuels can be substituted directly for conventional transportation fuels to reduce urban

Re: [biofuel] Stoichiometric values

2002-05-16 Thread Keith Addison
I can«t send HTML on this list, please make a list of those who would want the mentioned table of FA content of different oils, and I«ll send it to your personal email (off-list) please send your request (for this particular table) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] today. Regards, Christian Hey,

[biofuel] Food Fats and Oils

2002-05-16 Thread Keith Addison
FYI http://www.iseo.org/iseo/foodfats.htm Food Fats and Oils (1994) Full text online This publication addresses many technical issues associated with fats and oils including their chemical composition and their role in the diet. It also includes information on nutritional aspects, physical

[biofuel] Packing versus Plates

2002-05-16 Thread waljaco
In the biofuel library (Mother/s Alcohol Fuel Seminar) there are plans for a 6 inch (150 mm) unit filled with Pall rings. In chpt. 7 the use of plates are discussed, and a typical plate design for a 12 inch (300 mm) diam. column is mentioned. Question 1) - When should one start considering

Re: [biofuel] Packing versus Plates

2002-05-16 Thread Ken Provost
In the biofuel library (Mother/s Alcohol Fuel Seminar) there are plans for a 6 inch (150 mm) unit filled with Pall rings. In chpt. 7 the use of plates are discussed, and a typical plate design for a 12 inch (300 mm) diam. column is mentioned. Question 1) - When should one start considering using

Re: [biofuel] Energy crops

2002-05-16 Thread MH
Just a follow up to this (edited) prior post. MH wrote: I was thinking about energy from ethanol and oilseed yields and how it relates to each other briefly Ethanol from corn, sugar beets and Jerusalem artichokes keying off of Table 2. Average yield of 99.5 percent alcohol

Micro-regional oilseed processing was Re: [biofuel] Energy crops

2002-05-16 Thread Appal Energy
Achieving a specific amount of alcohol per acre can be equivalent for either micro- or macro-production. Oil/biodiesel yields per acre are not in the same genre, however, as the higher oil yields per bushel are generally solvent extraction process (hexane) and the lower oil yields are extrusion

Re: [biofuel] Packing versus Plates

2002-05-16 Thread George Wessel
From what I have read, a general rule of thumb is; up to 4 you would be better off with scrubbers, anything bigger than 4 and scrubber will tend to channel, from 4 up to 8 you would do well with packing like pall rings and the like, from 10 and up you would do well to use plates. However I

Re: Micro-regional oilseed processing was Re: [biofuel] Energy crops

2002-05-16 Thread MH
Hi Todd, I take what you mean is these oilseed yields are representative of the solvent extraction process, yes? The following keyed off of http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_yield.html Yield - about: 18 gal/acre corn (maize) [oil] 48 gal/ac soybean [oil] 61 gal/ac