[biofuel] discussions of the new NBB small producer decision

2004-07-22 Thread girl mark
I was surprised that there wasn't more discussion of the new NBB small producer membership policy. Here's the two places where the commentary I got is found: http://www.forums.biodieselnow.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3030 also Lyle wrote up his journalistic version and it's inspired some

[biofuel] Pneumatic Exhaust Silencers: Bubble washing

2004-07-22 Thread kkeennbb
Ian Jackson had a good recommendation regarding washing his biodiesel. He used pneumatic exhaust silencers to bubble wash the biodiesel. Does anyone know what size silencer he uses? They come in about 4 or 5 different sizes. I tried to figure it out from his pictures, but I didn't have much

Re: [biofuel] inline glow plug for SVO heating?

2004-07-22 Thread Erik Lane
i would be worried about that glow plug getting too hot for sure! i think that they draw about 9-12 amps per plug, and that's a lot of current to go thru a dimmer switch. if it's a dimmer from a house circuit i suspect that it wouldn't hold up. that kind of current is equivalent to something like

[biofuel] Re: Price of Fuel

2004-07-22 Thread baketampangetko
to all who have contributed their knowledge and opinion about fuel pricing, thank you very much. good day! beng --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, bioveging [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And THAT is the reason why the Oz government taxes backyard BD brewers. 0.93/liter ? Someone is

Re: [biofuel] Drinking rain water [was: Drink Water From Dehumidifier?]

2004-07-22 Thread bmolloy
Hey thanks Balaji, That fistful of urls on rainwater harvesting was an eye-opener. And much intrigued by the use of stone heaps to generate water through precipitation from dew. You may be interested to know that the dew precipitation concept is also used in nature.

Re: [biofuel] Pneumatic Exhaust Silencers

2004-07-22 Thread Ken Provost
on 7/21/04 3:36 PM, kkeennbb at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ian Jackson had a good recommendation regarding washing his biodiesel. He used pneumatic exhaust silencers to bubblewash the biodiesel. Does anyone know what size silencer he uses? They come in about 4 or 5 different sizes. I

[biofuel] Re: inline glow plug for SVO heating?

2004-07-22 Thread Joshua
Thank you for your input. Since the fuel going through the glow plug will be flowing, and never remaining stationary, we are hoping that it doesn't get too hot to melt the lines. We also have a temperature sensor installed similarly in the fuel line (with a brass T and rubber hose nipples)

[biofuel] Anything into oil!

2004-07-22 Thread John Walston
Hi, Very new to this type of communication so not even sure if this is how you post a message. Unless I did it wrong I typed in several searches for thermal depolymerization (big words for breaking down carbon based materials into OIL!!! and other products) and I could not find one message

Re: [biofuel] inline glow plug for SVO heating?

2004-07-22 Thread Martin Klingensmith
Erik Lane wrote: i would be worried about that glow plug getting too hot for sure! i think that they draw about 9-12 amps per plug, and that's a lot of current to go thru a dimmer switch. if it's a dimmer from a house circuit i suspect that it wouldn't hold up. that kind of current is

[biofuel] Re: Oil Stove thingy

2004-07-22 Thread Go Hoff
On 2004-07-17 Todd wrote: Beats me exactly as to what type of steel composition the pre-heater is. Don't think it so much matters as much as the mechanical design. Walk into a store that distributes those ventless kerosene heaters and you'll have more than ample opportunity to see exactly

Re: [biofuel] Anything into oil!

2004-07-22 Thread Lyle Estill
Hey John, Thanks for this website. I've been fascinated by this stuff for awhile now, but I can't ever to seem anything on it other than fluff. What, for instance, is the energy balance on a barrel of oil made from municipal waste? I may not have good sources, but it always seems that when

Re: [biofuel] Anything into oil!

2004-07-22 Thread Keith Addison
Hello John Hi, Very new to this type of communication so not even sure if this is how you post a message. Unless I did it wrong I typed in several searches for thermal depolymerization (big words for breaking down carbon based materials into OIL!!! and other products) and I could not find one

[biofuel] Re: Oil Stove thingy

2004-07-22 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Go Some comments below. On 2004-07-17 Todd wrote: Beats me exactly as to what type of steel composition the pre-heater is. Don't think it so much matters as much as the mechanical design. Walk into a store that distributes those ventless kerosene heaters and you'll have more

[biofuel] Re: Dutch biodiesel brewers

2004-07-22 Thread frag_lag
--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, pieter van eeten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Frag, Got my Lye at Boerenbond/Welkoop and my methanol at a farmacist the methanol I'm not sure about the purity it says nothing on the bottle. The lye is 99%. Good luck What does it say on it? i could only

Re: [biofuel] Re: Oil Stove thingy

2004-07-22 Thread Appal Energy
Yeah thanks for the advice guys but these stoves haven't been sold here for 30 years, ever since kerosene got taxed out of the market, in fact my local gas station and hardware store don't even know where to order it from anymore, the nearest to it is lamp oil at $3 litre which is still

[biofuel] Re: inline glow plug for SVO heating?

2004-07-22 Thread cutdownatree2
Another thing to think about is if the glow plug gets hot and carbonizes some veg oil on it, then the carbon sloughs off and heads into your IP. If I were doing it, I would place the glow plug heater so that the vegoil flows through the glow plug heater, then through your filter before it hits

[biofuel] Re: inline glow plug for SVO heating?

2004-07-22 Thread Joshua
Your typical triac phase-shaping dimmer will not work on DC, this can't be what they're using. If it turns out that they need a control, I could make a simple one. Quite right, we're using an automotive dimmer for a heater... it's great, even says HEAT on it. ;) We haven't actually tested

Re: [biofuel] Re: inline glow plug for SVO heating?

2004-07-22 Thread Martin Klingensmith
Joshua wrote: Your typical triac phase-shaping dimmer will not work on DC, this can't be what they're using. If it turns out that they need a control, I could make a simple one. Quite right, we're using an automotive dimmer for a heater... it's great, even says HEAT on it. ;) We