I've just had this thread brought to my attention on thedieselpage.com. There
looks to be a lot of people over there bashing biodiesel as holding too much
water and potentially destroying the high pressure injection systems on the
Chevrolet duramax diesel.
They are being especially harsh
Hi Todd,
Thanks for the advice. I actually was in error regarding the separation time,
it's more like 10 to 15 minutes. Sorry about that, I did not have enough coffee
in my system I made that error.
As to the washings, the ones in question were only a couple of hours in
duration. The most
I am also in the process of washing my first batch. It has had one wash so
far. When it came in contact with water it turned completely milky white.
And did not separate for about 15 minutes. And I think some chemical
reaction took place as the quantity of gas in the container (2.5l cocacola
I have just found 2 sources for my wvo, university cantines, they produce
quite a lot of wvo.
When I collect the wvo can I put it all in one tank (after it has been
filtered ofcourse)and then titrate it? (since I get like 10 kg at a time).
The first sample that I have received (3 liters) has
I have just bought some phosphoric acid which is rated at 87%, and the
foolproof method says that it should be 10%, what should I do? Use less or
dilute it (with what)
8. Mix gently at LOW rpm (don't splash!) while keeping the temperature at 35
deg C. The rotation of your stirrer should not
Just another ramdom thought,
Couldn't you freeze the water out of the oil? Or rather freeze the oil out
of the water?? In places like finland all you have to do is leave it out
overnight and then pour out the oil, or water, whichever one is frozen.
Or maby an ammonium system like previously
Is ther a more effective way of searching the archives? It seems like when I
search it searches only the mails displayed on the page, so for older
messages I have to keep pressing the next page button.
Just my ignorance :-(
Thanks
Teoman
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I realise that mostly no where else cooks in animal fats, but here is
Australia they use beef tallow. This has a very high beta carotene
levels due to the feed the animals eat, grass, this makes lovely
burgundy coloured biodiesel which like shorteneing has a higher cetane
rating due to the
Thanks Matt. I'm anxious to see how this will do when mixed. You're the second
list member that has advised me of the higher cetane rating.
Gregg
Matt Pozzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I realise that mostly no where else cooks in animal fats, but here is
Australia they use beef tallow. This has
I often have fuel that takes four or five washes. Water content seems low, but
I have upped the methanol to almost 25 percent to assure complete reaction.
Also, is it 3.1 or 3.5 grams per liter?
How much can mono and diglycerides hurt the engine? Surely WVO must contain
some fractured
Quality testing is explained here:
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_vehicle.html#quality
The first wash water SHOUL be milky white as that is where the
greatest amount or residuals come out and then it gets clearer on
the second and should be clear by the third or fourth at the most.
That
One of the problems I have is I have too much soot in the emissions and still
retaining the horsepower of my Land Cruiser. The issue seams to be with the
lack of O2 at the higher altitude, so increasing the amount of fuel to the
injectors would not solve the problems ( in fact it would make
Hi Jrme
Hi,
Tonight there was a programme on air on a french radio station where
petro-experts debated about the rise of the price of oil, etc... Some
people attending the programme could give a call and ask a question or
give an opinion. The question of biofuels was brought about this way
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 23:30:09 -
From: jeff_kerzner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Biofuels hold key to future of British farming
I was having a discussion last night with a leading scientist in
the renewable energy field about using oil-bearing crops to
Hello Ryan
Comments below.
I've just had this thread brought to my attention on
thedieselpage.com. There looks to be a lot of people over there
bashing biodiesel as holding too much water and potentially
destroying the high pressure injection systems on the Chevrolet
duramax diesel.
They
Hello Teoman
Is ther a more effective way of searching the archives? It seems like when I
search it searches only the mails displayed on the page, so for older
messages I have to keep pressing the next page button.
Why are you using Yahoo's archives? There's a link at the end of
every message
Please see also these previous messages on nitrogen fertilizers:
http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/BIOFUEL/37287/
http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/37298/
To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: [renewable-energy] Reply to David
Teoman
Please see this recent message (two days ago) on why you should not
be using the Foolproof method until you have a lot more experience.
It says so after all, right at the top of the page. You don't believe
it, or what?
http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/37345/
In fact I'll post it
See: Biodiesel from waste oil
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html#biodwvo
Just another ramdom thought,
Couldn't you freeze the water out of the oil? Or rather freeze the oil out
of the water?? In places like finland all you have to do is leave it out
overnight and then pour out the
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 02:37:00 +0900
To: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com
From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How much fuel can we grow? - was Re: The Debate Over Diesel
A bit more on this, following my previous post (relevant bits below).
I said it was a meaningless question whether we
Wondering , in Germany they are only allowed to use fresh oil because
of this..
Here in Holland the same thing is being done as far as i know
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Hi Gregg
People say all sorts of things about this mater of the colour, and I
don't want to argue with them, but for us the straw-yellow indicator
has always been a good one, and it follows through with no wash
problems, what you'd expect from a good brew. So for our part we
agree with what
frag_lag wrote:
Wondering , in Germany they are only allowed to use fresh oil because
of this..
Here in Holland the same thing is being done as far as i know
:-)
I wonder how little (much) the oilseed rape interests had to do with
that. Dunno about Germany and Holland, but Austria imports a
According to the results of a major study recently
completed by Eduardo del Hierro, Juan Carlos del Hierro and
myself which intends to put in the proper perspective the
possibilities of using palm oil derivatives ( including
crude palm oil and/or palm biodiesel ), among other
important aspects we
Hi Keith,
The colour of my finished product is about the same as the WVO you used, sort
of honey-coloured, but it is quite clear. I've made some digital photos that I
can send to you the first part of next week, if that's okay. Since I had to
wash the last batch separately, you will note
Hi L,
I'll have some digital photos to post next week of the batch of BD in question.
That way everyone can have a better idea of the colouring.
Gregg
bioveging [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quality testing is explained here:
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_vehicle.html#quality
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Have you taken steps to improve the intake system? Is your engine
turbocharged (preferably with an intercooler)? This would help get more air
into the system. Just my 2 cents worth.
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Sorry, just trying to avoid purchansing titration equipment. And get a
good unerstanding of the processes before I start anything.
I just got access to a highschool lab, if I bring my own chemicals and
wash after I have used the equipment.
I also had bought some isopropanol (%99 pure) with
Just wondering will it help the dehumidifying or methanol recovery
processes at all if the input of the aquarium pump was set up in a
manner as to suck air through a cooled copper coil from the top of the
processor and then pump it to the bottom of the processor?
Theoretically methanol can get
I know i don't need to meet astm , was just an example :)
From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [biofuel] Will fuel made from used oil meet astm spec?
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 17:08:21 +0900
frag_lag wrote:
Wondering ,
Anyway , is it possible to meet the european standard at home then?
or is it higher then astm?
From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [biofuel] Will fuel made from used oil meet astm spec?
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 17:08:21
frag_lag wrote:
Anyway , is it possible to meet the european standard at home then?
or is it higher then astm?
I gave you a link to the national standards, why don't you see for yourself?
As to homebrewers meeting the EU standard, I've dealt with that in
previous messages:
Meeting the German
Hello Teoman
Sorry, just trying to avoid purchansing titration equipment. And get a
good unerstanding of the processes before I start anything.
If you read the previous messages I referred you to on this, you'd
see those two statements are incompatible.
Anyway, how much would titration
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