Jason,
Shouldn't you factor in some sort of labor cost even if you make the
BD yourself (ie, how long would it take to make and how much would you
pay someone, in this case yourself, to make it)? is there no other
overhead in addition to the cost of the fuel? what about fixed
overhead (cost of
I live in Arkansas,US of A, so it is the third world, except we have a
nucular reactor.
Tom Irwin wrote:
Hi Bob,
You mean people heating their water with electricity aren't using flow
limiting shower heads. Why I'm shocked to hear this. You must be talking
about people who live in the
Hi Jim
I use Lab grade Lye that is in pellets not grains like Red Devil.
Please give us newbies a few possible sources, this is a tease.
It takes more time to dissolve but I use a magnetic mixer so the
reaction is in an air tight container and can be left for however long
while i do other things.
Hoo pig, Soooeee!
My family hails from NW Arkansas.
bob allen wrote:
I live in Arkansas,US of A, so it is the third world, except we have a
nucular reactor.
Tom Irwin wrote: Hi Bob, You mean people heating their water with
electricity aren't using flow limiting shower heads. Why I'm
Where do you buy it?
JJJN wrote:
Hi Rafal,
I use Lab grade Lye that is in pellets not grains like Red Devil. It
dissolves slower and as a result the reaction producing the heat takes
longer. It makes Great Bio and seems to stay translucent longer (not
carbonated). It does not get hot
DC. In the Summer I almost always take a quick shower. I usually use
Castile soap - trying to see how hard it is to make. It costs a
fortune.
Anyone ever make liquid Castile soap?
-Mike
Kurt Nolte wrote:
On 10/14/05, Mike Weaver
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I
agree.Only on weeks where I do
Outside of my little nest here on the East Coast I feel like a stranger
in my own land. I go to the Midwest to visit family and I cannot and
do not talk to them about politics.. I have come to realize, after 40
years, that they won't and probably can't change. I prize family above
rhetoric. I
I was rooting around under the house recently, trying to find a rumored stockpile of materials left over from when we built the house, and lo and behold I found it.
Or something that pretended to be it, at least.
I now have, in my possession, some severaldozen feet of copper piping, elbows,
I've gotten a couple of submersible pump ends (heads?) from a well
drilling outfit that regularly replaces pumps that die after getting hit
by lightning. Only the motor dies, and they had a pile for me to hunt
through. Didn't notice anything for above ground, since that wasn't
what I was
The process is much slow than alkali catalyst,how can
i short the reaction time?thanks!
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Prototype 42 hp Engine
6 inches dia.
6 inches long
42 hp at 7000 rpm
40lbs.
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Still gathering my parts for my processor. I found a 1 inch clear
water pump that I'm going to use only for transferring the oil. I
don't know if anyone has a Habitat for Humanity store near them but,
they always have a bunch of motors and pumps at the one near me.
Unfortunately, I
Hello Doug, Robert
Hi Robert:
I've used red clover as a cover crop in the fall. It doesn't grow too
much, fixes a little nitrogen, and is relatively easy to turn over in the
spring. I have not tried using clover for an entire growing season but I
don't see why it wouldn't work. The red
I was rooting around under the house recently, trying to find a
rumored stockpile of materials left over from when we built the
house, and lo and behold I found it.
Or something that pretended to be it, at least.
I now have, in my possession, some several dozen feet of copper
piping, elbows,
On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 07:00:21AM -0600, Brian Rodgers wrote:
Brian,
I will Google Magnetic mixer but an explanation from you would be
great too. What is? Where to find? Standard lab equipment? Etc. It
sounds pretty damn cool.
It sounds like a great new toy, but believe me - you don't
Hi biodieselers
I am here with my wife in our kitchen working on our first titration of WVO.
We have determined through heating a sample of WVO that no water is
present. We have found a soil test kit that has several types of
litmus paper. We did several tests of the litmus to determine if it
was
Hi
It sounds like a great new toy, but believe me - you don't really need
magnetic mixer to prepare methoxide solution :) If you want to play
I think you are right. If you can take a look at a post I just sent
under a modified thread name [biofuel] methoxide solution- missing
scale you will see
Hey Brian
I've run into problems with measuring lye myself, and ultimately
managed to work out a loose but somewhat workable way to measure out
the lye by volume. It produced some of my best results to date, too, so
I think I'm safe to share it with yas.
Sodium Hydroxide has a density of 2.1
Great thanks Kurt
This is what we were looking for. We even attempted to find the
specific gravity of lye, but that didn't pan out. It was getting too
complicated for us. A trip to town would be simpler we figured.
On 10/15/05, Kurt Nolte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey Brian
I've run into
Copper and vegetable oil: I'm not so worried about the copper but
what the copper does to the fuel. Did you ever check what happened toyour fuel properties like oxidation stability and acid value? A lotof research has been done in Germany on VO (and biodiesel) fuelproperties, and who I consider as
Not a problem, I encourage sharing experiences and tricks.
Like I said, I had some of my best results to date on test batches
using this method, a nice good clear yellow color top layer and a
smooth separation, and it's so far washed very nicely. At least you
don't also have to contend with 76%
Yeah I too am getting into this sharing of information, although I
don't know squat worth sharing yet.
On 10/15/05, Kurt Nolte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not a problem, I encourage sharing experiences and tricks.
Like I said, I had some of my best results to date on test batches using
this
On 10/15/05, Brian Rodgers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I do recall that that ambient humidity messes with the methoxidemixing. Should I wait until the rain quits to continue with the
experiment?
Lye is hygroscopic; it absorbs water quite readily.
Yeah, I'd suggest waiting for it to quit raining, as
Ok very cool I just might try it now and close everything up tight
while working.
Brian Rodgers
On 10/15/05, Kurt Nolte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 10/15/05, Brian Rodgers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I do recall that that ambient humidity messes with the methoxide
mixing. Should I wait
On 10/15/05, Brian Rodgers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok very cool I just might try it now and close everything up tightwhile working.Brian Rodgers
Best of luck to ya, once more. And now I need to get back to work before they decided I'm not earning my pay. ;p
-Kurt
It sounds like a great new toy, but believe me - you don't really need
magnetic mixer to prepare methoxide solution :) If you want to playwith it, that's a different matter, but it's quite enough to use
ordinary thick plastic HDPE bottle carefully swirling it. It takesa bit of time, but hydroxide
Keith Addison wrote:
Hello Doug, Robert
Hello Keith!
Lots about sq ft gardens here:
http://journeytoforever.org/garden.html
Organic gardening
Aw, come on! You mean I don't have to sterilize my soil first, then
pile on a bunch of mineral supplements, herbicides and
Hi Brian,
A magnetic mixer is just a small DC motor that is variable speed that
rotates a STRONG magnet under a platform. You then place in the jug PVC
or Polyethylene coated Magnets and screw the lid on. Turn on the mixer
and its like a blender inside. If you do use Red devil lye it can get
You know, reading that and several other concepts and proven designs has put an idea into my head.
I was doing some library research earlier today, and stumbled across
the Deltic opposed piston engines. I looked into those, and was just
utterly floored. Like, whoa. is what the guy sitting beside
Dear Mr. Dunn:
certainly you are not the only one that can make good use of such tables or
calculations.
Hope some body can share info...
Yours truly,
Mr. F.J. Burgos
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From: Ken Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005
G'day group
it is with great embarrassment that l have my first
post. For 3 months l have been doing test batches (lost Count how many) and
still cannot past shake test.
Methanol - From a drag racers 44 gallon drum - best
apparently
Lye - Tiny pearls 99+ - fresh - then
flake
Oil -
Geek on!
http://www.intertrader.net/ptfdeltic.htm
kirk
On Oct 15, 2005, at 9:28 PM, Kurt Nolte wrote:
You know, reading that and several other concepts and proven
designs has put an idea into my head.
I was doing some library research earlier today, and stumbled
across the Deltic
http://www.dair.co.uk/
Two cylinder, four piston, horizontally opposed diesel engine for
airplanes. I want one of these for my car, but they're too pricey as
of yet.
On 10/15/05, Kirk Thibault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Geek on!
http://www.intertrader.net/ptfdeltic.htm
kirk
On Oct 15,
Something I keep hitting over and over in all my prelim test batches
(Still haven't made one any bigger than a liter...): How's your
humidity, and are you absolutely certain that your weights for the lye
are accurate?
I was having some huge problems with emulsions on a shake test, and
with the
Hi Mike,
I am responding to this post as a matter curious interest. I wonder if
this country would be in better shape if there were no such thing as the
Party system. For example, I have steadily been drifting apart from any
affiliation and instead just looking at the issues, hearing out and
Everything sounds good, although perhaps you could
use 2.5 gms lye. You never say that you pull off the biodiesel from the
glycerol though. It is so obvious that you may have not mentioned
it. But, if you are not doing it, that's it. What does the biodiesel
look like after separation?
My drums have come with palm oil and stuff so it hasn't been an issue,
but I have used biodiesel for cleaning other stuff covered with
petroleum oil products and it works good. You'll end with some
engine-oil contaminated biodiesel, which can be diluted and used as
fuel, if you don't mind a
The rain has stopped and the skies are clearing
Tomorrow is another day.
Thanks for all your help.
Brian Rodgers
On 10/15/05, Kurt Nolte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 10/15/05, Brian Rodgers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok very cool I just might try it now and close everything up tight
while
I saw an analysis somewhere before the last election, which pointed
out that the two parties in the US are really made up several factions
that really have little in common. For example the Republican party
is made up of fiscal conservatives, social conservatives, and
neo-cons/war hawks. These
Keith and Everyone:
Have any of you tried a clear water pump with noryl plastic impellers?
Will esters dissolve noryl plastics?
Thanks.
Best regards,
Chris
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Keith and Everyone:
Have any of you tried a clear water pump with noryl plastic impellers?
Will esters dissolve noryl plastics?
Thanks.
Best regards,
Chris
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Keith and Everyone:
Have any of you tried a clear water pump with noryl plastic impellers?
Will esters dissolve noryl plastics?
Thanks.
Best regards,
Chris
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Keith and Everyone:
Have any of you tried a clear water pump with noryl plastic impellers?
Will esters dissolve noryl plastics?
Thanks.
Best regards,
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Thanks for the replies
Yes the magnetic mixer as you both describe does sound like something
I could build. At the moment I better focus on the basics.
I need to work on my lab skill. Today we found out a ton of science
associated with biodiesel. Lots more info sunk in as we actually do
this
There is not much we, as consumers do about the price gouging, except
perhaps to use less oil. Not just in your cars, but by using less energy
overall. As Mike already pointed out, President Carter wore a sweater
around the White House and turned the thermostat down. But turning off
lights
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