Re: [Biofuel] Fuel from Algae??

2008-04-27 Thread Andres Secco
This technology was widely covered yesterday in the History Channel, Latin america. There is an electricity central in the US, were the CO2 emmisions are being passed through an algae/light/oxigen bioreactor and consequently the algae grow. The algae is unicellular living thing. Most of it

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Janes: Boeing Is Working on Anti-Grav

2007-09-21 Thread Andres Secco
Very, very interisting info, but scarce. ¿Does anyone have more info to read? - Original Message - From: Kirk McLoren [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 7:31 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Fwd: Janes: Boeing Is Working on Anti-Grav

Re: [Biofuel] Glycerine Settling Time

2007-08-10 Thread Andres Secco
Hi all, I just saw the tom experiment results. Think the small quantity of glycerol increased the viscosity and that helps to stabilize the suspension. But I don think this is stable for a long time or if it were an stable emulsion. More likely a suspension wichis like an emulsion but not

Re: [Biofuel] Glycerine Settling Time

2007-08-09 Thread Andres Secco
From the moment that I decided to left the reacted mixture to settle two days I never had a batch below standards. Is a 5,000 lt reactor and the settling tank is separated. - Original Message - From: Thomas Kelly To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007

Re: [Biofuel] Glycerine Settling Time

2007-08-09 Thread Andres Secco
Joe, For the sake of precise concepts, gliceryn is NOT an emulsifier. Emulsifiers contains a clear lipofilic and hidrofilic zones in the molecule. Which is an emulsifier is the partially reacted mono or di-glicerides, but in a crystal clear liquid there are not emulsions or dispersions.

Re: [Biofuel] Pepsi Forced to Admit It's Bottling Tap Water

2007-08-06 Thread Andres Secco
, Andres Secco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Purify water with reverse osmosis? Friends, it strongly depends on what contamination has in it. Drinking water is far more complicated to produce than one step processing as reverse osmosis, electrodyalisis or simple or complex devices. Destilation

Re: [Biofuel] VW Passat TDi

2007-08-06 Thread Andres Secco
If it is 100% biodiesel can be the fuel filter. This device is clogged by some incomplete reacted portions of the oil. There are some proteins wich forms a gelatine around the filtering system. It is a common problem and can be solved in the biodiesel factory adding some products to

Re: [Biofuel] VW Passat TDi

2007-08-06 Thread Andres Secco
Right. I saw it transparent also like gelatine. Potato protein or animal protein, Animal is white. Depends on what was fried with the raw oil. Is it clogged with a whitish-looking gel? Andres Secco wrote: If it is 100% biodiesel can be the fuel filter. This device is clogged by some

Re: [Biofuel] Pepsi Forced to Admit It's Bottling Tap Water

2007-08-05 Thread Andres Secco
Purify water with reverse osmosis? Friends, it strongly depends on what contamination has in it. Drinking water is far more complicated to produce than one step processing as reverse osmosis, electrodyalisis or simple or complex devices. Destilation is what mother nature do for us for free, then

Re: [Biofuel] Bush Calls For Development Of National Air Conditioner

2007-06-28 Thread Andres Secco
Can´t believe this, a complete bullshit. Does anyone in the american government know the second principle of thermodynamics? Seems not. I am sure that congressmen can´t understand such a complex concept but the others? The reputed universities in the country, come'on. This is a fake -

Re: [Biofuel] Bush Calls For Development Of National Air Conditioner

2007-06-28 Thread Andres Secco
- From: Andres Secco [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Bush Calls For Development Of National Air Conditioner Can´t believe this, a complete bullshit. Does anyone in the american government know the second

Re: [Biofuel] Time is running out to Save Raw Almonds!

2007-06-12 Thread Andres Secco
I am affraid the pasteurization process is necessary because to eat untreated foods is DANGEROUS for humans. The larger the production scale the higher the risk. The living parts of foods are oftenly poisonous for us like bacteria. Thanks to god there is still a lot of vegetables we can eat

Re: [Biofuel] Fruit Trees

2007-06-08 Thread Andres Secco
If trees seems to be strong and other like citrus are healthy, I don´t think is an infection problem. In fact when trees are infected fruit production is higher than usual, since it is a way to use chitin and chitosan to cheat the trees to yield more. I sustain that your problem is a temperature

Re: [Biofuel] Fruit Trees

2007-06-06 Thread Andres Secco
I think it is because you need a number of hours of the complete tree at cold temperatures. The average temperature an the temperature range are important. How many hours at the range below 5 ºC you have in your place? Peach and cherry needs many days at temperatures below 0ºC. As we are

Re: [Biofuel] pH meters

2007-06-04 Thread Andres Secco
Why a pH meter Joshua?. Acidity does not makes sense in an oil phase. The right thing is to make a titration pH has no sense nor numeric sense in a non aqueous systems - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 6:35 AM

Re: [Biofuel] pH meters

2007-06-04 Thread Andres Secco
I agree Jan you are right with the pH meter in this way for the biodiesel. - Original Message - From: Jan Warnqvist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 12:00 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] pH meters Yes, Andres Secco is right. If you want

Re: [Biofuel] Newbie Seeking Diesel Van Recommendations

2007-05-24 Thread Andres Secco
Think KIA besta is the best choice if there is a dealer in your town. I have been using a KIA with Biodiesel for three years and still works as new. - Original Message - From: Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:59 AM Subject:

Re: [Biofuel] Newbie Seeking Diesel Van Recommendations

2007-05-24 Thread Andres Secco
of the US, it'll be easy to find something. On 5/24/07, Andres Secco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Think KIA besta is the best choice if there is a dealer in your town. I have been using a KIA with Biodiesel for three years and still works as new. - Original Message - From

Re: [Biofuel] Methanol Price Increase?

2006-11-22 Thread Andres Secco
Think methanol price is strongly dependant of natural gas price which is linked to fuel prices. - Original Message - From: Thomas Kelly To: biofuel Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:14 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Methanol Price Increase? Hello All, Did I miss the

Re: [Biofuel] testimonials as proof

2006-10-04 Thread Andres Secco
Think is because acupuncture does not mean business for doctors and for pharma companies. Is too easy and extremely cheap and amazingly effective. - Original Message - From: Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 5:51 PM

Re: [Biofuel] 9/11--FIVE YEARS AFTER--PRESS FOR TRUTH

2006-09-17 Thread Andres Secco
Thank you very much for highlight this extraordinary document. - Original Message - From: D. Mindock To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 7:07 AM Subject: [Biofuel] 9/11--FIVE YEARS AFTER--PRESS FOR TRUTH

Re: [Biofuel] 34.6 cents per kilowatt hour. PG

2006-08-28 Thread Andres Secco
My god! , how reality change from one continent to another. Last month I almost had an heart attack when I saw my bill of $ 100 when spent 450 kw-hr. I live in chile a country with no nuclear power plants, only hidro and combined cicle power plants. Think you spent too much in electricity.

[Biofuel] {Disarmed} Re: Using biodiesel in newer truck-cars

2006-08-02 Thread Andres Secco
Dear Steve, I have been testing biodiesel in newer Hyundai and Kia diesel vehicles and have some findings. First of all the base RPM increases up to 1500 RPM. After a week using B50 (50% biodiesel) the normal range comes back. I guess is because the computermodifies the air or fuel intake,

Re: [Biofuel] WVO

2006-07-22 Thread Andres Secco
For me the white layer is non reacted saturated monoglicerides, diglicerides and fat. I made a second step sterification and the layer did not formed again. It seems that more yield is get with a two stage process (using 60% and then 40% of methanol and soda) than a single step one. That white

Re: [Biofuel] [Fwd: Re: [DCBiodieselcoop] Police Check Point - fuel dye test.]

2006-04-12 Thread Andres Secco
I thin that also contains a lot of Chicken Fat . - Original Message - From: bob allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 2:51 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] [Fwd: Re: [DCBiodieselcoop] Police Check Point - fuel dye test.] Howdy Hakan, the

Re: [Biofuel] Kids Build Soybean-Fueled Car

2006-03-01 Thread Andres Secco
Can someone with a real broadband download this and leave it in a rapidshare or some place like that in order to download it. It is frustrating how slow is. --- Original Message - From: Marty Phee [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 2:31 PM

Re: [Biofuel] Quackbuster Busted in Court

2006-03-01 Thread Andres Secco
I agree with joe´s comment. Is the plain truth and so all over the civilized world were doctor title is a way to become rich. At least in south america is so. - Original Message - From: Joe Street To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 10:04

Re: [Biofuel] Trying to produce biodiesel in laboratory scale

2006-02-16 Thread Andres Secco
: Re: [Biofuel] Trying to produce biodiesel in laboratory scale Andres, Doesn´t the water poison the catalyst and give you saponification reactions? From: Andres Secco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:37:16 -0300Subject

Re: [Biofuel] Trying to produce biodiesel in laboratory scale

2006-02-16 Thread Andres Secco
Sure, Thinkit is possible to buy it, ...but. Since sodium methoxide is a dangerous, toxic product which needs special warehousing, in restricted areasin some countries you may need a license to buy it. Even factories needs license to handle it and get that when demonstrates the proper

Re: [Biofuel] Trying to produce biodiesel in laboratory scale

2006-02-16 Thread Andres Secco
: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:54 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Trying to produce biodiesel in laboratory scale Andres, Doesn´t the water poison the catalyst and give you saponification reactions? From: Andres Secco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Biofuel

Re: [Biofuel] Trying to produce biodiesel in laboratory scale

2006-02-15 Thread Andres Secco
Dear Duarte, The basic reaction you are doing is a nucleophilic reaction were the methoxide replaces the glycerine in the fatty acid. So you get free methylstearates (if the oil have stearic acid). This substances called methyl-Stearates or Linoleates arethe Biodiesel. Now, I have some

Re: [Biofuel] Cross Posted: Mercury Levels Rising: Report Release

2006-02-15 Thread Andres Secco
You mean vanilla or vanillin? Commercially is also available ethylvanillin. Remarkable idea!!! - Original Message - From: Garth Kim Travis To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Cross Posted:

Re: [Biofuel] So called magnetic fuel conditionersandmagnetic water treatment

2006-02-14 Thread Andres Secco
Greg, My experience is totally different and disagree with your concepts of no real proofs. There are thousands of cars, cooling towers and boilers running with magnets with very good results. Better fosil fuel yield no fouling are the reported results. Of course if someone wants to pasteurize

Re: [Biofuel] So called magnetic fuel conditioners

2006-02-14 Thread Andres Secco
Dear David, Environment protection agency has been digging in a very serious way since 1972 and they have a complete report on all the work already made. Check this link. http://www.epa.gov/otaq/consumer/reports.htm The general conclussion is they do not recomend a particular device. But if you

Re: [Biofuel] Cross Posted: Mercury Levels Rising: Report Release

2006-02-14 Thread Andres Secco
I am so sorry to say that nothing you can eat will stop the heavy metals contamination if they are in your food or water. The reason why heavy metals content is limited in water and/or food to 20 ppm (parts per million)is the fact that Mercury or Lead (also others) accumulate in the organism

Re: [Biofuel] KOH carbonated

2006-02-13 Thread Andres Secco
Add 5 grams per liter of the KOH you want to test. You may titrate the stuff using HCl and any indicator as phenolftalein or orto-toluidin (from swimming pool test) and when solution changes in color you get or pass the neutral point and compare the quantity of acid used. But... I think and have

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Bio-Diesel in Palestine

2006-02-13 Thread Andres Secco
Dear Elad, Please check the following. Fo you have a source of animal fat or vegetable fat in a rate of five tons per day at least. Waste product the better. A stainless steel reactor 5 cu meters at least. I can advise you on some companis in maahle adumim were to find them Ethanol won´t be a

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-12 Thread Andres Secco
I make my own biodiesel using the waste oil of french fries from the city. I have my own factory so I am free to use the facilities. Usual batch is 400 liters. I do not claim that my quality is premium, but have improved over the months. And is very cheap too, my cost is below 20 cents a

Re: [Biofuel] So called magnetic fuel conditioners

2006-02-11 Thread Andres Secco
soon, if I can find it over the net. Andres - Original Message - From: David Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] So called magnetic fuel conditioners Andres Secco wrote: All will depend on how

Re: [Biofuel] So called magnetic fuel conditioners

2006-02-10 Thread Andres Secco
All will depend on how strong is the magnet. With 6000 gauss or more settled in the gasoline inlet will be enough to get good results on the gas efficiency. Also engine runs much better. Polarization of different materials including boilers fuel, gasoline engines, cooling towers and diesel

Re: [Biofuel] Ethynol vs Biodiesel

2006-02-04 Thread Andres Secco
Andrew, Ethanol and Biodiesel are totally different substances and have completely different applications. Biodiesel works in engines with a compression ratio over 50, like most of diesel engines. Explossion in the engine occurs because a temperature/pressure ratio (the diesel cicle).

Re: [Biofuel] Ethynol vs Biodiesel

2006-02-04 Thread Andres Secco
50:1 I thought is was 20:1 sorry for the confussion. - Original Message - From: Andres Secco [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 7:58 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Ethynol vs Biodiesel Andrew, Ethanol and Biodiesel are totally different