Re: [Biofuel] hydrogen fuel balls from a gas pump?

2006-05-25 Thread Mike McGinness
I guess we will all just have a BALL, LOL. OK, I guess it's not really funny after all. GOOD Question I just wrote a published paper late last year on the hazards of NanoTech particles on just this sort of item. Mike McGinness Joe Street wrote: Uh huh and what happens when you breathe

Re: [Biofuel] American diesels

2006-05-19 Thread Mike McGinness
What year was it made? Mike McGinness Marty Phee wrote: My Jeep liberty has a 2.7L diesel. Thompson, Mark L. (PNB RD) wrote: Mainly because there are very few small diesel power cars. The standard is the 4000lb+ trucks with V8 Cummins Turbo diesels. Im not sure there is a 4

Re: [Biofuel] HELP

2006-05-10 Thread Mike McGinness
Alex, Try Perry's Chemical Engineers Handbook, by Perry Green, in the reference section of the library. Mike McGinness Alex Mashego wrote: hi guys i need help, i have a task to design a heat exchanger to cool 78% sulphuric acid, but i cant seem to find the chemical and physical

Re: [Biofuel] EPA to citizens: Frack you

2006-05-10 Thread Mike McGinness
Eagles out there? Mike McGinness Marylynn Schmidt wrote: The AMA, the AVMA are both trade associations .. and if you look you will find that all these trade associations are international .. all these international trade associations are international money. Laws are on the books that dis-allow

Re: [Biofuel] New Biodiesel Catalyst

2006-05-07 Thread Mike McGinness
particles. by creating a mixed oxide catalyst that has both acidic and basic catalytic sites. Acidic catalysts on the particle can convert the free fatty acids to biodiesel while basic catalysts can convert the oils into fuel. Mike McGinness

Re: [Biofuel] was WVO-Water Separation: coalescer media, now electric resistance heat efficiency

2006-04-28 Thread Mike McGinness
! By the way have you all heard this version of the three laws of Thermodynamics!!! Rule 1: You can't win! Rule 2: You can't break even! Rule 3: You can't get of the game! LOL Heard it from a Rice University physics professor (my brother). Best, Mike McGinness Joe Street wrote: Hey I just

Re: [Biofuel] Water in recovered methanol?

2006-04-28 Thread Mike McGinness
In additon, a fractionating column requires a reflux, the partial return and recycling of distillate product from the condenser back down the fractionating column which increases the energy tax (energy costs) of purifying the methanol. Mike McGinness bob allen wrote: without getting

Re: [Biofuel] Water in recovered methanol?

2006-04-28 Thread Mike McGinness
boil off more methanol and less water initially. There is a gradual increase in boiling temperature as the water content (% water) increases in the boiling mix, and there is a gradual increase in the water content in the condensate as the boiling temperature increases. Best, Mike McGinness

Re: [Biofuel] was WVO-Water Separation: coalescer media, now electric resistance heat efficiency

2006-04-27 Thread Mike McGinness
gineering thermodynamics class at U of H that really STUCK with me! Best, Mike McGinness Joe Street wrote: Yes but the electrical energy is converted to heat with practically 100% eff regardless of it's source of generation which is what I meant. You are right of course, electrical generation is

Re: [Biofuel] Teeny reactor pumps out Biodiesel

2006-04-24 Thread Mike McGinness
Kirk, I wonder if they have considered putting these right in the vehicles and feeding the VO to the onboard mini-reactor to produce biodiesel as needed to fuel the vehicles. Mike McGinness Kirk McLoren wrote: Wired News: Teeny Reactor Pumps Out Biodiesel http://wired.com/news/wireservice

Re: [Biofuel] Chemical Grades

2006-04-23 Thread Mike McGinness
get a batch to batch variation of 20% due to impurities and the true variation between recipes is only 15%, your data, the data you want, will be some what hidden within the 20% variations. Best, Mike McGinness Chris Tan wrote: To Prof. Bob Allen, I plan to compare the relative

Re: [Biofuel] pump position problem

2006-04-21 Thread Mike McGinness
pipe. The chamber is then high enough with respect to the pump impeller and impeller housing to keep the pump head / impeller area flooded during pump and while the pump is off. Mike McGinness Jason Katie wrote: couldnt you put a check valve in line before the pump, and use the pump chamber

Re: [Biofuel] pump position problem

2006-04-20 Thread Mike McGinness
? If it is not a self priming pump you can add a small flooded priming tank directly in front of the pump. They make separate priming chamber / inlet filters for straight centrifugal (non-selfpriming) pool pumps. Good luck, Mike McGinness [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I have a problem with my new processor

Re: [Biofuel] Help needed.

2006-04-17 Thread Mike McGinness
, just take it slow and easy. Be safe, Mike McGinness Chris Tan wrote: Greetings Everyone, Do any of you know just how to safely open a sealed 55gal steel drum full of methanol? It's my first time. Thanks, Chris ___ Biofuel mailing list

Re: [Biofuel] Xenophobic email for 'Merikans - tax question

2006-04-15 Thread Mike McGinness
://www.biodiesel.org/news/taxincentive/ From what this seems to say there may be a complex calculation of credits and taxes that becomes a wash or they may even owe you money. Best, Mike McGinness Mike Weaver wrote: Thank you - I was wondering about federal taxes bob allen wrote: Howdy Mike, I

Re: [Biofuel] galvanized tanks

2006-04-14 Thread Mike McGinness
the batch. Perhaps someone else can advise you on the pH's of the phases at the clarification stage, or if they have tried this before. Best, Mike McGinness Andrew Leven wrote: Hi ,I just finished bubblewashing a 30L batch of bio but it is still cloudy.I have a galvanized tank from an old jet pump

Re: [Biofuel] BYU professor's group accusesU.S.officialsoflyingabout 9/11

2006-04-14 Thread Mike McGinness
Senate shelved the proposed law for now, as a result of the public outcry and protests! They recognized the huge mistake they were about to make thanks to the protests. Peaceful protests do happen and they do succeed! Mike McGinness Keith Addison wrote: I have to agree that social change does

Re: [Biofuel] Xenophobic email for 'Merikans - tax question

2006-04-14 Thread Mike McGinness
that the state of Texas has exempted biodiesel, B-100, or that portion which is biodiesel from taxation. Best, Mike McGinness Mike Weaver wrote: I have been keeping track of the BD I am burning in my car - it's not much - does anyone know how to pay the sales tax due? -Mike

[Biofuel] Gas and Ethanol shortage, more price hikes this summer

2006-04-14 Thread Mike McGinness
ethanol online for 10 more months to replace MTBE, according to the article. Result, huge gas shortages this summer in the USA with huge price hikes to be the result. Get ready for $?.00 / gallon gas. Source Waste News Magazine, April 10th, 2006, pg. 8. Mike McGinness

Re: [Biofuel] sustainable biodiesel from Casto : Big is notbeautiful, small is more sustainable

2006-04-14 Thread Mike McGinness
applications contain AW agents. Best, Mike McGinness [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I understand that lubricity has to do with the ability of the oil to maintain a lubricating film under pressure. Viscosity has to do with how readily the oil flows. They are not related. An early detailed study

Re: [Biofuel] [SPAM] Re: Garrison Keillor on Bush II

2006-04-09 Thread Mike McGinness
real vice is eating healthy, raw organic vegetables. Mike McGinness Gary L. Green wrote: Speaking of beer, and I was, ... Mike, I read they are going into bars and arresting people for being drunk. Pre-crime. I never thought I'd see it in my life time. On 09Apr, 2006, at 2:40 AM, Mike

Re: [Biofuel] [Fwd: [IP] Is the US preparing to bomb Iran?]

2006-04-09 Thread Mike McGinness
if they hear from enough of us now they will take decisive action. Mike McGinness Marty Phee wrote: Original Message Subject:[IP] Is the US preparing to bomb Iran? Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 15:43:42 -0400 From: David Farber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] New American Bumper stickers - Oh boy

2006-04-09 Thread Mike McGinness
Doug, Well I am not a god, but I will be happy to exclude you from Terry's us below. Terry, I apologize for the error. Perhaps that was a Freudian (chains, Chainey?) slip on my part, LOL. Thanks for correcting the spelling, your right it is Dick Cheney. Mike McGinness doug wrote: Terry

Re: [Biofuel] New American Bumper stickers

2006-04-09 Thread Mike McGinness
local election, it is a volunteer thing! Join a local voters rights activist group. Best, Mike McGinness Marylynn Schmidt wrote: Just my opinion .. nothing more If the ballet system doesn't include a write-in and ALSO A PAPER TRAIL I wouldn't trust it .. I'm hearing .. and believing a lot

Re: [Biofuel] [Fwd: [IP] Is the US preparing to bomb Iran?]

2006-04-09 Thread Mike McGinness
believe they were next. I have heard no mention of this yet in the news. Let's all pray that reason and sanity prevail once again. Best wishes for world peace, Mike McGinness Hakan Falk wrote: Mike, As a foreigner and hearing Bush preparing for attacks on Iran, I sometimes have a very short

Re: [Biofuel] Using Pex?

2006-04-08 Thread Mike McGinness
resistance chart for it. http://www.ppfahome.org/pex/faqpex.html Also, Nylon is probably even better than PEX. -Mike McGinness WM LUKE MATHISEN wrote: I have some PEX tubing left over from plumbing our house, any one with experience using PEX to build a processor? Will the lye react

Re: [Biofuel] BYU professor's group accuses U.S. officials oflyingabout 9/11

2006-04-08 Thread Mike McGinness
(and any oscillation it caused) plus the changes in the properties of the metals and alloys when exposed to the heat. They must have been major factors in the collapse. Lastly, if there were charges then why didn't the fire set them off right away and collapse the buildings immediately? Mike McGinness

Re: [Biofuel] Garrison Keillor on Bush II

2006-04-08 Thread Mike McGinness
him back in Texas, and we can't leave him in Washington either. By the way I voted against the republicans and the Bushes since 1990, so don't blaim me. Mike McGinness "D. Mindock" wrote: Garrison Keillor, Tribune Media Services Published March 15, 2006 Spring arrived in New York

Re: [Biofuel] BYU professor's group accuses U.S. officials of lyingabout 9/11

2006-04-08 Thread Mike McGinness
I also still wonder how, if there were explosives in the building, how they avoided being triggered by the impact, explosion and fire from the plane's impact? And if they did use explosives, and if the explosives did survive the fire, impact and explosion why did they wait so long to set them

Re: [Biofuel] BYU professor's group accuses U.S. officialsoflyingabout 9/11

2006-04-08 Thread Mike McGinness
Hakan, Great, Thanks! If we can come up with an O2 flow rate needed per person we could do some calcs and what-if-ing. Also, I know a few pilots here, I will ask them if they know how big the supply is? Mike McGinness Hakan Falk wrote: Mike, If it follows the rules for the pilots

[Biofuel] April 3, 2006 issue of Time Magazine

2006-04-08 Thread Mike McGinness
corporations and individuals as well as others worldwide to reduce greenhouse gas emissions including CO2 inspite of Bush and the current US congress. It is a good read and highly recommended. Mike McGinness Global Warming: Be Worried. Be Very Worried http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20060403,00

Re: [Biofuel] BYU professor's group accuses U.S. officials oflyingabout 9/11

2006-04-08 Thread Mike McGinness
Thanks Mike, I seem to recall the same thing, architect interview, but on a recent PBS broadcast on the topic. Probably why I thought the size of the planes made a bigger difference, or a bigger impact . Best Mike McGinness D. Mindock wrote: And the towers were designed for impact by large

Re: [Biofuel] New EPA Rules

2006-04-08 Thread Mike McGinness
that are out of control. Best, Mike McGinness Best Keith Some are driven only by regulation and some are also being driven by fear of litigation. I am already hearing rumblings in the legal circles of new class action lawsuits in the works, here in the USA, suing the large CO2 sources

Re: [Biofuel] New EPA Rules

2006-04-04 Thread Mike McGinness
in Texas environmental policy that worked. I am not saying this proposed new rule should not be scrutinized for unwarranted loopholes, but there are two sides to this story. Best, Mike McGinness robert luis rabello wrote: It looks more like the "Endangering Permission Agency" . . . http

Re: [Biofuel] New EPA Rules

2006-04-04 Thread Mike McGinness
: robert luis rabello wrote: Mike McGinness wrote: > Robert, snip> > The idea was that these facilities were avoiding making any changes > because they would trigger NSR and thus trigger forced, federally > mandated, MAJOR costly upgrade costs site wide based on MACT, BACT > requirem

Re: [Biofuel] acids

2006-04-04 Thread Mike McGinness
/gallon, 55 gallons, thats $5,170 /drum profit. Half a truck load and I could retire. Mike McGinness JJJN wrote: David, The only place you are going to find 98% Acid is either a lab supply or a Chemical supply. In the United States there is a Hazmat charge and a Homeland Security charge

Re: [Biofuel] Glycerine use and other fancy stuff

2006-03-31 Thread Mike McGinness
it mechanically mixed. It sounds like its partly a physics topic, not just physical chemistry. Mike McGinness Joe Street wrote: I guess you didn't read the abstract which says that settling time IS also reduced with ultrasonics (although I don't understand the mechanism or how that works). Joe Tonomr Andrs

[Biofuel] Recent PBS report Persons of Interest TALON program - US AirForce

2006-03-30 Thread Mike McGinness
on. He learned the videotape was the tip of the iceberg. Over the years, the local sheriff had written hundreds of pages of reports about Nall's group and others... Please browse to: http://www.pbs.org/now/printable/transcriptN0W212_full_print.html for the rest of the story. Mike McGinness

Re: [Biofuel] Speeding up the acid/base process

2006-03-30 Thread Mike McGinness
(28 khz) and another for the separation stage (600 khz). The patent claims an even wider range of usable frequencies, up to 3,000 khz! Here is the US version of the patent itself: Patent I am not sure that I follow the math on claim #4!?? -Mike McGinness Joe Street wrote: Well I found

Re: [Biofuel] Speeding up the acid/base process

2006-03-30 Thread Mike McGinness
advantages. I would think that a simple centrifugal pump with high internal shear forces would accomplish the same end results as an ultrasonic unit, and do it faster and at much less cost. Hope this helps. Best Mike McGinness Joe Mike Weaver wrote: You can buy fairly small ones

[Biofuel] More on complexities of Global warming and recent solar input update

2006-03-30 Thread Mike McGinness
Published March 9, 2006, from: GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 33, L05708, doi:10.1029/2005GL025539, 2006 Phenomenological solar contribution to the 1900–2000 global surface warming N. Scafetta Physics Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA B. J. West Physics

Re: [Biofuel] Speeding up the acid/base process

2006-03-30 Thread Mike McGinness
. -Mike McGinness Joe Street wrote: Well I found THIS which gives a little more info about frequency and power density. It looks like this is done in a tank without agitation and settling happens with higher frequency u-sonics. Hmmm. Joe ___ Biofuel

[Biofuel] Free Earth-Policy Institute newsletter

2006-03-29 Thread Mike McGinness
mention of them here so far and I thought you and others here might want to know about them. Their e-newsletter is free. You might also want to bring what you are doing to their attention since they seem to have many similar goals to yours. -Mike McGinness Here is a link to one of their pages

Re: [Biofuel] Free Earth-Policy Institute newsletter

2006-03-29 Thread Mike McGinness
Keith, I had searched for just earth policy and earth-policy, and came up with zero hits the first time. I figured if those did not turn up anything in the data base then narrower terms like www.earthpolicy.org would not turn up anything either so I stopped the search. Now I am really puzzled!

Re: [Biofuel] BYU professor's group accuses U.S. officials of lyingabout 9/11

2006-03-28 Thread Mike McGinness
the professors theory or his claim that explosives were also used. Mike McGinness Tom Irwin wrote: Hi Bob and all, I think it's in a lot of water supplies. But I have a couple of questions for you that have bothered me for sometime.. How does an oxygen starved kerosene fire melt structural steel

Re: [Biofuel] Global warming, oceans warming up, earth's core climate changes

2006-03-22 Thread Mike McGinness
/ He also sites papers published in Nature which is considered by many to be the premier peer-reveiwed journal on original new research work, but I do not have a suscription and I have not been able to get to the actual article text that he cited as it is not free online. Mike McGinness Tom Irwin

Re: [Biofuel] Humates

2006-03-21 Thread Mike McGinness
://www.livearth.com/articles/art2.htm Mike McGinness ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html

[Biofuel] Global warming, oceans warming up, earth's core climate changes

2006-03-20 Thread Mike McGinness
I ran into something new (to me) recently on the topic of global warming, CO2 and the greenhouse gas issue that I decided to follow up on today to see if there was anything to it. I have spent an entire day reading and searching the internet on the topic and here are the best links to what I

Re: [Biofuel] Fuel Lines for a VW

2006-03-18 Thread Mike McGinness
great with BD. It is great for suction or pressure use, usually up to 125 PSIG, as it has internal reinforcing between the inner (Nylon) and out tube materials. Mike McGinness Thomas Kelly wrote: Hello to All, A friend started using BD100 in his VW pickup. It is now oozing fuel through the fuel

Re: [Biofuel] automating titration

2006-03-14 Thread Mike McGinness
are very costly and overkill. Hope this helps, Mike McGinness Jason Katie wrote: i cant help but be aggravated, i have been searching for almost a week and a half for a formula that would result in a pH of 8.4-8.6, but of the hundreds of pages i have read, all the formulas are strictly

Re: [Biofuel] Methoxide Questions

2006-03-14 Thread Mike McGinness
Logan, The reaction forms water (H2O) and Sodium Methoxide (CH3ONa) from the methanol (CH3OH) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH). I think part of the answer to your second question is it will make more soaps (not good) if you adjust the pH first. Mike McGinness Logan Vilas wrote: I've searched

Re: [Biofuel] automating titration

2006-03-14 Thread Mike McGinness
is needed in the large batch. Hope this helps clarify things. Mike McGinness Jason Katie wrote: Mr. McGinness i thank you for the advice on the pumps/ flow controls, i hadnt considered ready-made equipment (i usually build my own rig) ill have to look into that, but my problem does not lie

Re: [Biofuel] What the: outlawing chemical sales to the public

2006-03-05 Thread Mike McGinness
on this (proposed legislation or regulations) I have contacts here that I can alert to help put a stop to this. Mike McGinness Jeromie Reeves wrote: http://www.unitednuclear.com/ WARNING! - The Government is actively attempting to eliminate all chemical sales to the public. This action has been

Re: [Biofuel] So called magnetic fuel conditioners and magneticwater treatment

2006-02-19 Thread Mike McGinness
, and home water heaters for instance is an energy saving issue. Enjoy, Mike McGinness Keith Addison wrote: Hello Greg Until you take the human influence ( conscious or subconscious ) and other variables from the results, there is no way to do any conclusive scientific test.Without any

Re: [Biofuel] KOH carbonated

2006-02-13 Thread Mike McGinness
Thomas, Thanks for the corection, I plead temporary insanity (actually I was distracted when I rushed out that email). You are correct there is no O2 produced. Mike Tomas Juknevicius wrote: Mike McGinness wrote: The KOH reacts with CO2 in the air producing K2CO3 + O2 + H20. The K2CO3

Re: [Biofuel] KOH carbonated

2006-02-12 Thread Mike McGinness
in the fish section of the store for under $20.00. Mike McGinness JJJN wrote: Hello everyone, I just got 50 #s of KOH for next to nothing. It is in flake form but it is carbonated to some extent (unkown). I have some lab grade KOH that is near absolute also. Can anyone give me a complete

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

2006-02-12 Thread Mike McGinness
of the data. And thanks for the links in your posting, they have lot of information I did not yet have in my archive on the topic of mercury toxicity. Mike McGinness Michael Redler wrote: Mike McGinness wrote: Second I would not put a lot of faith in such a sampling procedure 'we've been

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

2006-02-12 Thread Mike McGinness
dealing with the local County Health Clinic dispensing the Vaccines recently. Of course that begs the next question of what toxin they replaced the mercury with to keep the vaccine and flu shots sterile and presumably safe! Mike McGinness Margo wrote: Mercury seems to be in the vaccines

Re: [Biofuel] So called magnetic fuel conditioners andmagnetic water treatment

2006-02-12 Thread Mike McGinness
bob allen wrote: Howdy Mike, Mike McGinness wrote: I studied this topic extensively for 30 years now and I am a chemical engineer. It is not all a con, though some of it has a lot of pseudo science why it works theories printed in the marketing literature as fact (which

Re: [Biofuel] KOH carbonated

2006-02-12 Thread Mike McGinness
Titrate to what end point? Mike McGinness bob allen wrote: make two solutions of the same concentration with the good and questionable KOH. titrate against any standard acid and compare. JJJN wrote: Hello everyone, I just got 50 #s of KOH for next to nothing. It is in flake form

Re: [Biofuel] So called magnetic fuel conditioners

2006-02-12 Thread Mike McGinness
Yes indeed, it sounds exactly like snake oil reading the marketing claims below. Mike McGinness David Miller wrote: Andres Secco wrote: Dear all, Magnets are being offered through spam e-mail and its has been so since early '90 ties. The professional use of magnets is very wide. My

Re: [Biofuel] So called magnetic fuel conditioners

2006-02-11 Thread Mike McGinness
Check out surface tension effects! It affects atomization. Mike McGinness David Miller wrote: Andres Secco wrote: 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

Re: [Biofuel] So called magnetic fuel conditioners and magnetic water treatment

2006-02-11 Thread Mike McGinness
, oxygen, is a di-radical with two unpaired electrons! Mike McGinness [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nmfrc.org/ateww.cfm http://www.ecoshieldenv.com Andres Secco wrote: 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

Re: [Biofuel] The End of the Internet

2006-02-11 Thread Mike McGinness
Funny when you think that the internet all started with DARPA Mike McGinness Evergreen Solutions wrote: I just wanted to chime in very quickly about the hacker mentality and ethic. In theory, hackers hack to make things better. Security, speed, effeciency, clock cycles, whatever. I

[Biofuel] U.S. panel to open patent probe on Toyota hybrids - Feb. 10, 2006

2006-02-11 Thread Mike McGinness
The last I heard of this, Ford, GM and Chrysler's hybrids were less energy efficient than their gas only US versions and they were forced to use the Toyota hybrid algorithm that was the key to making the hybrids more energy efficient than the gas only versions (along with paying patent

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

2006-02-11 Thread Mike McGinness
cancer pharmaceutical medicines from the cancer patients Your mercury study may be further proof he was right! Mike McGinness Michael Redler wrote: Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:26:10 -0500

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

2006-02-11 Thread Mike McGinness
are probably the single largest unregulated source of mercury emissions in the environment! Thanks to the FDA! Mike McGinness Michael Redler wrote: Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:26:10 -0500

Re: [Biofuel] U.S. panel to open patent probe on Toyota hybrids - Feb. 10, 2006

2006-02-11 Thread Mike McGinness
Andy, Thanks for the details, it looks and sounds interesting. Mike ama-iplaw wrote: Hi MIke !!! Here is Solomon's web-site: http://www.solomontechnologies.com/index2.html . Their corprate filings are also available in Edgar via their web-site. The patent involved is US 5,067,932. If