[biofuel] pump size

Between all the exchange between some of our members, I lost sight of the ideal pump size strength for mixing a 45 gallon drum of home brew (filled to 30 gal) Right now I have a 1/3 horse 1 pump. I am about to connect to my reactor. Is this in-/overly/perfectly adequate? Pierre

[biofuel] Re: My view on diesel cars, and a notable event.

Hi Keith, I have received suggestions that WVO based biodiesel may contain substances not present in its virgin counterpart - nitrosamines, dioxins, acrylamides, and that emissions may be more toxic. I'll keep you posted should I come across anything. Pierre --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com,

[biofuel] WVO emissions - was Re: My view on diesel cars, and a notable event.

The suggestions come from colleaugues at work, scientists involved in the petroleum industry. They have no knowledge in the area of biofuel, but like to rain on my parade! I understand the burden of proof tactic, however, I see how the herbs industry gets away with quackery because the

[biofuel] Re: My view on diesel cars, and a notable event.

Keith, I am looking for reports comparing emissions from virgin vegoil biodiesel and watse oil biodiesel. I have left a couple of messages here and there. Do you have any leads? Pierre --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And this is interesting:

[biofuel] Re: Canada - Burying CO2

I happen to work in the federal govenrment of Canada's laboratory that is involoved in the Weyburn project. Although I am not personally involved in the project, I have raised these issues with management in casual hallway conversation. Managers do not want to think of these issues, although

[biofuel] emissions - used veg oil methyl esters vs virgin veg oil methyl esters

A colleague at work suggested to me that used veg oil might contain nitrogen compounds left over from food processing/cooking (plant matter, protein, etc.) This in turn would result in a biodiesel feedstock oil that is not purely veg oil with some free fatty acids. Resulting emissions from

[biofuel] Re: Fahrenheit 9/11

For those of us outside the US, the movie is called Celcius 488 Pierre --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Darryl McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Went to see this last night with my son (age 14). He thought it was awesome. Unfortunately, I could not interest any of the women in the party

[biofuel] Joyeuse St-Jean Baptiste

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[biofuel] Re: Supercritical Reactor - has anyone ever seen one?

Yes, I have. Pierre --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken Do you know of anyone in the whole realm of this group who has ever used a supercritical reactor? As in anywhere? Mark

[biofuel] making a conical drum

a colleague at work was discarding a few used 45 gal steel drums. Some had a swollen bottom, perfect for draining glycerin biodiesel. It turns out that those ones were full of water. Over winter, they froze and the ice swelled distorted the drums at their weakest point. There you go! So

[biofuel] Re: climate changes

--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Darryl Wagoner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Greenhouse effect, global warming and ice age is all related. Our production of the greenhouse gases MAY have speeded up a natural process but it didn't cause it. The bottom line is that it doesn't matter. The

[biofuel] NaOH Methanol mixing Q

Hello, I can't seem to get lye completely dissolved in the methanol. 3.5g 98.5% NaOH, or 4.5 g NaOH, in 200ml 99.9% methanol - mixing, stirring, letting sit, waiting, magnetic stirring, days and days' waiting, tilting - regardless. There is always a thin white sediment that quickly settles

[biofuel] meet in edmonton

Hello Joey, I am also in Edmonton. I would like to meet. I live in Parkallen, just off 109 st, next to the Parkallen Restaurant (BTW, their oil titrates at 4.2 g/l - not bad eh?) Do you make biodiesel? I put an offer on an 88 Jetta in Grande Prairie, if all goes well, I should be driving

[biofuel] [biofuels] Re: US poll about Iraq war

Hi Keith. Your assumption is not quite right, although your comments remain insightful. I am French-Canadian (canadien), member of a colonized people. Pierre --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Pierre, and all This is all quite correct, but you

[biofuel] [biofuels] Re: US poll about Iraq war

--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, balaji [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Colonisation was not however an unmitigated disaster for India and had many positives. We are bringing them to Christianity said Slater on the slave ship. An upright and honest judicial system that continued to dispense humane

[biofuel] Re: US poll about Iraq war

--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Ryan Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All I can add in our defense, is that much more good has come from our use of the land for the good of the world, than from the natives who inhabited it previously. Yes, you too have benefited from Jackson' s quest, so

[biofuel] reaction time vs temp

I just viewed the Iowa state U biodiesel web site video: http://www.me.iastate.edu/biodiesel/ At one point in the video, the narrator states that reaction will complete at room temp, as long as stirring is longer (1-2 hours at 140 F, 2-4 hours at 105 F, 4-8 hours at room temp.) If so, why

[biofuel] oil heater

Keith, I was thinking of building a 4-5 foot high solar cooker to heat a black-painted drum of veg oil. Ever try it? Pierre Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send

[biofuel] Re: 78 mercedes 300d

Hi Ed, here is some of the advice I got: I suggest that you do some research on the car and also ask other 190D owners and see what they say about repair bills. One thing that steered me away from that particular model (when I was looking for a diesel sedan) was that the transmissions didn't

[biofuel] Re: OT: House of Bush, House of Saud book report

--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm reluctant to fiddle with the admirable brevity of your four- word upsumming Art, but the word ideology can cause some confusion. Whatever their political ideology might be, occupied peoples fighting back share

[biofuel] Re: 78 mercedes 300d

Jesse, Ed, John James, Thanks for your advice on the mercedes. Sometimes I can't get over all of the help available from this group, the free advice etc. I am very impressed. I hope I will be able to return at least some of it one day. Pierre --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Neoteric

[biofuel] Re: Preprocessing WVO via centrifuge?

What volumes are we talking about? You could try a hydrocyclone: http://www.krebs.com/ An emulsion is injected tangentially near the fat end of a slender tapered tube. The lighter fraction is separated from the heavier as the emulsion spins down the hydrocyclone's length. The heavier

[biofuel] 78 mercedes 300d

I was once discouraged from buying a mid-eighties 190D. How about a 1978 300D? I can get one here in for 3000$ (Canadian). It looks to be in pretty good shape. No visible rust. Good glass. The used car salesman claims it has only 124,000 miles. Tranny, interior and body apparently

[biofuel] Re: first batch

That middle layer got centrifuged out today. It is just like vaseline. There are filaments when separate tips of my fingers. I think the stuff is unreacted fat. I'm going to re - treat the biodiesel layer to see if any more drops out, then I will treat more of the original oil at diffrent

[biofuel] Re: first batch

I used exactly that type of scale - electronic, .01g accuracy, auto recalibrating to zero at the push of button. Pierre --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, biobenz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does your scale zero off the container? If not you are getting the container PLUS the lye as a weight

[biofuel] Re: first batch

Todd, --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pierre, I'm taking the liberty of posting this response on list for general perusal. Thanks for spending so much time helping out. It's very much appreciated. You've given me enormous feedback. I'll be

[biofuel] Re: Canadian History (was clean diesels more dangerous)

--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Darryl McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well as a Canadian, I figured I'd respond. Actually, when folks call themselves American (or from America), my experience is they are always from the U.S. I've known Mexicans, Argentinians, Brazilians, Guatemalans,

[biofuel] Re: road use tax?

I would spin it this way: I am using methanol to make biodiesel. Once I have made biodiesel, the methanol will be consumed. I will not be using methanol for on- road purposes - it no longer exists, no methanol will be going into my gas tank. I will be using biodiesel. Pierre --- In

[biofuel] Re: first batch

Is it soap? Pierre --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I sent a message 2-3 days ago. Hasn't shown up yet. I'll try again: Hello fellow biodieselers! I can say that now that I made my first batch. It was just a 1 litre batch, here's how I went about it: -

[biofuel] first batch

I sent a message 2-3 days ago. Hasn't shown up yet. I'll try again: Hello fellow biodieselers! I can say that now that I made my first batch. It was just a 1 litre batch, here's how I went about it: - .2 l methanol (99.9%) with 3.5 g gillett lye (100%) shaken in a jar on and off over a

[biofuel] Re: biofuel for railroads

This paper might be useful: http://www.tc.gc.ca/tdc/projects/rail/e/5337.htm http://www.tc.gc.ca/tdc/publication/pdf/14100/14106e.pdf Pierre --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, rayergirl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i am doing a research paper for school, am i am pushing for trains to swith to

[biofuel] jatropha enzymatic transesterification

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[biofuel] Life on the research farm

x-charset ISO-8859-1Life on the research farm http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040226.wstrauss0226/ BNStory/Front/ By STEPHEN STRAUSSGlobe and Mail Update Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004 Let me fill you this week with images of endlessly ejaculating pigs, endlessly omnivorous

[biofuel] BMW diesel

x-charset ISO-8859-1Anyone have experience with diesel bimmers? I am presently looking at a 1986 E28 TD - any advice would be appreciated. Pierre Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark

[biofuel] Re: America has gone super-sized

x-charset ISO-8859-1Although we still have some catching up to do, Western Canada is also definitely part of the supersize market. Ah the turmoil caused by our excesses... Pierre --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, murdoch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good one. On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 17:09:09

[biofuel] America has gone super-sized

x-charset ISO-8859-1America has gone super-sized http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040219.wlett0219/ BNStory/International/ By ALAN FREEMAN Globe and Mail Update Washington — I knew that something was up when I wandered into the drugstore next door to The Globe and Mail's

[biofuel] Bush administration fudging data top scientists warn

x-charset ISO-8859-1Bush administration fudging data top scientists warn By OLIVER MOOREGlobe and Mail Update Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004 Twenty Nobel laureates are among the scores of scientists who on Wednesday accused the Bush administration of using dubious science to gain public support

[biofuel] Re: SVO/diesel mix in Calgary diesel vehicles

x-charset ISO-8859-11) Oops! I originally read it in the Calgary Herald - sorry about the confusion and switched city names. 2) B20 instead of SVO? That is a major journalistic error! CanWest needs to correct that! Pierre --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Neoteric Biofuels Inc [EMAIL

[biofuel] Re: SVO/diesel mix in Calgary diesel vehicles

x-charset ISO-8859-1Ernest, Sorry about the mistake - it is linked to the fact I read it originally in the Calgary Herald - the name Calgary got subconcsiously substituted into the subject line! I am of the opinion that Canadians know very little about their own country. - Now why should I

[biofuel] SVO/diesel mix in Calgary diesel vehicles

x-charset ISO-8859-1 Fast food aroma replaces toxic whiff of diesel fumes Monday, February 09, 2004 Kent Spencer The Province http://www.canada.com/search/story.html?id=0ee1d616-8107-40df-b4de- f3de1da2bc75 Some drivers are feeling better about foul-smelling diesel trucks after toodling

[biofuel] Re: Current Ice Age

x-charset ISO-8859-1Actually, we are technically in an interglacial period. Ice age is a glacial period Pierre --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Bryan Brah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually we're still technically in an ice age. Most of the time the planet doesn't have large sheets of ice

[biofuel] Interesting Canadian invention

x-charset ISO-8859-1Also visit the patent link within the article Veuillez aussi visiter le lien qui mène au brevet états-unien www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/01/19/hydrogen040119 Pierre Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives:

[biofuel] modern intensive livestock farming

x-charset ISO-8859-1Animal factories: So-called factory farms produce food efficiently, but raise a stink among environmentists and animal welfare advocates They're big. They're often noisy. And they can really stink. A smell that will rot your socks. A smell that comes from the mountains

[biofuel] Re: rant F-ing Bosch!

x-charset ISO-8859-1That's right, it could be because it is a big corporation, with a few bitter employees whose positions are protected by the union, or it could be a bosch thing, we don't know. But I believe it is beyond unfair to say that it is because they are german! It is not ethnic

[biofuel] Re: MODERATOR'S MESSAGE - PLEASE READ

Were the west running on biodiesel, this topic (as interesting as it was) would not even have come up! Pierre --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The thread: Fwd: FW: Feeling Patriotic? is now closed. No more messages on this topic please. Keith

[biofuel] Re: Brittle Power

... and China and India Pierre --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is only a matter of time until Europe flexes its economic might, ... Doug Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: