Dear Padraig,
What makes you so sure it is methyl stearate? Do you have a reference for this
perhaps?
By the way, did you ever receive that paper I sent you entitled Kinetics of
Palm Oil
Transesterification In a Batch Reactor by D. Darnoko Munir Cheryan ?
I have received no
Dear Wendell,
The skin that you are talking about is a common
occurence with WVO. It is wax which forms in contact with cold air above the
liquid surface. You will also notice a skin forming on the insides of your
tanks. The wax will be methyl stearate. Paddy
Iâve been making BD from WVO for a while (Cottonola brand in Aus), but have
problems lately with a skin that rapidly forms on the BD surface after about
5 days of standing. The skin forms extremely quickly when removed by
skimming, usually in 1 hour. Ive also use a water scrub to no avail.. any
