[biofuels-biz] India's cabinet approves tough emission norms
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/13960/story.htm Planet Ark Environmental News: India's cabinet approves tough emission norms INDIA: January 9, 2002 NEW DELHI - India will impose tough emission norms that will require refiners to invest $7.25 billion in the next eight years, government officials said on Tuesday. The norms were recommended by an official panel that was asked to suggest automobiles fuels, technologies and fiscal measures needed to meet environmental standards. The cabinet has approved the recommendations made in the interim report by the experts committee on Auto Fuel Policy and decided to take necessary steps for implementation of recommendations, a government statement said. Petroleum ministry officials said they would direct refiners to upgrade their facilities to produce cleaner fuels. The refiners would need to spend 170 billion rupees ($3.52 billion) by 2005 and another 180 billion rupees by 2010 to meet the tough emission norms that will be introduced in two phases, the report said. It said the automobile industry would need to invest about 250 billion rupees on new technology to reduce emissions from vehicles. The report also said that because of the large investment needed the government would need to provide fiscal incentives to these sectors. The government would also encourage use of alternative fuels such as ethanol, Compressed Natural Gas, Liquefied Petroleum Gas and electricity, officials said. REUTERS NEWS SERVICE Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WoOlbB/7.PDAA/ySSFAA/9bTolB/TM -~- Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuels-biz] The Biodiesel King
http://www.industryclick.com/magazinearticle.asp?magazineid=20release id=9765magazinearticleid=138111siteid=5 Soybean Digest The Biodiesel King by Sherry Collins Soybean Digest, Jan 1, 2002 Grant Goodman doesn't grow soybeans, doesn't haul them, doesn't eat them and he doesn't process them. He burns them. In fact, almost a million bushels of them a year in the form of biodiesel. As CEO of Rockland Materials, Goodman is the largest commercial user of biodiesel in the country. He operates a rock aggregate business and a ready-mix company in Phoenix, AZ, moving 2 million tons of aggregate rock and 640,000 yards of concrete a year. He started his company four years ago with one diesel truck; now he has 120. For an unbiased test, Goodman secretly switched five company trucks to run on biodiesel. After a week of no problems he switched five more. Week three: All 120 trucks were running on B100, 100% biodiesel. Every business is cost-conscious, but Goodman's conscience cost him, and his business, $350,000. That's the price he paid in 2001 over and above his cost for diesel fuel. The premium paid for B100 adds an extra 20-60¢/gallon. There's no subsidy and no tax credits. No reason to do it other than it's the right thing to do. Goodman's devotion to clean air underscores his devotion to his family - his wife and son both suffer from asthma. It would nauseate me if I were running all these trucks and I knew I could do something about our air quality and didn't, Goodman says. In trucking, we have a huge opportunity to impact the environment positively if we choose to do so. That positive action has created some positive reaction. Mr. Goodman's commitment to biodiesel reinforces many of the reasons why it should be the fuel of choice for Americans, says Bart Ruth, American Soybean Association president. It reduces our dependence on foreign sources of oil and is sustainable, homegrown and a secure source of energy. The environmental benefits of the higher level blends, B20 and B100, are well-documented, Ruth adds. He is to be commended for his proactive role in expansion of the biodiesel industry. From an environmental standpoint, Goodman had his point proved the hard way on Aug. 29, 2001. A railcar carrying 28,000 gallons of biodiesel for Rockland Materials derailed. The derailment caused an uproar as the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and local emergency officials prepared to deal with a toxic chemical spill of diesel fuel. When officials realized it was biodiesel, the spill was quickly cleaned up; basically being washed down the drain. Goodman lost a railcar of fuel but it just finally confirmed everything we've been talking about, he says. Biofuel is biodegradable and nontoxic. It's less toxic than table salt. The cost difference is coming down, and Goodman believes he'll see better engine wear due to increased lubricity (see Low-Sulfur Solution, page 30, in our December issue). Overall, he believes one man can make a difference. Anyone with questions about using B100 can call Goodman at 602-508-8089. © 2002, PRIMEDIA Business Magazines Media Inc. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/9bTolB/TM -~- Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuels-biz] Mother Earth News Waste Oil Heater
Had a good look at this with a view to burning glycerol (after recovering XS methanol). If anybody has actually built one of these, perhaps they will have some advice on how well it works..and on what fuel. Any temperature estimates? Combustion air is admitted via the pre-heating chamber on the flue, but I would be apprehensive about gases escaping in the reverse direction, particularly at start-up shut-down. Fan assisted air might help raise combustion temperature to avoid acrolein, but positive pressure in the furnace body is undesirable due to outward leakage of gases. On the other hand, a fan assisted flue would be very hot. Perhaps the best might be for a tall flue stack to gain a good natural draught. Any ideas before we start cutting metal? David T. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/9bTolB/TM -~- Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuels-biz] Mother Earth News Waste Oil Heater
Keith, this is Wayne Denis from Edmonton Canada, well done on the photos. This answered alot of questions for me. Hi Wayne Good, I'm glad it helps. The originals are a bad photocopy, I managed to improve them quite a lot. Hope it's all clear enough now. Have you ventured into the construction of you own waste oil burner? I'd like to, but not a good set-up for such things here (Tokyo), not in any way. :-( Tganks again, Wayne D. You're most welcome. Best Keith Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/9bTolB/TM -~- Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuels-biz] Mother Earth News Waste Oil Heater
Had a good look at this with a view to burning glycerol (after recovering XS methanol). If anybody has actually built one of these, perhaps they will have some advice on how well it works..and on what fuel. Any temperature estimates? Combustion air is admitted via the pre-heating chamber on the flue, but I would be apprehensive about gases escaping in the reverse direction, particularly at start-up shut-down. Fan assisted air might help raise combustion temperature to avoid acrolein, but positive pressure in the furnace body is undesirable due to outward leakage of gases. On the other hand, a fan assisted flue would be very hot. Perhaps the best might be for a tall flue stack to gain a good natural draught. Any ideas before we start cutting metal? David T. Hi David Here's one bit of feedback: A person I have talked to who uses this stove is incorporating a device to heat his oil to a constant temperature to control drip flowrate and claims no need for draft adjustment. While I initially had my doubts about clean burning this same person reports that the stove burns odor and smoke free when it is hot and burning at a constant rate. He reports some problems with the stove going out when the oil flow is at low flow rates. You'd have to pre-heat your glyc anyway, eh? Should be fine. Try it as-is, modify if needed, is probably a safe enough way to proceed. Please let us know how you fare. I'd really value some feedback on using this heater with glyc. Keith Addison Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WoOlbB/7.PDAA/ySSFAA/9bTolB/TM -~- Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuels-biz] Re: Fwd: biofuel locomotive
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], martin.brook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can somebody tell me how to make ethanol from wood please.Martin Brook. The short answer is, it can't be economically done on a homescale. The longer answer is to do it on a commercial scale, it depends again on the size of the scale. I'm working on a couple of different processes. Hydrolysis and fermentation for a 100 ton/day facility and a larger facility that will gasify and catalyze to Ethanol and synthetic Diesel fuel. The gasifier numbers don't currently work for less than 350 tons/day. The fermentation numbers are marginal at any less than 100 tons/day. The major factor is cost of feedstock. A bigger plant is more efficient, but the transportation costs for feedstock rise rapidly. If I had a site with a feedstock supply of 1000 tons/day within 10 miles..? Motie Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/9bTolB/TM -~- Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Ethanol from wood - was Re: [biofuels-biz] Fwd: biofuel locomotive
Can somebody tell me how to make ethanol from wood please.Martin Brook. Cambridge. England Fuel From Sawdust -- by Mike Brown (from Acres, USA, 19 June 1983): Conversion of cellulose, such as sawdust, cornstalks, newspaper and other substances, to alcohol -- a fairly uncomplicated and straightforward process. http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_sawdust.html Uses acid, it's a process that's used successfully in Brazil, Indonesia, all over the world. Whether it's economical or not depends on your circumstances. If you try it, I'd much appreciate some feedback. Best Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/9bTolB/TM -~- Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] WVO cogneration update...help!!!!!!
Dana, The Wall Street Journal also publishes (daily) electricity prices. Craig Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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-Original Message- From: Christian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 12:36 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] Pressure I was thinking today (yes.. it«s an ability I sometimes have): Often chemical processes (specially polimerization) require high pressures. High pressure speeds up or even allows many reactions often not attainable at normal 1 atm. If I don«t recall badly, the inventors of Polartec (TM) started out in their basement, and made their first Polartec (TM) (or Fleece, or whatever you call it) batch in a pressure cooker. Pressure cookers are available in all shapes and sizes, and although they are not the cheapest saucepans around, the do a very good job in the processes mentioned. This mail might sound stupid. I don«t need to perform a reaction at high pressure for the time being, but I just wanted to remind those who had forgotten about this method, of the existance of pressure cookers. (No, I don«t sell them). Regards, Christian [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 11:36 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: Average BTU consumed Per Passenger mile by mode of travel Check out www.DipetaneUSA.com or www.Dipetane.com. Richard [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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-Original Message- From: motie_d [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 11:28 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] Re: Average BTU consumed Per Passenger mile by mode of travel Is it difficult for Americans to construct more efficient cars? As of 2001 - using only existing technologies and without harming safety or performance - the fuel economy of U.S. cars could be raised by 17% to 36% and by 27% to 47% for light trucks. Is this info being kept secret? I don't own a car, but I would LOVE to be able to increase my light truck fuel economy by 27 to 47% without a decrease in performance or safety. I assume the drawback is expense? Motie Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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-Original Message- From: motie_d [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 11:16 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] Re: Glycol Craig Thanks Craig, but it's lactic acid, not ethanol. Now if we could find an easy way of converting glycol to ethanol... Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ Sort of like an Alchemist dedicating his life to find how to convert gold into lead? LOL ;-) Motie Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] No washing, Solid Catalyst, etc
The resulting ester, which contained considerable amounts of potassium soaps, was purified by passing the ester through a column filled with strongly acid, macroreticular ion exchange resin under waterfree conditions. This purification step removed most of the soaps as well as other impurities and led to very pure fatty acid methyl esters. This procedure is well suitable for small scale production plants. -- From Production and Fuel Properties of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters from Used Frying Oil, M. Mittelbach, B. Pokits, A. Silberholz. Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WoOlbB/7.PDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Correction to Recipe
Livio: I reread my recipe in your reply, and I see a glaring error: For the ethoxide, dissolve 7g NaOH or 10g KOH in every liter of alcohol should read , per every liter of oil, dissolve 7g NaOH or 10g KOH in the ethanol. That'll work better :-). Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] No washing, Solid Catalyst, etc
Keith, are there any more details on this process? by the way you do a great job with this group. regards,roger kurz The resulting ester, which contained considerable amounts of potassium soaps, was purified by passing the ester through a column filled with strongly acid, macroreticular ion exchange resin under waterfree conditions. This purification step removed most of the soaps as well as other impurities and led to very pure fatty acid methyl esters. This procedure is well suitable for small scale production plants. -- From Production and Fuel Properties of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters from Used Frying Oil, M. Mittelbach, B. Pokits, A. Silberholz. Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Re: Glycol
Craig Thanks Craig, but it's lactic acid, not ethanol. Now if we could find an easy way of converting glycol to ethanol... Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ Sort of like an Alchemist dedicating his life to find how to convert gold into lead? LOL ;-) Motie Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Re: Average BTU consumed Per Passenger mile by mode of travel
Is it difficult for Americans to construct more efficient cars? As of 2001 - using only existing technologies and without harming safety or performance - the fuel economy of U.S. cars could be raised by 17% to 36% and by 27% to 47% for light trucks. Is this info being kept secret? I don't own a car, but I would LOVE to be able to increase my light truck fuel economy by 27 to 47% without a decrease in performance or safety. I assume the drawback is expense? Motie Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] Re: Average BTU consumed Per Passenger mile by mode of travel
Check out www.DipetaneUSA.com or www.Dipetane.com. Richard [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WoOlbB/7.PDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] Correction to Recipe
Ken Provost wrote: Livio: I reread my recipe in your reply, and I see a glaring error: For the ethoxide, dissolve 7g NaOH or 10g KOH in every liter of alcohol should read , per every liter of oil, dissolve 7g NaOH or 10g KOH in the ethanol. That'll work better :-). Hi Ken Did you post the recipe? I can't find it. Also, that's 43% more KOH than NaOH. I've never used KOK, but most refs I've seen say you need twice as much KOH as NaOH. You get a reactioon with that little? Best Keith Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WoOlbB/7.PDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] Happy everything
Joseph Martelle wrote: Hi there Joe Wonderful - a New Year daughter, or near as dammit. Hope all's exceeding well with her, with mum, and with your good self. Keith, Thank you, all is well with everyone here. Hope the same for you and Midori. Yes thankyou, all's very well. I have almost finished my propane tank BD processor. The 10 gpm pump makes a nice vortex in the oil. I have yet to repair and hook up the vacuum pump. Maybe soon. Keep us posted, send me some piccies if you have any? I will take some pictures, then figure out how to send them. I don't have a digital camera, but I have a nice scanner and 35mm camera. I'll just have to do things the old fashioned way. :-) Same as us. It works. We're talking (again!) of getting a digital though. The North American International Auto Show starts this weekend here in Detroit. I will of course be attending. I am interested in seeing how much time/space is given to alternative fuels, hybrids, diesels, etc. I don't expect much. Here in the good old US of A diesels are not very popular. I'm sure that will change in a few years, what with the new common rail TDIs that most auto companies are building/developing. I will report any interesting findings. Cheers, Joe. Yes please. There was zilch on alternative fuels at the Tokyo Motor Show (though all the talk's of ethanol now, all of a suddenly), lots of fancy hybrid stuff though of course, and lots of fancy diesels too, very nice, but not much fancy hybrid diesel stuff. Talking of which - I think it's fancy hybrid diesel stuff, have to check - I'm off to Osaka tomorrow on the Shinkansen, the Bullet Train. Been on it before, amazing, but not on this one - there are three flavours, fast, very fast, and extremely fast, and this is it, the .44 magnum, up to 200mph, wow. It's mostly city from here to Osaka, 320 miles of city. Extraordinary to zap through a city at that speed. Well, average speed's less than that, but still more than 100mph. Regards Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Pressure
I was thinking today (yes.. it«s an ability I sometimes have): Often chemical processes (specially polimerization) require high pressures. High pressure speeds up or even allows many reactions often not attainable at normal 1 atm. If I don«t recall badly, the inventors of Polartec (TM) started out in their basement, and made their first Polartec (TM) (or Fleece, or whatever you call it) batch in a pressure cooker. Pressure cookers are available in all shapes and sizes, and although they are not the cheapest saucepans around, the do a very good job in the processes mentioned. This mail might sound stupid. I don«t need to perform a reaction at high pressure for the time being, but I just wanted to remind those who had forgotten about this method, of the existance of pressure cookers. (No, I don«t sell them). Regards, Christian [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WoOlbB/7.PDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] No washing, Solid Catalyst, etc
Keith, are there any more details on this process? by the way you do a great job with this group. regards,roger kurz Why thankyou Roger! :-) You'll find the full report here (pdf, 1.2Mb - bloatware, hmph): http://www.biodiesel.org/cgi-local/search.cgi?action=view_reportid=GEN-296 Please let me know if you have any results with it. Best Keith The resulting ester, which contained considerable amounts of potassium soaps, was purified by passing the ester through a column filled with strongly acid, macroreticular ion exchange resin under waterfree conditions. This purification step removed most of the soaps as well as other impurities and led to very pure fatty acid methyl esters. This procedure is well suitable for small scale production plants. -- From Production and Fuel Properties of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters from Used Frying Oil, M. Mittelbach, B. Pokits, A. Silberholz. Keith Addison Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WoOlbB/7.PDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[biofuel] Fox/Ginosar
Hi Keith,Dana,and Everyone, I'm going to send one page per e-mail, and I'm not going to send Claims, Prior Art,or the Abstract, as I see no real reason to waste effort on these things, so lets begin ! #1Summary and Objects of the Invention This invention provides a single-phase process for producing alkyl esters as biofuels and lubricants by the reactions of triglyceride esters and free fatty acids. This invention teaches a process where the reactants enter a reactor, whether batch or continuous, dissolved in a critical fluid. The critical fluid provides a single-phase medium in which diffusion of the reactants into different liquid phases is eliminated, and mass transfer limitations are essentially eliminated thereby increasing the overall reaction rate. A critical fluid is a fluid whose temperature is within 20% of the critical temperature of the fluid as measured in Kelvin and pressure within 0.5-15 times the critical pressure as modified by any co-solvent. Additionally, the solubility of the reaction products such as alkyl esters in the critical fluid can be controlled by controlling the reactor's temperature and pressure. Where a reaction product's solubility is low or nonexistent such as glycerol, it drops out of the fluid as it is created, thereby driving the reaction equilibrium toward product production which significantly reduces the quantity of excess reactants such as alcohol needed to drive the reaction to completion. The use of a critical fluid also allows for a wide range of catalysts, both liquid phase and reusable solid phase acid or base catalysts. Solid phase catalysts have significant additional advantages by limiting unwanted side reactions and producing higher conversion rates of the desired products. With the reaction completed, the critical fluid medium also facilitates clean separations. The reaction products typically can be sequentially and selectively removed from the critical fluid medium by adjusting the temperature and pressure of the critical fluid medium. In a transesterification reaction of the triglycerides, the glycerol is removed first leaving the alcohol esters in the critical fluid. With the glycerol removed, the temperature and pressure is again changed to drop out the alkyl esters. Once the products are removed the critical fluid and any excess reactants are returned to the beginning of the process. To be continued, David Cruse [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vf6MrB/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [biofuel] Biodiesel
- Original Message - From: Martin Rogac [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can anyone answer these questions please How much Glycerine% is produced from WVO, how / why does this % vary? Martin, The glycerine yield is approximately the same volume as the methoxide used. A little less because the reaction results in a slight reduction in total volume. High levels of NaOH (above titration figure) will decrease BD yield and increase the volume of lower layer. Could not say for sure if this is all glycerine however. How much Methanol is in the Glycerine? From memory the reaction consumes 140ml of methanol per litre of WVO. (check). Excess is usually used to push the reaction in the desired direction. Methanol is insoluble in BD but soluble in glycerine. Is anybody recovering the Methanol from Glycerine? There is much discussion of inclusion of methanol recovery systems in reactor designs, but little talk of using recovered methanol within this group at present. A search of the archives could reveal more information. Am currently working on chemical means to recover the methanol. What do you do with this Glycerine? - UK based question. Uses range from soapmaking to cleaning paintbrushes to handcleaner (with methanol removed) etc. Apparently there is a market for high grade glycerol but refining it to that stage is expensive. Regards, Paul Gobert. www.ozimages.com.au/profile.asp?MemberID=517. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WoOlbB/7.PDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM -~- Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
