Eric, why not try a hardware shop or a supermarket. You should be able to buy
caustic soda or Lye straight off the shelf. It is commonly used as a paint
stripper or a drain cleaner. Hope this helps
Regards
Steven
Eric Ruttan wrote:
I am unable to secure NaOH or H2SO4 for a test batch of BD. I
Basically, the reason for excluding water from diesel fuel - aside from
its devastating effect in cold climates - is to prevent corrosion of the
injection system.
A water mist is helpful in moderating combustion and boosting output
under come circumstances, but it, too, must be used with caution
Since rapeseed oil was used to lubricate steam engines, because of its
properties of clinging to cylinder walls and resisting being washed off by
steam...
The crop has undergone a great metamorphosis in quality and production
since it was first grown as an emergency war measure on a few acres
I came back today and noticed your posting on biofuel site about the result
of the application to DOE.
It is too bad the application was rejected. My discussions with others after
the application was submitted kind of hinted me of the outcome.
If you have the confident that this project can be
Camillo,
Perhaps under STP business conditions lower gpd biodiesel
plants are less profitable than higher volumes. But
micro-regional processing generally is a slightly different
wildebeast. Once a process is honed to meet ASTM spec, inclusive
of meeting all legislative, environmental and safety
David,
I'm trying to get a handle on what yesterday's technology is
relative to biodiesel manufacture.
Esterification and transesterification technologies aren't going
to be changing much more in the future than they have in the
recent past. And even if a few improvements in CP or catalysts
Chandra,
You're discounting the minor detail of market economics called
profit.
Micro-facilities can be profitable, with or without government
assistance. The real trick is how big of a slice does the bank or
venture capitalist want and whether or not the investor is
willing to honor
Will water in the fuel damage the engine?
As far as a diesel motor goes...It will bugger up the pump if it gets that
far.. most of it will get trapped in the filter.
Meanwhile quite a lot of people are trying to figure ways of getting
MORE water into the fuel. See this, for instance:
Oh , actually what you call small, is actually minuscule.
David
At 06:59 PM 8/06/2002 +0900, you wrote:
Hi David
Me thinks you need to take the time to read what is written on the pages ..
then you will find what you went there for..
I don't think so, there is a 125kg/hr expeller there,
Oh , actually what you call small, is actually minuscule.
David
Uh-huh? Well, if you insist, but I said small, and that's what I
meant. Ken's after a kitchen-size press and that might be miniscule,
but I'd guess a lot of people would like one of those, as he says,
including me. Not too
Will water in the fuel damage the engine?
As far as a diesel motor goes...It will bugger up the pump if it gets that
far.. most of it will get trapped in the filter.
Meanwhile quite a lot of people are trying to figure ways of getting
MORE water into the fuel. See this, for instance:
Greg,
Thanks for this - it is the article I was referring to. I work with some people
who teach about petroleum engineering and they visit our local Shell refinery
(here in Sydney, Australia). I had planned on going with them on the next visit
and am interested in what Shell Australia is
Motie,
You are again using a wide brush and water colors to paint
detailed gingerbread trim. The wide brush is all too encompassing
and the water color paint doesn't hold up in all conditions.
Using one instance in whatever state you describe as the Nanny
State still leaves thousands of
The Komet line has one that'll give you the exercise you seek.
Hand operated. Does about 10 lbs. Of seed per hour. Cost is about $1700 US
delivered to you. (quality never comes cheap). You can press oil out of darn
near anything with it - some of them are pretty high value oils
How exactly does it work? Does it just have grinding/pressing wheels that
squeeze the hell out of the seed/whatever?
--- Neoteric Biofuels Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Komet line has one that'll give you the exercise you seek.
Hand operated. Does about 10 lbs. Of seed per hour. Cost
Dear Keith,
I«d find it very interesting (so as to update my thesis), to get the
specifications of ASTM«s new D6751.
Please let me know if you have them, and if so, please pass them on. They«d
really come in handy.
Best wishes,
Christian
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From: Keith Addison
Flash Point: Above 118¼C (ASTM PS121 specifies higher than
100¼C, so I
didn«t go much further)
The new ASTM D-6751 standard specifies 130 deg C, I don't know
why.
Germany and Czech specify 110, all others 100. Maybe it's all
just
politics, the rapeseed vs soy game.
Christian and Keith,
As
Todd,
I«ve just asked Keith, but I just as well might ask you.
Could you send me the BD specs as per ASTM D6751?
I«m still working with PS121 (which I have), but it seems some values have
been revised.
Thanks,
Christian
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From: Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Ed Beggs writes:
The Komet line has one that'll give you the exercise you seek.
Hand operated. Does about 10 lbs. Of seed per hour. Cost is about $1700 US
delivered to you. (quality never comes cheap). You can press oil out of darn
near anything with it - some of them are pretty high value
Christian,
Here are the specs.
Flash point (closed cup): 130*C minimum (150*C average)
Water and sediment: 0.050 % by volume, maximum
Kinematic viscosity at 40*C: 1.9 - 6.0 mm2/s
Sulfated ash: 0.020 % by mass, maximum
Sulfur: 0.05 % by mass, maximum
Cetane: 47 minimum
Carbon residue:
We've never had anything other than sneers and rudeness from you, so
it's hard to gauge what your normal press standards would be. I've
said what the standards are for most people here, as they've said
too, and why they're practical, in the surplus crap you've snipped.
And this is your
Thanks Todd.
I assume all other values the same as PS121?
i.e., Sulfur, copper stri corrosion, cloud point, carbon residue, carbon
residue (Ramsbottom), Acid nmber Free glycerin.
One question: I tested my carbon residue (closed cup) and it added up to
0,0711% (as opposed to 0,05 specified by
Harmon Seaver wrote:
It would really be nice to find some sort of screw mechanism tho, that you
could get cheaply (maybe some mil-surplus gizmo?) and built a real screw
press. I was going on the same track before trying to figure out a way to make
pellets from biomass. The ram presses just
Doesn't oil in the seed store much better?
Wouldn't people want a kitchen expeller to avoid the rancid oil that I hear
is a health issue?
Less than $200 would probably find buyers. Quality juicers are in that price
range.
Kirk
-Original Message-
From: Ken Provost [mailto:[EMAIL
Christian,
I don't have PS121 anywhere on file. So I can't say with any
certainty anything other than one was the interim standard and
6751 is the final standard.
As for carbon residue, it's the measure of the carbon depositing
tendencies of a fuel oil, considered to be an approximation.
We
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For those who were curious, the razor wire remark from Ms.
Musser below came via
www.bridgingthegap.org , which appears to be something akin to a
501 C-3 offshoot of KAB - Keep America Beautiful - Kansas City,
Kansas.
And I
Been thinking the same thing. Somebody build it. Make it strong, cheap and
effective. We'll maybe be interested in then marketing it.
Regards,
Edward Beggs, BES, MSc
http://www.biofuels.ca
on 6/9/02 10:24 AM, Harmon Seaver at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 10:08:00AM
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As for tax allocation, it sounds as if you're more in favor of a
user pays system, as you don't want transportation taxes
allocated to transportation sectors other than where they are
collected. Even when using such a schedule,
Motie,
How 'bout just makin' it simple for us poor knee jerk
reactionaries whose knees don't work as fast as they used to?
Exactly where is it that your trucker buds are getting bled dry
and other consumers of road use fuel did not?
Seems to me that the industry got off really light for half a
- Original Message -
From: Keith Addison
To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [biofuel] water
Will water in the fuel damage the engine?
As far as a diesel motor goes...It will bugger up the pump if it gets that
far.. most
They don't appear to think it will bugger up the pump.
Ask any proffessional diesel mechanic what the top 2 things that cause
injector pump damage are... they will respond with water and dirt. Why do
you think the fuel filters are designed to collect water?
If you dont take their word for it..
It would seem that this gremlin has re-emerged after a week's
dormancy. Seems that as soon as this terminal corresponds with
either Yahoo Biodiesel, Biofuels-Biz or Biofuels that it
re-emerges in full bloom.
Somebody trying to say that I should have stayed on holiday?
I'm not too inclined to
Yeah! Let's see some pictures of that thing
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203.324.4371
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From: Martin Klingensmith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June
Neil wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Keith Addison
To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [biofuel] water
Will water in the fuel damage the engine?
As far as a diesel motor goes...It will bugger up the pump if it gets that
Todd, that's impossible - Elsevier closed that list down because it
was causing us this trouble and they couldn't figure why, it no
longer exists.
I'll forward this to them, see what they say.
Damn.
Keith
It would seem that this gremlin has re-emerged after a week's
dormancy. Seems that as
You are not going to find one for $200, me thinks...that's highly machine
(low tolerence)
pieces of good quality metal that you're getting. I think maybe just under a
$1000 would be interesting. Electric of course, no hand job.
Jesse Parris | studio53 | graphics / web design | stamford, ct
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Todd,
I'm detecting a hostile undertone that I don't quite understand the
basis of. Is it my perception that is faulty?
Exactly where is it that your trucker buds are getting bled dry
and other consumers of road use fuel
Well then, never let it be said that the impossible can't
occur!!!
[chuckle...chuckle...chuckle, chuckle!!!]
Just got a mirror image of the first message at 7:28 PM EST.
If only all the other impossibilities of this world would
magically appear as easily as this one, eh?
Todd
- Original
What? Me? Hostile?
ROFFL...FROFFL...
Don't take it too personally Motie. Just the older I get the less
sypathies I have. Probably an ingrained response to seeing the
remaining half of the pie getting divided into halves yet again
too many times and seeing too many self interests jockeying
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What? Me? Hostile?
ROFFL...FROFFL...
Don't take it too personally Motie. Just the older I get the less
sypathies I have. Probably an ingrained response to seeing the
remaining half of the pie getting divided into halves
Well then, never let it be said that the impossible can't
occur!!!
It's impossible to join a list that doesn't exist. Elsevier aren't
cowboys, they wouldn't screw me around over this. Something else is
clearly happening though. Did you try to unsub as instructed?
To unsubscribe, send a
- Original Message -
From: motie_d [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 18:57
Subject: [biofuel] Re: EPA Ruling Backfires, Spurs Sales of Diesel Trucks
Can I produce Methane from their droppings?
Yes.
Can they be trained to poop in a sample
On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 10:09:16PM -, motie_d wrote:
Perhaps Sports Stadiums should be forced to raise ticket prices by
$10 each for a couple of seasons to raise funds to build a new
Stadium,
Unfortunately, what seems to be happening more and more is the taxpayer is
forced to pay
On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 06:36:53PM -0400, Appal Energy wrote:
Motie,
How 'bout just makin' it simple for us poor knee jerk
reactionaries whose knees don't work as fast as they used to?
Exactly where is it that your trucker buds are getting bled dry
and other consumers of road use fuel
That is such a scam. The politicians tried that in Hartford, CT. It got shot
down and the NE Patriots tried to sue.
Jesse Parris | studio53 | graphics / web design | stamford, ct |
203.324.4371
www.jesseparris.com/Portfolio_Jesse_Parris/
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From: Harmon Seaver
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