[biofuel] A conversation: Earth oil versus plant oil.

2004-07-26 Thread jkolling
Original Message who wants nauseating oil when there are so many better alternatives? There are? Original Message Yop, The ORIGINAL diesel, namely plant oils (that was the idea of the diesel motor inventor, actually. And then some sadist came along and

Re: [biofuel] Extending storage life of biodiesel

2004-07-26 Thread Tilapia
The most effective antioxidants for biodiesel are the same you find in breakfast cereal packaging, namely BHA and BHT. A mixture of the two works even better. Now you can buy premixed antioxidants from companies such as Kodak. It only takes a few ppm to make a dramatic impact on shelf life

Re: [biofuel] A conversation: Earth oil versus plant oil.

2004-07-26 Thread Hakan Falk
The history of R. Diesel is quite interesting. He got an assignment to develop an engine that could run on the coal dust, that was plenty of, as a waste product of the coal mining. He did not succeed, but the result was an engine that at its first introduction was running on peanut oil. It

Re: [biofuel] R. Diesel

2004-07-26 Thread Hakan Falk
Diesel presented his engine on the world exhibition 1906 and if I am not completely wrong it was in Stockholm, Sweden. As a curiosity, my great grandfather and a brother, exhibited a collection of pieces done with an art milling machine at the same exhibition. 1975 when our family estate was

[biofuel] Re: In the market

2004-07-26 Thread Arcologic
Try www.tdiclub.com /Ernie Rogers In a message dated 7/25/2004 7:39:37 AM Mountain Standard Time, biofuel@yahoogroups.com writes: Every once in a while, you can find a decent deal on a VW diesel pickup (Rabbit frame) on e-bay. Alternately, I know that there are a number of VW groups on the

[biofuel] Re: Extending storage life of biodiesel

2004-07-26 Thread bioveging
Is this a known factor and what are the volumes involved using citric acid as a stabiliser? (I am one of those granola types) Would a standard 20 or 60 liter tight head drum (poly)/carboy work for storage using the citric? And we are refering to B100 right ? thanks L. --- In

Re: [biofuel] A conversation: Earth oil versus plant oil.

2004-07-26 Thread Keith Addison
Hello jkolling snip But could you sustain the current diesel consumption with plant-based fuel AND grow food at the same time? Two answers: 1. There is NO WAY the current diesel consumption, petroleum consumption, or energy consumption of the industrialised nations can be or should be

Re: [biofuel] R. Diesel

2004-07-26 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Hakan Diesel presented his engine on the world exhibition 1906 and if I am not completely wrong it was in Stockholm, Sweden. See below. As a curiosity, my great grandfather and a brother, exhibited a collection of pieces done with an art milling machine at the same exhibition. 1975 when our

Re: [biofuel] R. Diesel

2004-07-26 Thread Hakan Falk
Keith, It looks like I was completely wrong and it was the 1900 exhibition. Hakan At 08:11 26/07/2004, you wrote: Hi Hakan Diesel presented his engine on the world exhibition 1906 and if I am not completely wrong it was in Stockholm, Sweden. See below. As a curiosity, my great

[biofuel] SVO in diesel engines

2004-07-26 Thread Robert Williams
We are using a static medium sized diesel generating set fueled by waste vegetable oil, tallow and virgin rapeseed oil to produce electricity and provide space heating in a small commercial development. To obtain reliable combustion the engine is started on diesel oil and switched to SVO after

[biofuel] Apple seed processor

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[biofuel] fuel cells group

2004-07-26 Thread kirkmcloren
Just getting back on the web. Came across the list below and thought some of you here may find it a good resorce. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/fuelcell-energy/ The list owner does many messages a day. If you join you may want a digest or read the messages at the website. If you have

[biofuel] Re: Fords biodiesel

2004-07-26 Thread Zac
Thank you for your reply Phil. I'll be watching for your posts. I will also post my results. One question: what are you using to measure the pH? Thanks, Zac --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Philip B. Bechtel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, In response to Zac's questions, I

RE: [biofuel] DUBYA aint texan nor is his dad

2004-07-26 Thread Bryan Brah
It makes one wonder, is Iran next on US hit list? Iran, then Syria, then perhaps Jordan, and then any other Arab country that criticizes U.S. actions or policy (except of course Saudi Arabia). No, this administration is engaged in a cultural/religious war against Islam, and Dubya could care

Re: [biofuel] DUBYA aint texan nor is his dad

2004-07-26 Thread balaji
Hello Keith, - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 9:26 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] DUBYA aint texan nor is his dad Michael Meacher lays out the case that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence gave $100,000

Re: [biofuel] Lumpy BD

2004-07-26 Thread Keith Addison
Good day; I made a test batch of 20 liters the other day and when I checked it for quality using the method described at journeytoforever http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_vehicle.html#quality it returned good fuel with clear and distinct seperation of unwashed fuel in less than 30 seconds.

Re: [biofuel] Integrated processing of lignocellulosic biomass!

2004-07-26 Thread Keith Addison
Greetings Pan Thankyou very much! Now I'm going to spend some time going through it carefully, and then I'll reply to you. Thankyou for your hard work. More later... Best regards Keith Green appropriate Biomass Refinery for food and fuel microenterprise Part 1:Pretreatments methods.

Re: [biofuel] Extending storage life of biodiesel

2004-07-26 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Tom, Lurch The most effective antioxidants for biodiesel are the same you find in breakfast cereal packaging, namely BHA and BHT. A mixture of the two works even better. Now you can buy premixed antioxidants from companies such as Kodak. It only takes a few ppm to make a dramatic impact

Re: [biofuel] Integrated processing of lignocellulosic biomass!

2004-07-26 Thread pan ruti
Thank you very much Keith Pretreatment process is the first step for any lignocellosic biomass reuse .I expect the member of ourgroup can participate the debate towards this complex subject so that we can have apopriate pretreatment process , not the patened one.

Re: [biofuel] DUBYA aint texan nor is his dad

2004-07-26 Thread Appal Energy
Okay bright boy. You've bitched, and bitched and bitched some more, complaining that everything on both sides of the fence is equally as foul (apparently saying so makes it so?) and the world has run amuck. How about stop bitchin' and start making solid suggestions/recommendations? To use your