Re: [Biofuel] Dewatering with vacuum.

2006-01-07 Thread logan vilas
David Sorry if that number's wrong it's what I've been told from the only person I know who does AC work. But that number makes it sound a lot better. You will not have 1 cubic foot of water in your oil after you settle and drain it. If you do then you need to get a better method. There is

Re: [Biofuel] Acid - Base questions

2006-01-07 Thread Jan Warnqvist
Hello Jim, the sensible thing is to spending time and money producing BD from a cheap feedstock, not the other way around. Acid esterifications are often incomplete, and I assume that oils and fats with max 20% FFA are worth while bothering about, unless you are willing to do several acid

Re: [Biofuel] Chicago Turns Down Discounted Venezuelan Oil

2006-01-07 Thread Appal Energy
Greg, Your post below doesn't address what I wrote in reply to your suggestion that purchasing from Citgo was an illegal treaty IIRC, it's not legal for individual states or cities to make treaties with foreign nations, as such an agreement might be considered. I don't contest that

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-07 Thread garutek
Wow, great infothanks for the cookbook type info that really helped me see how you did this.A while back I read your mentioning about this stirrer - heater. Icould not find iton your site and didn't have time soI refrained from asking more details. Now this finds me at the right time

[Biofuel] Pataki Wants Drivers to Fill Up With Ethanol or Biodiesel

2006-01-07 Thread John Hayes
January 7, 2006 Pataki Wants Drivers to Fill Up With Ethanol or Biodiesel By DANNY HAKIM ALBANY, Jan. 6 - Some 200,000 New Yorkers own vehicles that can run on corn-based ethanol instead of gasoline. But many have no idea that their Ford Explorers, Chevy Impalas or Nissan Titans can use this

Re: [Biofuel] Acid - Base questions

2006-01-07 Thread Appal Energy
Jan, Since when are esterifications often incomplete? And since when is a good conversion achieved necessarily through base catalysis? It's relatively simple to take 100% FFAs and achieve a 100% yield of esters. Industry does it daily from soap stock. Let people satisfy their own curiosities