[Biofuel] Ethanol use

can increase the temperature of the reaction mixture to cut down the time taken for the reaction as ethanol boils at 78C rather than 65C, and if there are any other hints/ tips people can give through their experience of this reaction. Thanks Charles List

[Biofuel] Pump choice

of metal? Also, is the impeller in the clearwater pump plastic? As I know you can get some with stainless steel blades, I wonder my impeller break-up was due to age or chemicals. Thanks Charles List -- -- This email was sent

Re: [Biofuel] Help needed!

. Tom - Original Message - From: Charles List [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Help needed! Hi Tom Many thanks for the advice. I will let you know how I get on. I intend (hopefully) to run B100

Re: [Biofuel] Help needed!

in there, Tom P.S. What % biodiesel do you intend to burn in your boiler? Any adjustments to the burner (pressure, nozzle, air flow?) (Just curious) - Original Message - From: Charles List [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, June 19

Re: [Biofuel] Help needed!

- Original Message - From: Charles List [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Help needed! Hi Tom Thanks for that, I tried 70l at the weekend and end-product still black, so I tried a 1l batch, still black!! I am using new

Re: [Biofuel] Help needed!

gallons, little buggers show up in the methanol sol. test). Slow and methodical pays off. Best of luck. Let me know how it goes, Tom - Original Message - From: Charles List [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel

Re: [Biofuel] Help needed!

Message - From: Charles List [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 8:04 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Help needed! Hi again Unfortunately no-one has answered my last post- have I found an insurmountable problem?! Going back a few steps and trying

Re: [Biofuel] Help needed!

have trawled the archives but I can't seem to find anything that will help. I realise that I have some incomplete reactions happening but I am confused by the continually different results. Charles On 13/06/2006, at 8:30 AM, Charles List wrote: Hi all I have just scaled up to a 150l

[Biofuel] Help needed!

used 150ml methanol and 5.8g 85% KOH as my base amount on my test batch. Unfortunately nothing happened, 12 hours later, no separation, no split, no more glycerine! Has the petrodiesel stuffed it up? What can I do? Charles List

[Biofuel] Washing

of further washing. They are talking about the ethanol trans-esterification method, but I was wondering whether anyone had tried this with the methanol method and could tell me how effective it is. Best Regards Charles List

[Biofuel] Diesel heating

clear! Regards Charles List -- -- This email was sent using Telecom SchoolZone. www.schoolzone.net.nz This email has been scanned for viruses by Telecom SchoolZone, but is not guaranteed to be virus-free

Re: [Biofuel] Kiwi Biofuellers?

Hi NigelI'm in Alexandra in South Island and I'm struggling with getting methanol delivered- I seem to need a class 3 certification for the chemical companies to deliver any to me and no-one seems to know how I go about getting one!Any thoughts?CharlesOn 22/02/2006, at 2:28 PM, Nigel Kelly wrote:

Re: [Biofuel] Trying to produce biodiesel in laboratory scale

YupHe's basically refluxing it, I assume, with the liebig condenser vertically attached to the reaction vessel. A closed container would do the same thing!A good use for the liebig condenser would be to reclaim the excess methanol from the glycerine, but they are usually pretty small, so would

[Biofuel] New Zealand resourcing

Hi Anyone out there from New Zealand who can tell me where to get competitively priced Methanol and potassium hydroxide? -- -- This email was sent using Telecom SchoolZone. www.schoolzone.net.nz This