Re: [Biofuel] Glycerin as an Emulsifier (was Glycerine Settling Time)

2007-08-13 Thread Thomas Kelly
- From: Thomas Kelly To: biofuel Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 2:46 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Glycerin as an Emulsifier (was Glycerine Settling Time) Andres, Jan, Joe, Keith, and anyone else who has been following the saga, It would seem that glycerine, itself, is not an effective

Re: [Biofuel] Glycerin as an Emulsifier (was Glycerine Settling Time)

2007-08-13 Thread Joe Street
- Original Message - *From:* Thomas Kelly mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* biofuel mailto:Biofuel@sustainablelists.org *Sent:* Friday, August 10, 2007 2:46 PM *Subject:* [Biofuel] Glycerin as an Emulsifier (was Glycerine Settling Time) Andres, Jan, Joe, Keith, and anyone

[Biofuel] Glycerin as an Emulsifier (was Glycerine Settling Time)

2007-08-10 Thread Thomas Kelly
Andres, Jan, Joe, Keith, and anyone else who has been following the saga, It would seem that glycerine, itself, is not an effective emulsifier. I've spent the morning experimenting in the kitchen. I did Wash Tests on BD that passed the QT and BD that failed the QT. I tested one group with

Re: [Biofuel] Glycerin as an Emulsifier (was Glycerine Settling Time)

2007-08-10 Thread Joe Street
Thanks a lot Tom for all that work in a short time. You have really shed some light on this discussion. Jumping to your questions at the end, it seems clear then that Jan and Andres were right on and it must be the soap and mono-diglycerides etc rather than the glycerine itself which is the