[Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test

2007-08-07 Thread shawn patrick
Good Day All, My question is in regards to the Quality test develop by Jan Warnqvist. Is this test to be performed on the product before or after the glycerin has been removed, or does it matter. I performed the test with out removing glycerin and found that I got a clear bright phase except you

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test

2007-08-07 Thread Jan Warnqvist
@sustainablelists.org Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 3:03 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test Good Day All, My question is in regards to the Quality test develop by Jan Warnqvist. Is this test to be performed on the product before or after the glycerin has been removed, or does it matter. I

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test

2007-08-07 Thread Thomas Kelly
- Original Message - From: shawn patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel Mailing List biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 9:03 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test Good Day All, My question is in regards to the Quality test develop by Jan Warnqvist

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test

2007-08-07 Thread Mike Weaver
: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test Good Day All, My question is in regards to the Quality test develop by Jan Warnqvist. Is this test to be performed on the product before or after the glycerin has been removed, or does it matter. I performed the test with out removing glycerin and found that I got

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test

2007-08-07 Thread Thomas Kelly
@sustainablelists.org Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 9:03 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test Good Day All, My question is in regards to the Quality test develop by Jan Warnqvist. Is this test to be performed on the product before or after the glycerin has been removed, or does it matter. I performed

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test

2007-08-07 Thread Thomas Kelly
@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test FWIW - I let the batch settle for a week or so (the lazy man's way) and that also seems to help w/ this. Thomas Kelly wrote: Shawn, I suspect that the dense substance at the bottom

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test

2007-08-07 Thread Joe Street
Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test FWIW - I let the batch settle for a week or so (the lazy man's way) and that also seems to help w/ this. Thomas Kelly wrote: Shawn, I suspect

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test

2007-08-07 Thread Mike Weaver
from an incomplete reaction? Tom - Original Message - From: Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test FWIW - I let the batch

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test

2007-08-07 Thread Thomas Kelly
. Tom - Original Message - From: Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test Well, I'm not really a greybeard, but since I've been settling both the crack and the wash

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test

2007-08-07 Thread Thomas Kelly
: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test Hey Tom; Take a sample from your fuel after settling 6-8 hrs and set it asside in a mason jar for the longer period and see what settles out. Rod believes that glycerin settles slower in a poorly completed reaction

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test

2007-08-07 Thread Joe Street
Thomas Kelly wrote: Hi Joe, glycerin settles slower in a poorly completed reaction. I wonder why Well I'm no chemist but my guess would be that the large Mono and Di and triglyceride molecules that are left are jammed in between the ester molecules and the glycerine has to jostle

Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test

2007-08-07 Thread Thomas Kelly
it a try. Tom - Original Message - From: Joe Street To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Biofuel Quality Test Thomas Kelly wrote: Hi Joe, glycerin settles

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-07 Thread garutek
andwith the type of directions that I really like. Gary - Original Message - From: Joe Street To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 12:20 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions Hi Darryl;Sorry for the confusion. The point

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-06 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Joe Hi Keith; Best wishes for the new year Thankyou, and to you and all. and thanks for your tireless (seemingly) effort around here. You're most welcome, thanks again. In truth I haven't had much time for the list recently, we've been rushed off our feet for the last four months, every

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-06 Thread Joe Street
Keith; Well thanks for your kind words r.e. my penchant for sharing info. I got to tell you it warmed a corner in my little pinko commieluver heart to hear it. I guess that proves what I suspected all along, that there is a reason for people to strive other than material or monetary gain.

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-06 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Joe Keith; Well thanks for your kind words r.e. my penchant for sharing info. :-) Not just kind, it's most important, IMHO. There are those that just take, plenty of them, but I don't think it matters and nor do they, just as long as other people go on sharing, which is what real

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-05 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Joe Pardon the snip... snip I found that my success depended a lot on how careful I was with the titration step. Also I found that when the 0.1% base solution was added there was a tendancy for some oil to drop out and I think this affected my accuracy. I built a stirrer to keep the

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-05 Thread Joe Street
Hi Keith; Best wishes for the new year and thanks for your tireless (seemingly) effort around here. I hope it doesn't look like I am implying a good titration can't be done without going to this length. That is not the case. I just wanted to share the idea incase anyone else wanted to give it

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-04 Thread Joe Street
Ok you win Todd Appal Energy wrote: With all due respect Joe, nothing was missed in the slightest. But if you wish to beat a dead horse, by all means feel free to do so. The preference here is not to adhere to fall back positions of "acceptability" until absolutely necessary.

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-04 Thread Joe Street
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Joe Street Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 5:56 AM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions Todd; With all due respect, I think you missed my point. I agree that we should strive for a paper thin interface

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-04 Thread Joe Street
: [Biofuel] quality test questions Todd; With all due respect, I think you missed my point. I agree that we should strive for a paper thin interface, ( and I find it is easily achievable with experience) but when you put information out there like 1mm is ok and 5 mm is relatively

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-04 Thread Appal Energy
*Sent:* Wednesday, January 04, 2006 5:56 AM *To:* Biofuel@sustainablelists.org *Subject:* Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions Todd; With all due respect, I think you missed my point. I agree that we should strive for a paper thin interface, ( and I find it is easily achievable

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-03 Thread Joe Street
Hi Todd; When you talk about thickness of layers, is this with the Dr. Pepper size container? Someone using a shallow wide container would have a much worse condition (with a 1mm layer) than someone using a tall narrow container no? Maybe when giving this type of information we should talk

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-03 Thread Appal Energy
Let's wake up here, at least for the moment Joe. Soda pop comes in multiple sized bottles, as do drums, tanks and buckets. Your problem isn't dependant upon whether or not your container was a 20 ounce, 1 liter or 2 liter jug. The thin interface layer of a completed reaction is the result of

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-03 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Huh??? I can buy that the interface layer for a completed reaction is related to the contact between water and fuel as you say, and is therefore dependent only on surface area of the interface, not volume of the reaction. Therefore it is a constant thickness regardless of volume or shape of the

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-03 Thread Appal Energy
Zeke, Your comments reiterate what was said, save for one area. Bad is a matter of subjective opininion. Whether the five centimeters is in a five-thousand gallon tank, five-hundred or five still indicates reaction incompletion. Five centimeters of emulsion in a spritz bottle indicates the

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-03 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Yes. You are right that we should strive for a complete reaction. I've been reading too much about oil drilling today -- many of the Saudi oil fields are yielding close to 50% water, which they have to separate and pump back down, but that's considered okay or normal in that industry (or at

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-03 Thread Joe Street
Todd; With all due respect, I think you missed my point. I agree that we should strive for a paper thin interface, ( and I find it is easily achievable with experience) but when you put information out there like 1mm is ok and 5 mm is relatively incomplete it is meaningless unless you give

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-03 Thread Darryl West
going back to my original question is would this be ok to wash, dry and use? Cheers Darryl From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Street Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 5:56 AM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-03 Thread Appal Energy
With all due respect Joe, nothing was missed in the slightest. But if you wish to beat a dead horse, by all means feel free to do so. The preference here is not to adhere to fall back positions of acceptability until absolutely necessary. (After all, people are burning straight veg oil. A few

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-03 Thread Keith Addison
wishes Keith Cheers Darryl From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Street Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 5:56 AM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions Todd; With all due respect, I think you missed my point. I agree

[Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-02 Thread Darryl West
Hi, I am just after a bit more advice regarding the quality test on a small test batch. I followed the Dr Peppers technique using new canola oil and the process seems to have worked out ok. When I do the quality test I get separation in 30 mins, but also get a small (5cm) white layer between

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-02 Thread Appal Energy
Daryl, The suggestion is that you understand precisely what it is that you're looking at when you see a thick layer of emulsion in a wash. If the fuel was manufactured properly, the interface layer between water and fuel in a test wash would be only a milimeter or two thick. Five centimeters

Re: [Biofuel] quality test questions

2006-01-02 Thread Derick Giorchino
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darryl West Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 3:37 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: [Biofuel] quality test questions Hi, I am just after a bit more advice regarding the quality test on a small test batch

Re: [Biofuel] Quality Test of biodiesel

2005-09-02 Thread Thomas Kelly
, ever so slowly. Thanks to all. Tom - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 4:04 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Quality Test of biodiesel Hello Tom I

Re: [Biofuel] Quality Test of biodiesel

2005-09-01 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Tom I wanted to test a recent 25 gal batch of biodiesel. I dissolved 25 ml of finished biodiesel in 225 ml methanol (Jan Warnqist @ JtF Biodiesel and Your Vehicle) and got approx. 2ml undissolved material at the bottom of the bottle, indicating an incomplete reaction. I

[Biofuel] Quality Test of biodiesel

2005-08-31 Thread Thomas Kelly
I wantedto test a recent 25 gal batch of biodiesel. I dissolved 25 ml offinished biodiesel in 225 ml methanol (Jan Warnqist @ JtF "Biodiesel and Your Vehicle") and got approx. 2ml undissolved material at the bottom of the bottle, indicating an incomplete reaction. I reprocessed 1L. of

Re: [Biofuel] Quality Test

2005-08-12 Thread Jeffrey Tan
? Jeff From: Jan Warnqvist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Quality Test Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:51:02 +0200 Hello Jeffery. The test method that you are using seems to me highly dubious, since there are a number

Re: [Biofuel] Quality Test

2005-08-12 Thread Jan Warnqvist
PROTECTED] + 46 554 201 89 +46 70 499 38 45 - Original Message - From: Jeffrey Tan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 11:52 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Quality Test Jan, Thanks for the tip. We tried it and without stirring, there were clear

Re: [Biofuel] Quality Test

2005-08-12 Thread Appal Energy
] + 46 554 201 89 +46 70 499 38 45 - Original Message - From: Jeffrey Tan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 2:19 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Quality Test Hello all. Need some explanation and advise here on my experiments please. I have been

[Biofuel] Quality Test

2005-08-11 Thread Jeffrey Tan
Hello all. Need some explanation and advise here on my experiments please. I have been using virgin cooking palm oil for the experiments. When following the steps for checking on quality, I put in 150ml of de ionised battery water and 150ml of the biodiesel obtained but the end result was

Re: [Biofuel] Quality Test

2005-08-11 Thread Jan Warnqvist
- From: Jeffrey Tan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 2:19 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Quality Test Hello all. Need some explanation and advise here on my experiments please. I have been using virgin cooking palm oil for the experiments. When

Re: [Biofuel] quality test

2004-12-29 Thread John Guttridge
I had similar troubles, look for a more complete post from me on the subject later in the day as I finish writing it. some things that helped me: it is cold here which slows everything down, I had to settle my last batch for 7 days (it had separated in 12-24 hours but it was still hazy,

Re: [Biofuel] quality test

2004-12-29 Thread Daniel Breen
: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 9:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Biofuel] quality test dan, I had similar troubles, look for a more complete post from me on the subject later in the day as I finish writing it. some things that helped me: it is cold here which slows everything down, I had

[Biofuel] quality test

2004-12-28 Thread Daniel Breen
new guy here again, So I made my first test batch in a blender from wvo. It separated within 3 hours but I gave it overnight anyway. It was darker in color than I expected. Anyway, I scooped 150 ml off the top of the container and put into a jar with 150 ml of water. I shook violently

Re: [Biofuel] quality test

2004-12-28 Thread Appal Energy
layer was from mono- and di-glycerides that failed to convert. The settling time alone should clue you in on this. Todd Swearingen - Original Message - From: Daniel Breen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: [Biofuel] quality test