[biofuel] Have I made biodiesel?

2004-07-09 Thread Thomas Kelly
Have I succeeded in making biodiesel? I Last Fall I attended a workshop on producing biodiesel and was given a recipe.A few days ago I decided to give it a try. I used a gallon (3.78L) of corn oil from the market. Unable to find any NaOH, I used KOH instead. I used plastic milk

Re: [biofuel] Have I made biodiesel?

2004-07-09 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Tom Have I succeeded in making biodiesel? Yes. It's a good start, well done, congratulations. However, there are a lot of things you don't say and that might need attention when you take your next step. How much KOH (or NaOH) and how you measured it, how much methanol, how you mixed