Ken & others- First I would like to thank all of you for your help & your prompt replies. I thought it might be useful for me to describe what I have in mind.
One of the missions we would like to undertake is to demonstrate the effectiveness of biodiesel as a fuel to the local community and government. The quality of my fuel is important. While energy (electricity) is cheap here, cost is very important, hence my desire to use solar as a heat source when practical. I believe that WVO can be preheated in a pcv pipe grid using the sun. When painted black it is less suseptible to UV. Not along term solution but will do for now. After we are comfortable with our process, we intend to convince the City of Eufaula to have the Recycling Dept. collect all WVO produced locally (not currently doing this) and produce their own clean fuel. I know other cities in USA are producing biodiesel but none as small as us (15,000). Most biodiesel info I have seen is geared either to large capacity production or individual and farm production. Once we have coverted our own city, we will try to convince other small communties in Alabama and eventually the South East to do the same. Somebody recently made referrence to the EPA and their discouragement of small biodiesel prodution in an e-mail on this list. I am unfamiliar with this but don't doubt it. Ron Dodson (neat guy and a very creative thinker) is the head of Audubon International. That is the group we are doing this with. Ron also sits on the National Biodiesel Board. We can probably get some support for this idea through him. Bill C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Provost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] First stage foolproof method > >Next question. What problems might I encounter using > >anhydrous ethanol as opposed to methanol as a reactant > >in this process? > > I believe the first step involves mostly esterification but also > some transesterification. I don't know how much you're > relying on the glycerine to fall out of the reaction, but it > won't leave the solution as readily or as completely when > ethanol is used. Also, you have to use more ethanol, > of course, since the molecular weight is greater than for > methanol (ratio 46 to 32). If you want to continue with > ethanol in the 2nd step, which is PURELY transesterification, > the problem with the glycerine failing to separate from > the biodiesel can become quite bothersome, particularly > with any water in there, or free fatty acids above 1%. > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Will You Find True Love? Will You Meet the One? Free Love Reading by phone! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Dr_ObB/zDLEAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
