Keith,
You noticed some very important things that I missed while viewing their
page. I knew that it sounded to good to be true. I am new to the
bio-diesel scene since I recently went off-grid and use a 12 hp Changfa
diesel for all of our power needs. It is coupled to a 12kw Yanan head and
has turned out to be a very powerful and efficient generator set. I'm
gathering info on bio so I can reduce my power production costs even
greater. Thank you very much for your eye opener.......Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 5:46 AM
Subject: Re: [biofuel] Accusorb beads
> >I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with accusorb beads
> >that are used to treat WVO . The company claims it will produce
> >biofuel of the same quality as transesterification......Andy
>
> Do you mean this? - "Acusorb beads"
>
> http://www.hydrogenappliances.com/bioD.html
> "Bio diesel filters green oil black oil Bio diesel filters green oil black
oil"
>
> They call it biodiesel, then they call it the "UN-BioDiesel Process",
> and term the product "Green Oil":
>
> "Gets all of the water out of your waste oils and fuels! Removes ALL
> molecular types of water bounded molecules including fatty acids and
> glycerols, triglycerides and esters. Virtually any molecule that has
> a water bond."
>
> I don't know what this could mean, that it removes all "fatty acids
> and glycerols, triglycerides and esters", if that's what it's saying
> - there'd be nothing left. It says it again, more or less: "vegetable
> oil with the fatty acids and glycerin removed by hydrous
> ion-adsorption".
>
> I'm sure Todd's right, it just removes the water content, maybe
> deacidifies it too (free fatty acids), or maybe not. That's why they
> have to add petro-diesel to it (see below). But then they should say
> so, not dress it up like this to be what it's not. It's not honest to
> compare it with biodiesel, which they do.
>
> "Used cooking oil - to -"Green-oil" one step process! Green-oil is
> micron filtered vegetable oil with the fatty acids and glycerin
> removed by hydrous ion-adsorption process. Our special ion-adsorption
> beads make the process easy and inexpensive! The hydrous
> ion-adsorption beads can be regenerated forever by burning them in an
> oven every few years. No alcohol is needed - just pump used vegetable
> oil in on one end and out comes usable Green-oil on the other end.
> Green oil is then mixed with 10% to 30% Diesel fuel and used in any
> Diesel type motor, jet turbine or oil burner."
>
> Somewhere else it says 10% to 50%. Wherever you look you see
> inconsistencies and contradictions.
>
> - "Acusorb beads can be reused approximately 200 times... they can be
> reactivated by oven baking them at 350 degrees for a few hours..."
> - "... can be regenerated forever by burning them in an oven every few
years."
>
> Plenty more like that. Note they say "not for vehicles":
>
> "Not for vehicular use. Green and black oils are only to be used for
> fueling electric generators, jet turbines and oil burners used for
> heating. Some engine types can only be cold started using standard
> Diesel fuel and may then be transitioned to burn waste oil fuels once
> they are warmed up and running smoothly."
>
> Just SVO in other words. Really needs a two-tank system and
> pre-heating, but you might get away with it by mixing with dino and
> using it in a genset at constant load.
>
> "Operating equipment running on Green and Black oils is not an exact
> science and is only recommended for those individuals that have some
> mechanical aptitude and enjoy discovery and experimentation." - ie,
> "Don't blame us"!
>
> I've been to this site before, four months ago. It said then at the
> bottom of the page: "Hit 9821498-Times". Uh-huh. Now it says "Hit
> 9823499-Times" - that's 2,000 hits in four months, so at that
> constant rate it would take more than a thousand years to reach that
> total. The home page hasn't had quite that many hits - only "Hit
> 3720550-Times", four months ago, and "Hit 3729604-Times" now - 9000
> hits in four months, 4.5 times as many as the page that's had three
> times as many.
>
> Somehow my confidence isn't inspired by a company that cheats with
> their hit counters, and does it so unconvincingly. Nor by one that's
> as generally careless as this. They're just trying to sell filters.
> I wouldn't go anywhere near them.
>
> Keith
>
>
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