actually, what you wrote was: "I know that there is some ethanol (or more likely methanol) left in the BD and some ethanol left in the glycerine and I can see the advantage of extracting the ethanol from the glycerine, especially if it is a waste stream..."
when there is not in "spec" biodiesel. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter & Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: http://www.green-trust.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "paul van den bergen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] australia ethanol news > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:06 am, Steve Spence wrote: > > properly washed biodiesel has no appreciable amounts of alcohol left in it. > > when I wrote: > > > I have heard arguements that leaving the eexcess ehtanol in the BD does > > > no harm (increases the calorific value of the fuel which also redresses > > > the slight loss of performance of BD over dinodiesel). But it seems to > > > me that > > > it is more valuable as a feed stock and hence should be recovered by > > > distillation before washing the biodiesel... has anyone had any joy or > > > experience of this? > > I know washed BD has no alcohol. What I want to know is is it worth > attempting to recover teh alcohol from both the unwashed biodiesel and the > glycerine? Heck, you could do this _after_ reacting and _before_ settling to > save double handling... > > -- > Dr Paul van den Bergen > Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures > caia.swin.edu.au > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > IM:bulwynkl2002 > It's a book. Non-volatile storage media. Everyone should have one. > > > > 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 ---------------------~--> Your own Online Store Selling our Overstock. http://us.click.yahoo.com/rZll0B/4ftFAA/46VHAA/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/
