Hey alll ! I did a test of my wvo turned biodiesel today to be sure of its quality. I read in journey to forever that one test for excess glycerine that might be in the fuel, is to reprocess the fuel as you would virgin veggie oil. Excess glycerine should fall out after mixing.I did that, and came out with a weird looking mixture. At the top appears to be biodiesel, cloudy and yellow. Lower down was something that looked like jelly, seemingly translucent, and semi- solid, and the bottom seems to be a very thin layer of a slightly darker version of whats at the top. (perhaps just more of whats at the top squeezed below the jelly area.)
Nothing that appears to be glycerine when compared to glycerine I made with WVO and Virgin oil. Now I remember reading that if too much NaOH is in the initial reaction, the left over lye will contiue breaking bonds, incuding ester bonds. So is it possible that the jelly area I am seeing is fat molecules that have been split from the alcohol molecule due to more lye mixed with my perfectly good biodiesel? What thinks the wise Elders of the forum? Regards, Handel ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel 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/
