<x-charset ISO-8859-1>There's no need to heat the finished fuel to this high of a temp to dry it. Approximately 120*F (~46*C) is more than sufficient to get any microscopic water to settle out before putting the fuel in the tank.
The simplest home test for fuel acceptability is to put equal parts fuel and water in a closed container and agitate radically for a few seconds. If the fuel and water separate immediately with no emulsion other than a thin interface film you're good to go. Todd Swearingen ----- Original Message ----- From: "pinky 22in" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 4:18 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Biodiesel Quality? > hi > what you did is right your biodiesel will be of good > quality.. butb4 using the biodiesel, heat it for 110 > degree celsius and thn use it.-vidhya > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > --------------------------------- > Hi all, > > I just made my second large batch of Biodiesel. (10 > gallon) I have made 8 > different blender batches, the first 3 I screwed up > the amount of lye. (the > scale was way off) The next 5 came out great, (I > think) I have gotten great > seperation on every good batch that I have made. 2 > very distinct layers with > the top layer being the same color top to bottom and > the bottom layer much > darker and on the bottom. I mix it for 1 hour then > let it sit over night and draw > off the good stuff from the top and put it in the > washer. I wash it with 1/2 > the amount of water for 6 to 7 hours and let it sit > over night and repeat this > 3 times. My last wash water is just about clear and > the ph is about 6. > > Having told you this, is there anything to do to test > the quality of my fuel. > It looks good in the jug. I have one batch that has > been done for a couple > of weeks and it looks the same now as it did when I > got done washing it. > > I am ready to put it in a fuel tank and run a gen set > but just want to be > sure I am not going to mess any thing up. > > Thanks > > Rick M > Brownstown, Mi. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list > address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! > Terms of Service. > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. > http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ </x-charset>
