Hmmm, 160 into 204 doesn't leave much room for the H2O huh? Good catch, and thanks. Not being a whiz at much of anything, I appreciate it when someone comes along and stops me from being my own wost ennemy, so now I need to rethink my double batching thing and perhaps stick to a single 100 liter or 2-60's but that's a whole heaping lot of trouble for just 20 liters more, although a secondary, smaller settling tank would do it, but a second wash tank would to do alot better; amazing what comes out when you put some brain power into it:) So, I can still do two batches but wash them seperately and that way I can do two 100 liter batches and not have to worry about not having enough water to wash properly. I process two batches, one I settle in a seperate tank, the other in the reactor, then fire each into a different wash tank and voila! But then I would need two air pumps to bubble with. I already have two timers, so maybe that is an option. To start though it is going to be one single batch of about 80 liters, settled in the reactor and then sent to the one wash tank I have set up. Start simple and complicate your life after, Ha! Isn't tha the way life is though? You are born with simple needs and simple tastes and as you get the hang of it you complicate the hell out of it for no other reason than to try to get it to be simple. People are REALLY weird.
L. PS: I got caught on that methanol question too.But it did give me an opportunity to share the lovely conversion tables I found, and those were the best until someone, please forgive me I don't remember who, posted a downloadable .executable file converter and it is quite interesting to use.Has all the converts you can need too, great tool. --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'day L > > >G'day; > > > >Having pretty much completed my processor and also having found a > >nice home for it, I have a question for those in the know. > >I am set up for a single batch lot or with a spare drum I can send > >tghe finished process to a settling tank and straight away fire up > >another one. The question is, can I pop one batch on top of the > >first one even though it may be a couple hours (2-3) between > >processing the first batch and the second and just have them settle > >together until I am ready to sent them together to the wash tank? > >My batches can either be 100 liter sigle or 80 liter when doubled. > >The wash tank determining the size of double batching. (160 liters > >plus water in the wash tank is going to about top it off I think). > >Do I still bubble 4-5 hours, change water and then wash twice more > >10 hours each, or do I have to make the wash longer due to increased > >volume? Ok, that's two questions. > > So you want half-price or what? :-) > > I'm not sure I grok your numbers aright - hey, that reminds me, you > STILL didn't get that other one right! Sheesh! How much lye per litre > of methanol, remember? (Or was it hogsheads?) He'd asked the wrong > question anyway. Have to go back and dig it up... > > Anyway, numbers permitting, I see no reason you can't dump one batch > on top of another one, then they'll both have settled out together > the next day and proceed as if it's a single batch. > > That said, if one of the batches is good and the other's iffy, > different oil or different something or other, you're perhaps going > to be a little hard put to find out just what went wrong and where > and why once they're all mixed up. > > With that in mind, it might be an idea to do small-size test- batches > in parallel with each batch, at least at first until you get the hang > of doing it that way. > > You're going to wash 160 litres in a 200-litre tank? Needs some > headroom too, doesn't leave much space for the water. Try it and see, > maybe it'll be worth it even if it takes more washes and more time. > Or make somewhat smaller batches. > > >Thanks for any input. > > HIH. > > Best > > Keith > > > >L. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
