Fwd from the Digestion Discussion List.
>Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 08:01:18 -0700 >Reply-To: Art Krenzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sender: The Digestion Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: Art Krenzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [DIG] AD of oil cake >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Jacky & Sivamalar, > >Dr. Karve, located in India, reports very positive results from the >AD of oilcakes. There could be a problem with chemical >contamination from the cleanup step in the extraction process. The >expeller portion of the process produces clean oil. The followup >step of solvent extraction could have some harmful residues >depending upon the solvent which is used. > >Dr. Karve's latest report is as follows: > >We are now collaborating with a voluntary organization formed by a group of >engineers.A school hostel in the town of Jawhar, Dist. Thane, Maharashtra, >has a biogas plant having a capacity of producing daily 16cubic meters of >biogas. Following my advice, they shifted to using oilcake of locally >available non-edible oilseed cake as the feedstock. They get daily 16 cubic >meters of biogas, using just 16 kg of the oilcake, which costs them only >Rs.32 or USCents 70. The cake comes from three species, namely, Pongamia >pinnata, Madhuka indica and Jatropha curcas.A colleague from the engineers' >voluntary organization tested a petrol driven electricity generator on this >biogas. They could generate electricity by running the generator entirely on >biogas. A fortnight ago, I tested our biogas on a diesel-driven electricity >generator. This generator could however replace only about 70% of the total >diesel. > >Dr. Karve can be reached at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Art Krenzel, P.E. >PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES >10505 NE 285TH Street >Battle Ground, WA 98604 >360-666-1883 voice >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/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/
