Dear Sirs, Can anybody tell me what kind of fuel mixture (ethanol based) can be used to fuel 2-cycle engine and what modifications had to be made?
Best regards and thank you in advance, Octavian Andronic www.ariascooters.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Legal Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] any ideas?please help me... > G'day Stelios; > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stelios Terzakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 10:22 AM > Subject: [Biofuel] any ideas?please help me... > > > Hello everybody and happy new year, > > My name is Stelios Terzakis, and i am MSc chemistry student in >Greece and a > rockie here, > > We all started out that way :-) > > >i major in the biofuels. I had a fund from the university on a biodiesel > >program which i named ''Process development for the production of biodiesel > >from used cooking oils''. The idea is to demonstrate the ability of > >performing the biodiesel reaction in a simple reactor, from cheap raw > >material. > > That is indeed the whole idea, but add to it renewable and eco friendly use > of a "waste" product, the WVO. > > >I am also examining the quality and standards of the produced fuel, as well > >as the gases from a model engine. I use HPLC and GC-MS analysis. Most of > >the people in Greece haven't heard anything about biodiesel, so i want to > >promote its use and all the benefits. The part i need help is in the > >reactor. > > Here is the dilema. The reactor will be directly proportionate to the volume > you want to make. You can make a simple reactor in a 20 liter pail, like the > example at JtF, or you can get quite elaborate, it depends on what you want > to do. > Re-study the Processors page at JtF and use it to give you ideas. You know > your situation better than anyone and are the one best suited to decide what > kind/size reactor set up you need. > > >I have left 2,000 euros in consumables. > > For 2,000Eu you can build somethig quite respectable. > > >Does anyone has to suggest me the most appropriate methodology and reactor > >design? I had some ideas from the site http://journeytoforever.org/ but > >your experience is valuable. > > Well, that is the point. The reactor examples on the JtF site are the sum of > the experience of those who are at this forum, ande I am sure that there > will yet be more great ideas that come from that base. That is what I did. I > looked at what was there, let it sink in and then asked myself what kind of > set up I needed for my needs, and I came away with a compilation of ideas > gleened from those examples as well as a few mods I made along the way, > partially due to the posts at this forum. > > >I also looked the reactor on the e-bay it looks nice (i mean if it works) > >but if i have to pay travel expences i must forget it. All suggestions are > >wellcome. > If i can help anyone to solve problems from his process i will be >very > glad. > > The one on the Ebay page was built with the intention of selling it, and > apparently there are others of that type on the way. The point is, that you > can do it too. maybe not weld metal, unless you know how to do that, then > your immagination is the only thing standing in the way, but barring being > able to work with your hands, use things already at your disposal. You can > start with a water heater as a bse for your reactor or a closed head 200 > liter drum (metal). Whatever method you decide on it should be "fumeless", > without methoxide fumes escaping during the process, so it should be > something closed to the atmosphere. > > >Nice work you are doing... > If people communicates and help its other this way the future is not so bad > after all. > > >Thank you all. > > Thank you for participating. > Luc > > >Stelios > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 30.12.2004 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 30.12.2004 _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
