Chris, If you have good separation on the GC, might I suggest GC/MS that way you can tentatively identify each peak. Should you not be able to use this instrument. I the GC is still your best source. I am not sure whether there is an existing database that references the relative amounts of each compound in the biodiesel mixture. But you could certainly start one. I will look back in some of my papers and see if someone had actually started this process.
>From: Chris Jude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com >To: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [biofuels-biz] small scale testing >Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 10:17:37 -0800 (PST) > > >Hello, > >I've been working on Aleks Kac's 'foolproof' transesterfication process in >a lab here at ASU. I've come up with several good seeming products, but am >looking for some good ways for testing the process. I've thought about >Thin Layer Chromatography, but I need some data to be able to compare my >results to for accuracy. Has anyone experimented with the testing of the >procedure to see how efficient the process is? > >We've run a batch through a Gas Chromatograph and the results seemed >positive but were not conclusive. Is there any database for this >information? > >Thanks > > >________________________ >Chris Jude >ASU Biodiesel Club >Boone, NC >1980 MB 240D - 350K miles >_________________________ > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make Money Online Auctions! Make $500.00 or We Will Give You Thirty Dollars for Trying! http://us.click.yahoo.com/yMx78A/fNtFAA/i5gGAA/9bTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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/
