Hi Joey, Keith's inspiring work on "JourneytoForever\Vegetable Oil Yields" lists the quality standard (RKQualitatsstandard) for rapeseed oil as being between 900 and 930 kg/m^3 and later, on the same e-page, he quotes "Waste Vegetable Oil as a Diesel Replacement Fuel" by Philip Calais as saying Canola oil has a density 920 kg/m^3. (They are, of course, the same oil: It is just that a "PR-savvy" marketeer in the US thought that the US-housewife might well resist anything to do with "rape")
Our palm-oil here in Thailand normally has a density of about 910 kg/m^3. Now because the US still doggedly clings to British Imperial Units with some curious local variations, you will need to know that 1 ton US only gets you 907.1847 kgs. So one US ton of palm oil has a volume of 907.1847/910 which is pretty close to 1 cubic metre and is very easy to remember. Of course, if you really want to use the quaint US volume measurements too, then 1 cubic metre is about 264.17 US gallons or 6.29 barrels (bbl). A "typical" oil drum holds about 200 litres (52.8 US galls or 44 ancient UK gallons) so you might expect to get 5 drums of cooking oil to weigh just about 1 US ton. However you look at it, 1) 5000 US tons a year would be about 500 drums a week and 2) The SI system of units has much to commend it. Regards Michael Allen > Although I have earnestly read each article to pass through biofuels-biz, > this is my first post; SO, I'd like to quickly thank everyone for > contributing such essential information as we strive to convert a once > whimsical substitution into a full-blown industry. Keith, you're an > absolute monster and an inspiration, keep truckin'. Special thanks to Ed > Beggs for being a master. > > Now, does anyone have a remote clue on how to convert Weight in tons to > Volume in Gallons with vegetable oil as the medium? For example, if one > metropolitan center in the U.S. accumulates 5,000 tons of vegetable oil > in > one year's time, is there any reliable way of determining the volume of > such? > > As well, in certain waste-processing-oriented reports and papers, greases > and fats are referred to by color. I think that the term used for > vegetable > oil and like substances is "Yellow" grease or oil. Is anyone aware of > the > type or quality of "yellow" in such documents? Would this be isolated > vegetable oils, or impure mixtures? > > Thanks everyone. > > PS. I'm working on a project that'll get everyone giddy, I'll keep you > posted. > > Joey Hundert > Transcendental Ventures Inc. > Edmonton, AB Canada > > > > > 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/ > > > > -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/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/
