Hello Kenji, heating the oil means that you are adding energy to the coming reaction. The reaction will go faster and become more complete than if you didn´t heat the oil. Trans-esterifucation processes can often take place in temperatures around 20oC and above. The glycerol settling will also go smoother and faster with a little temperature on it, say around 40 - 50ioC. Good luck to you AGERATEC AB Jan Warnqvist ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenji James Fuse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 5:14 AM Subject: [Biofuel] unheated oil for biodiesel?
> I've never tried making biodiesel without heating the oil, except in > little demo batches (2 litre pop bottle). How necessary is it, and can > anyone describe the chemistry or physics of it to me in dumb-dumb terms? > > Or maybe its in the archives, and someone could point me in the right > direction. > > Thanks, > > Kenji Fuse > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
