That could cetainly work it a Wisconsin winter...the cold is free!
Ryan
From: "Jason & Katie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [Biofuel] WVO-Water Separation: coalescer media
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:54:01 -0500
what about applejack style dewatering? get it REALLY cold so the oil
solidifies, or the water freezes, whichever comes first and screen it out?
thats how the old folks used to make apple whiskey for hard cider when my
grandma was a kid.
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From: "Ryan Pope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 12:19 PM
Subject: [Biofuel] WVO-Water Separation: coalescer media
> I'm trying to think of alternate ways to reduce/eliminate water in WVO
> that are both easy (i.e. passive) and don't involve the energy use of
> heating a bulk volume of oil to near water BP.
>
> Coalescing media comes to mind, has anybody every looked into this
> further or heard of its use in biodiesel production? All I see on JtF
is
> variations on heating and settling.
>
> If you aren't familiar with coalescer media, it works because as the
> oil-water mix is passed though the media, the small suspended drops of
> water
> tend to group together into larger and larger drops of free water that
> will
> then separate by gravity on the downstream side of the media.
>
> An example video can be seen at
> http://www.kaydonfiltration.com/tech_video.htm
>
> Not sure on cost of the bulk media yet.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ryan Pope
>
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