Hello Jonathan We installed an Elsbett system mainly to solve the problem of using biodiesel in winter. Our WVO biodiesel is fine down to about -5 deg C, but it gets to -12 C or lower here. With the Elsbett system we've used biodiesel through two winters without additives and without any problems.
For two years we used SVO during the summer and biodiesel in winter. Even with Elsbett's pre-heating, the SVO was no use at below -5 deg C, it gelled in the tank, and the Elsbett system doesn't come with tank heating. We don't use SVO now, we prefer biodiesel and use 100% WVO biodiesel all year round. For using SVO at below -5 deg C with an Elsbett system try adding a tank heater. More info on heating here: Biodiesel in winter http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_winter.html HTH Best Keith >Hello. Lately, I have been doing a lot of reading on the different systems for using SVO. Elsbett seems to have one of the best single tank systems for this. I have made good biodiesel, but with rising costs of methanol, I was looking at alternatives. I have read about fuel mixing and admit have tried the DSE just to see what all the hype was about. I agree that there is nothing really special about their ingredient and most of the thinning and diluting is done with the kerosene and gasoline. It seemed to work fine in my 300SD, but the more I read, the more I learned of the negative aspects(incomplete combustion, coking, ring sticking, etc.). I understand that I should only try things like this for short term experiments, which I have. Is it the FFA in the vegetable oil that causes all of these problems? Is that why biodiesel will not cause these problems, because part of the process removes FFA? I also read about the experiment that concluded that in order to > achieve the same atomization as petrol diesel, the rapeseed oil was heated to 150 C. This is twice as hot as most of the 2 tank SVO systems that are on the market now. Would this mean that you would still have incomplete combustion if 150 C cannot be reached? If Rudolf Diesel invented his engine to run on a variety of fuels, including vegetable oil, how come the engines of today require more modification or fuel modification to run veg oil? My last question is concerning the Elsbett single tank SVO system. If you can just pour the veg oil in and go, is there a heater on the main tank for cold weather? I am not even sure that SVO will work for me since I drive 12 miles one way to work. My car gets up to operation temp. half way there. Thanks all. Jonathan Schearer. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo, > >Check out this website if you want to see how well some folks talk out >both sides of their mouths. > >http://www.dieselsecret.com > >No, it isn't Bio-diesel! Yes, it is the only true Bio-diesel! The >Germans at Mercedes have been doing this since the post World War II years >but we have the only proprietary ingredients! On, and on, and on. Same >old same old. > >Happy Happy, > >Gustl >-- >Je mehr wir haben, desto mehr fordert Gott von uns. >******** >We can't change the winds but we can adjust our sails. >******** >The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, >soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, >without signposts. >C. S. Lewis, "The Screwtape Letters" >******** >Es gibt Wahrheiten, die so sehr auf der Straße liegen, >daß sie gerade deshalb von der gewöhnlichen Welt nicht >gesehen oder wenigstens nicht erkannt werden. >******** >And those who were seen dancing were thought to be >insane by those who could not hear the music. >Friedrich Nietzsche >******** >The best portion of a good man's life - >His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. >William Wordsworth _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
