Try 50/50 kerosene/SVO! I used new oil and kerosene and it worked in my driveway testing.
-----Original Message----- From: Keith Addison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 3:29 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] Can Biod be replace central heating oil? Dana Linscott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >One of our members is also considering using the >glycerine component of BD production as home heating >fuel and so will need to have this type of setup to >keep it liquid. He has no room in his basement for the >tanks and so is planning on building an insulated >"shed" on the side of his home large enough for a 500 >gallon tank. He has chosen as his "project" to try >modifying a standard fuel oil furnace "gun" to work >with the Glycerine component of BD production. > >Does anyone have any pointers having done this >themselves. Theorys? > >thanks >Dana I know Aleks was running his furnace on glyc from his original two-stage process (base-base), which gives thin glyc, but he said he stopped doing it because the glyc left a deposit which kept clogging the furnace. It's a problem that's worth trying to crack. Please keep the list informed - also on progress with WVO as heating fuel. Someone suggested to me that the glyc might best be used as a binding agent to make sawdust pellets for stoves. Todd mentioned mixing it with sawdust, but didn't say more - what then, Todd? A caution though - the National Toxicology Program has listed wood dust as a carcinogen, because of the danger of arsenic and chemical additives. http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/NewHomeRoc/AboutRoC.html "Nominated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration based on IARC2 finding identification of sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity in human epidemiology studies and identifying wood dust as a Group 1- Known Human Carcinogen (Vol. 62, 1995). IARC listing based on increases in cancer, particularly cancer of the nasal cavities and paranasal sinuses, associated with exposure to wood dust." See also: Carcinogen list may include wood dust, talc http://enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/04/04162001/carcinogens_43022.asp Burning arsenic-treated wood in a home furnace is a no-no. Best Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
