Biodiesel does not work well in the wick type kerosene heaters. The viscosity is too high to get enough fuel to the combustion point. To use biodiesel one would have to develop a new fuel supply system that fed the fuel to the wick somewhere within 1" of the combustion point.
The same can be said for kerosene lamps. However, a person may have some luck with the circular wicked Argand style lamps - those that have the metal draft tube running through the center of the wick. The tendency here is for the tube to exchange heat to the fuel in the fuel cell, reducing it's "incident viscosity" and improving the wicking properties. Not much different than a pre-heater for WVO or SVO systems - in a sense. Todd Swearingen ----- Original Message ----- From: "aegent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 10:44 AM Subject: [biofuel] BioDiesel in space heaters? > I've done a fair amount of digging and see a number or articles about > BioDiesel in oil furnaces but am curious about the application in > small space heaters. > > I am looking at getting a small space heater to heat a work area and > would like to know about how practical thhis would be? > > In general any experiences are welcome and anyone in the US that can > point to specific products they are familiar with would be good. > > The oil heater from Mother Earth News on JtoF also looks interesting. > Has anyone tried to build one and use NioDiesel in it as heating oil? > > Regards > Tony Dean > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
