On Wed, 18 May 2011 10:46:41 +0800, Anand wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> Dear Arnt, > what is the use of the emulsion made from tar and soap? ..tar, oil and soap, most would call it toxic waste, I have only used it to (accidentally) dissolve asphalt. Potential uses, now that is another matter I might consider on public funds, I'm not doing it in Norway on my own funds. ;o) > Yours > A.D.Karve > > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:48 AM, Arnt Karlsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 17 May 2011 07:35:32 -0400, Thomas wrote in message > > <[email protected]>: > > > >> Dear ADK and all > >> > >> AD KARVE has an interesting idea here. I doubt if he or I have the > >> equipment to follow it up, but hope some others here may do so. > >> > >> When you tear the lignin and celluloses in wood apart during > >> pyrolysis, you briefly have a lot of VERY reactive species (free > >> radicals) desperately looking for partners. > > > > ..that makes a lot of sense, and helps explain > > my tar vapor flare performance. :o) > > > >> If they were supplied with a surplus of attractive partners, they > >> would make many attractive combinations, some commercial today, and > >> probably many others that would be attractive if available. > >> > >> If the diluent partner was methanol or ethanol, they would form > >> esters (perfumes) ethers, and many other interesting compounds that > >> I'm not enough organic chemist to list. > >> > >> I hope someone will give it a try... > > > > ..bubbling those tar vapors thru soap water and waste oil, creates > > an amazingly stable emulsion with a 2 year shelf life IME, we made > > half a dozen barrels that I understand the City of Stavanger took > > good care of then they tore down the building around our > > experimental backyard. > > > > ..mixed a wee bit of my goo with saw dust, sand and dirt to clean > > up a wee driveway oil slick spill, the problem was it also ate the > > asphalt. > > > >> > >> Tom Reed > >> > >> Dr Thomas B Reed > >> President, The Biomass Energy Foundation > >> www.Woodgas.com > > > > > > -- > > ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen > > ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... > > Scenarios always come in sets of three: > > best case, worst case, and just in case. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gasification mailing list > > > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > > [email protected] > > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org > > > > for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: > > http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/ > > > > > -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Gasification mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/
