Yes, all true. The ferry fiasco came about because they tried to do B80-100 with the fuel tanks close to water temp with massive heat loss which leads to gel. First mistake. Next was that running such high concentrations of BioD scoured the snot out of the fuel systems and nobody thought about the need to change out filters to keep them from overloading. So, the benefit of a clearing out the engine boogers became a giant problem where there was sniveling that the fuel was making them need to change the fuel filters so much. They were too lazy to swap out filters proactively and allowed them to plug up.
clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers On Dec 14, 2015, at 3:31 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > ASTM Spec BioDiesel does not require pre-heating. If made to specification > it is 100% compatable with Dino Diesel fuel. > > There is however a higher gell point temperature for B100.. Up to B20% it > should not raise gell point an appreciable amount. > > Filtration could be an issue for first tank or possibly second tank, but > only because B100 will super clean all the residue sludge left from Dino > Diesel and that will be trapped by filters until purged from fuel system. > > Again.. evidence of poor planning and management in production and sales > led to failure to thrive.. > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 4:08 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > >> We had a massive commercial processor here that went belly up trying to >> make BioD when it was around $4. They had around that million gallon >> capacity, but could not source feedstock locally for capacity, and did not >> have demand yet. State made a mess of trying to use BioD in the ferry >> system (no preheating and messed up filtering) The transit buses could not >> suck enough of it. Many municipalities tried to run anything they could >> find on the stuff, but had no idea how to do it right. Processor was >> selling what they could to the cruise ships and navy. Good idea, but >> poor implementation. >> >> clay >> >> >> >> On Dec 13, 2015, at 7:25 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: >> >>> I see usda lists choice white (CWG) at 16ยข/lb and yellow grease (YG) >> (used fry oil) is unquoted. Basically, YG is to the point where it costs >> more to pick up than what it is worth. >>> >>> That probably creates an opportunity for backyard BioD. Of course with >> Diesel down to $2 with road taxes, there is not a great commercial margin, >> but from prior work, the economics worked out in similar conditions. I >> have not run calculations on the current costs, but it oughta be profitable >> on a million gal/year scale. >>> >>> If I had a few acres, I'd be making BioD. If I had a farm, I'd be >> growing oilseed and making BioD and feed. >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
