[biofuel] Re: Vegetable oil yields
Vegetable oil yields (approx.) Biodiesel yield = oil yield x 0.8 approx. Crop - kg/ha - litre/ha - lb/acre - USgal/acre soybean - 375 - 446 - 335 - 48 rapeseed - 1000 - 1190 - 893 - 127 Can anybody explain why soybean is the crop of choice in the US when the yeild of canola is so much higher. Thanks John Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[biofuel] Re: Fuel-less
>Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 12:28:06 -0800 > From: "stephen lakios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: fuel-less > >If it does not need fuel,why do you need an engine? stephen > And WHY would you post in a bioFUEL newsgroup? John > <[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]
[biofuel] Biodiesel Bulletin
BIODIESEL BULLETIN A Monthly Newsletter of the National Biodiesel Board January 3, 2001 Headlines: á Biodiesel Makes the Grade in New Jersey á Biodiesel Offers Operational Solution to Low-Sulfur Diesel Rule á NBB Member Serves on Federal Advisory Panel á Washington Update á NBB Holds Board Meeting, Welcomes New Member á NBB Honors Industry Leaders with Biodiesel Awards á Biodiesel Commercials Airing in Nebraska á Biodiesel Making Splash in Australia BIODIESEL MAKES THE GRADE IN NEW JERSEY The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has approved an agreement with the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) that paves the way for NJDOT to begin using biodiesel fuel in its diesel-powered vehicles. Under the terms of the agreement, the Board of Public Utilities will reimburse NJDOT for the incremental costs of purchasing biodiesel in lieu of petroleum-based diesel fuel. NJDOT is the third major entity to use B20 in New Jersey, following New Jersey Transit and the Medford Township School District. ãExpanding the use of biodiesel to a portion of the stateâs diesel-powered vehicle fleet is consistent with (NJ Governor) Christie Whitmanâs overall efforts to promote advanced fuel technologies,ä said Transportation Commissioner and New Jersey Transit Chairman James Weinstein. The NJDOT project is funded using Petroleum Overcharge Reimbursement Fund (PORF) monies, which are federal funds resulting from settlements with major oil companies for reaping excess profits during the energy crises of the 1970s. NJDOT agreed to begin using biodiesel after meeting with representatives from the Medford Township School District, which has had a successful biodiesel program in its school bus fleet for the past three years. World Energy Alternatives supplies the biodiesel for New Jersey Transit and Medford Township School District. The company will also supply the fuel for NJDOT. For more information about World Energy, visit http://www.worldenergy.net. BIODIESEL OFFERS OPERATIONAL SOLUTION TO LOW-SULFUR DIESEL RULE In December, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new rules to reduce the sulfur content of diesel from its current level of 500 parts per million (ppm) to 15 ppm in the next six to 10 years. The biodiesel industry is poised to provide a solution to a widely held concern about the low-sulfur fuel's lack of lubricity. Rotary and distributor type pumps commonly used in light and medium-duty trucks are completely fuel lubricated, which means they depend on fuel with high lubricating properties. The process of removing sulfur from diesel harms diesel's lubricity. Comments to the EPA indicate concern from the diesel industry about how lubricity will be restored to the low-sulfur diesel. "Although there are several lubricity-increasing fuel additives available in the marketplace, biodiesel is well positioned to fill the need," said Joe Jobe, executive director of the National Biodiesel Board. "Because biodiesel is compatible with existing diesel technology, it can be used immediately and seamlessly as a clean-burning, no-sulfur alternative fuel or lubricity additive." Tests show blending just one percent biodiesel into petroleum diesel can increase lubricity by up to 65 percent. Since biodiesel is a fuel in and of itself and can be blended with petroleum diesel at any level, unlike other lubricity additives, an accidental increase of biodiesel would not be a cause for concern.Biodiesel has also already demonstrated commercial success as an oxygenated lubricity additive. At least seven companies make premium diesel products using a low-blend of biodiesel. Stanadyne Automotive Corp., one of the top diesel fuel injection equipment manufacturers, submitted a letter to the EPA during the comment period of the low sulfur rule. The letter suggested that EPA consider adding biodiesel to the low-sulfur diesel produced in the U.S. due to biodiesel's superior lubricious properties, its benefits to national energy security, the environment and domestic economic development. NBB MEMBER SERVES ON FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE NBB member Ron Heck, who was recently appointed to the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Department of Energy Biomass Research and Development Advisory Committee, participated in the groupâs first meeting in December in Washington D.C. The committee will advise the Secretaries of Energy and Agriculture on the technical focus and direction for research and development funding proposals under the biomass initiative. The purpose of the initial meeting was to establish a process for providing advice and guidance to the two agencies regarding research and development of bioenergy and bio-based products. At the meeting, the American Soybean Association (ASA) shared information regarding research, development and promotional activities related to soy-based industrial products like biodiesel. ASA also pointed out many of the costly
[biofuel] biodiesel gallons per acre
Here's a table of yields. (Note: yields depend on many factors and can vary widely. These figures provide a useful comparison.) Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ Vegetable oil yields (approx.) Biodiesel yield = oil yield x 0.8 approx. Crop - kg/ha - litre/ha - lb/acre - USgal/acre corn (maize) - 145 - 172 - 129 - 18 cashew nut - 148 - 176 - 132 - 19 oats - 183 - 217 - 163 - 23 lupine - 195 - 232 - 175 - 25 kenaf - 230 - 273 - 205 - 29 calendula - 256 - 305 - 229 - 33 cotton - 273 - 325 - 244 - 35 hemp - 305 - 363 - 272 - 39 soybean - 375 - 446 - 335 - 48 coffee - 386 - 459 - 345 - 49 linseed (flax) - 402 - 478 - 359 - 51 hazelnuts - 405 - 482 - 362 - 51 euphorbia - 440 - 524 - 393 - 56 pumpkin seed - 449 - 534 - 401 - 57 coriander - 450 - 536 - 402 - 57 mustard seed - 481 - 572 - 430 - 61 camelina - 490 - 583 - 438 - 62 sesame - 585 - 696 - 522 - 74 safflower - 655 - 779 - 585 - 83 rice - 696 - 828 - 622 - 88 tung oil tree - 790 - 940 - 705 - 100 sunflowers - 800 - 952 - 714 - 102 cocoa - (cacao) - 863 - 1026 - 771 - 110 peanuts - 890 - 1059 - 795 - 113 opium poppy - 978 - 1163 - 873 - 124 rapeseed - 1000 - 1190 - 893 - 127 olives - 1019 - 1212 - 910 - 129 castor beans - 1188 - 1413 - 1061 - 151 pecan nuts - 1505 - 1791 - 1344 - 191 jojoba - 1528 - 1818 - 1365 - 194 jatropha - 1590 - 1892 - 1420 - 202 macadamia nuts - 1887 - 2246 - 1685 - 240 brazil nuts - 2010 - 2392 - 1795 - 255 avocado - 2217 - 2638 - 1980 - 282 coconut - 2260 - 2689 - 2018 - 287 oil palm - - 5000 - 5950 - 4465 - 635 Other resources: NewCrop SearchEngine at the Center for New Crops & Plant Products at Purdue University -- Search for "oil". Results: "The following pages containing 'oil' were found -- hits 1-20 of 200". Results are hyperlinked to detailed factsheets. http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/SearchEngine.html Plants For A Future - Database Search -- See "Search by Use - Select any of the following uses. Or select none and use the plant criteria below." Select "Other Use" - oil. Results: "Other Use: Oil (460)". Results are hyperlinked to detailed factsheets. http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/D_search.html Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [biofuel] biodiesel group meeting
Hallo Steve, Kindly update me on the resolutions passed on the meetings held.eg current organisation structure,member subscription fees,etc. Note ,that i am very much interested in the organisation. Yours lloyd. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [biofuel] biodiesel group meeting
Hallo Steve, Kindly update on the resolution made on the meetings held.eg current organisation structure,member subscription fees,etc. Note ,that i am very much interested in the organisation. Yours lloyd. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [biofuel] Fat filter
make up a manifold out of plastic pipe, vertically placed to use gravity i no pump used. a small canister on top, a short pipe to a tee, branch it to several other tees, on the manifold end an elbow. pieces of pipe to couplers, then a duplicate on the bottom, glue all but the top of the straight couplers. stick some coffee filters in the coupler tops and put the manifold together. you could also use a heating oil tank to store a large quantity and a replaceable felt canister filter, this would work best. Andrew Graham wrote: > Has anyone out there got any good ideas on an effective method for > filtering used cooking fat. I run my car on straight heated fat but I > regularly clog up my fuel filter. I currently get my fat from fast > food outlets, then sieve it, and filter it twice through cloth. This > is a slow messy process but still leaves too many solids in the fuel. > It is not a pleasant job changing the filter, not cheap and the used > filters are an environmental hazard in themselves. > Thanks, Andrew. > > > eGroups Sponsor [Corbis - The Place for Pictures Online] > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [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]
Re: [biofuel] Fat filter
the centrifuge sounds like a great idea. I am lucky enough to have a source of clean oil; a place that makes corn chips. I filter my oil directly through a 20" filter i got from Tek Supply for about $20 with replacement filters at about $3. they come in versions down to 5 microns. i use an electric pump plumbed to the filter that runs on 110v so it's fairly clean and easy. i used a hydraulic pump from a junkyard, with a belt to a scrounged motor. another excellent catalog is northern hardware supply, who has a 110v pump with a gas station dispensing handle for about $160. I suspect that if you prefiltered with a t-shirt or something, a large filter would last awhile, and the filters apper to be made of cotton, which would make dandy kindling. tek supply is at 1-800-tek supply northern hardware is in the 800 directory; i don't have a catalog handy. good luck, anton >Hi a solution to your problem might be to use a type of centrifuge machine. >This is basicly a spinning bottle or flask. All the heavy solids should fall >to the bottom of the bottle then you take the left over oil from the top. >One could make a simple centrifuge out of an old washing machine motor and a >plastic drum. >I hope this will help. > >> Has anyone out there got any good ideas on an effective method for >> filtering used cooking fat. I run my car on straight heated fat but I >> regularly clog up my fuel filter. I currently get my fat from fast >> food outlets, then sieve it, and filter it twice through cloth. This >> is a slow messy process but still leaves too many solids in the fuel. >> It is not a pleasant job changing the filter, not cheap and the used >> filters are an environmental hazard in themselves. >> Thanks, Andrew. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [biofuel] Fat filter
Hi a solution to your problem might be to use a type of centrifuge machine. This is basicly a spinning bottle or flask. All the heavy solids should fall to the bottom of the bottle then you take the left over oil from the top. One could make a simple centrifuge out of an old washing machine motor and a plastic drum. I hope this will help. - Original Message - From: "Andrew Graham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 10:19 AM Subject: [biofuel] Fat filter > Has anyone out there got any good ideas on an effective method for > filtering used cooking fat. I run my car on straight heated fat but I > regularly clog up my fuel filter. I currently get my fat from fast > food outlets, then sieve it, and filter it twice through cloth. This > is a slow messy process but still leaves too many solids in the fuel. > It is not a pleasant job changing the filter, not cheap and the used > filters are an environmental hazard in themselves. > Thanks, Andrew. > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [biofuel] stills and such
Gaw, > Upon reaching the desired temp the new still with > the scrubbers began to puke large volumes of water as > though siphoning thru the main column. This sorta sounds like the column might be "flooding", i.e. the amount of vapour rising up through the packing is too great for the diameter & type of packing, and its forcing the refluxing liquid out ahead of it. Sometimes this happens with scrubbers if they've been used a few times without being cleaned or backflushed, and they've started to clog up (hence reducing the cross-sectional area of the column). If its happening on a new/clean still, it might be that the diameter is just too small to start with. Do you know how much power you're putting into the pot ? If not (e.g. using gas), you can sorta estimate it from how long it takes to heat up to boiling point (not accurate, but sometimes ball-park). Once you've got this, try my calculator at http://www.geocities.com/kiwi_distiller/reflux_calc.htm to see what sort of diameter it recommends (the 65% one). Basically, what this estimates is a one inch diameter for up to about 1.5 kW, 1.5 inches to 4 kW, and 2 inches to 8 kW. These do seem a little on the skinny side, and I haven't been able to yet validate it against the high power inputs. But its reasonably OK at the smaller end (up to about 2 kW). I'd err on the side of caution and make the column a bit wider, as you can always go and stuff something up it if it turns out to be too wide (e.g. stainless steel rods). This risk of "too wide" is that you lose optimum mingling between the vapour and liquid, and they may not see enough of each other to maximise the interaction. This might be the benefit of the 803 design - is it a larger diameter than your StillMaker one (well, the two in tandem)? Tony http://www.geocities.com/kiwi_distiller Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[biofuel] Fat filter
Has anyone out there got any good ideas on an effective method for filtering used cooking fat. I run my car on straight heated fat but I regularly clog up my fuel filter. I currently get my fat from fast food outlets, then sieve it, and filter it twice through cloth. This is a slow messy process but still leaves too many solids in the fuel. It is not a pleasant job changing the filter, not cheap and the used filters are an environmental hazard in themselves. Thanks, Andrew. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[biofuel] refuge
I fear for the refuge. I was involved with oil exploration,and have never seen or experienced a "clean" operation.We also worked over, operating wells.When a well slowed in production, we sent down high fracture explosives.Every land production well I have ever seen was filthy,with pollution everywhere. The offshore rigs I was on were mostly clean,due to being controversial, state inspectors spent more time with them.But I saw plenty of illegal stuff on them also.There are to many land oil wells,and not enough inspectors. They would announce an inspection months ahead. stephen [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]
[biofuel] fuel-less
If it does not need fuel,why do you need an engine? stephen [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]
[biofuel] Magazine article by Mike Pelly
Good article by Mike Pelly on biodiesel in the current Jan/Feb issue of Countryside magazine. Not online, sadly, but here's their url in case you want to order it. http://www.countrysidemag.com/ Best Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
