Re: [Biofuel] Lye - Metric to Imperial Unit Conversions
A direct way of converting metric to english and vice versa is touse "Master Converter". You canuse google to search the url.This is better than to use approximations.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Remember that water weighs 1 kilogram per litre, by the originaldefinition of the litre. If Joe's specific gravity for the oil of0.92 is exact, then the oil weighs 920 grams per litre.Is the 1.0% supposed to be the amount of lye *solution* per litre ofoil (which would raise the question of what concentration), or theamount of actual NaOH?Also remember that the Imperial and U.S. systems are not the same.Doug WoodardSt. Catharines, Ontario, CanadaOn Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Hunter McCormack wrote: I am trying to understand the conversion of lye quantities from metric to imperial and I have stumped myself in the process. I understand from given data that lye is used in the amount 1.0% of the virgin vegetable oil weight. It's given that this is approximately 3.5 grams/liter. This implies that the vegetable oil weighs .35 kg/liter. There are 3.8 liters/gallon. This means that the oil would weigh 1.3 kg/gallon or 2.9 lbs/gallon. This is contradictory to the weight measurements that I have found for virgin vegetable oil that state there are approximately 7.4 lbs/gallon. What am I missing in this unit conversion? Hunter___Biofuel mailing listBiofuel@sustainablelists.orghttp://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.orgBiofuel at Journey to Forever:http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.htmlSearch the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages):http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Lye - Metric to Imperial Unit Conversions
I am trying to understand the conversion of lye quantities from metric to imperial and I have stumped myself in the process. I understand from given data that lye is used in the amount 1.0% of the virgin vegetable oil weight. It's given that this is approximately 3.5 grams/liter. This implies that the vegetable oil weighs .35 kg/liter. There are 3.8 liters/gallon. This means that the oil would weigh 1.3 kg/gallon or 2.9 lbs/gallon. This is contradictory to the weight measurements that I have found for virgin vegetable oil that state there are approximately 7.4 lbs/gallon. What am I missing in this unit conversion? Hunter _ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Lye - Metric to Imperial Unit Conversions
Hunter McCormack wrote: I am trying to understand the conversion of lye quantities from metric to imperial and I have stumped myself in the process. I understand from given data that lye is used in the amount 1.0% of the virgin vegetable oil weight. It's given that this is approximately 3.5 grams/liter. This implies that the vegetable oil weighs .35 kg/liter. I measured the specific gravity of my WVO which is canola oil and it came in at 0.92. Just as a sanity check on my hydrometer ( why do I never never trust anything??) I measured out 20 liters of WVO by volume and weighed it on a surplus triple beam balance that I picked up (20 kg capacity for a song -what a deal). By this method I calculated 0.915 SG. BTW I got the same SG (0.92 with hydrometer) for brand new canola as well. regards Joe ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Lye - Metric to Imperial Unit Conversions
www.onlineconversion.com is very helpful! What kind of oil? http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_yield.html Where does the 1% come from? Are you confusing the amounts of lye with titration? NaOH for virgin oil is 3.5 grams/liter 0.1% w/v lye solution About Lye: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#lyeOn 10/18/05, Hunter McCormack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to understand the conversion of lye quantities from metric toimperial and I have stumped myself in the process.I understand from given data that lye is used in the amount 1.0% of thevirgin vegetable oil weight.It's given that this is approximately 3.5grams/liter.This implies that the vegetable oil weighs .35 kg/liter.There are 3.8 liters/gallon.This means that the oil would weigh 1.3kg/gallon or 2.9 lbs/gallon.This is contradictory to the weight measurements that I have found for virgin vegetable oil that state there areapproximately 7.4 lbs/gallon.What am I missing in this unit conversion?Hunter_ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search!http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/___ Biofuel mailing listBiofuel@sustainablelists.orghttp://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever:http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.htmlSearch the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/-- Thanks,PCHe's the kind of a guy who lights up a room just by flicking a switch History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives. - Abba Eban ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Lye - Metric to Imperial Unit Conversions
Remember that water weighs 1 kilogram per litre, by the original definition of the litre. If Joe's specific gravity for the oil of 0.92 is exact, then the oil weighs 920 grams per litre. Is the 1.0% supposed to be the amount of lye *solution* per litre of oil (which would raise the question of what concentration), or the amount of actual NaOH? Also remember that the Imperial and U.S. systems are not the same. Doug Woodard St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Hunter McCormack wrote: I am trying to understand the conversion of lye quantities from metric to imperial and I have stumped myself in the process. I understand from given data that lye is used in the amount 1.0% of the virgin vegetable oil weight. It's given that this is approximately 3.5 grams/liter. This implies that the vegetable oil weighs .35 kg/liter. There are 3.8 liters/gallon. This means that the oil would weigh 1.3 kg/gallon or 2.9 lbs/gallon. This is contradictory to the weight measurements that I have found for virgin vegetable oil that state there are approximately 7.4 lbs/gallon. What am I missing in this unit conversion? Hunter ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Lye - Metric to Imperial Unit Conversions
wow 3.5 g/liter is 0.0035kg/liter 0.35kg is 350 grams Original Message Follows From: Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Lye - Metric to Imperial Unit Conversions Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 15:48:15 -0400 Hunter McCormack wrote: I am trying to understand the conversion of lye quantities from metric to imperial and I have stumped myself in the process. I understand from given data that lye is used in the amount 1.0% of the virgin vegetable oil weight. It's given that this is approximately 3.5 grams/liter. This implies that the vegetable oil weighs .35 kg/liter. I measured the specific gravity of my WVO which is canola oil and it came in at 0.92. Just as a sanity check on my hydrometer ( why do I never never trust anything??) I measured out 20 liters of WVO by volume and weighed it on a surplus triple beam balance that I picked up (20 kg capacity for a song -what a deal). By this method I calculated 0.915 SG. BTW I got the same SG (0.92 with hydrometer) for brand new canola as well. regards Joe ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
