Hi James,
To have success with test and other batches, start with water free material,
your WVO, oils, and your methanol. Methanol sold in 1 liter bottles for
household use, in many cases
contains up to 10% or more water ( so called for safety reasons ).
Testing for water, for WVO SVO put a
Jim,
I have gotten methanol from VP Racing Fuels. It was always good quality
dry.
That said, I haven't had much luck with my initial 1L batches...
No split? BD Fails wash test? Fails quality test?
Tom
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Hi Tom
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You can tell me enough already and I'll stop, but the gel layer we
observe between the treated WVO and the glycerine interests me. Is it fair
to say that some of the soap in the glycerine interacts w. some of the mono-
and di- glycerides in the WVO to form the layer. It has
Hello Keith,
That's from here, Deacidifying WVO:
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#deacid
That might be worth a look, since you're after reducing FFA levels.
I'm interested in making the Glyc. cocktail as compostable as possible.
If you invert the process to Treating
