Keith,
Thanks for the information about fat splitting with enzymes. I was talking
with chemical engineering professor at a local university about this
process; it seems more suitable for...well, chemical engineering than it
does for homebrew...
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004, Keith Addison wrote:
Hi
I wonder if this is similar to fat splitting?
Here's a reference to page associated with the USDA (US department of
agriculture) that talks about splitting triglycerides into glycerol and
FFAs.
I looked at the patent (US 5,932,458) at
Hi Tom,
I look forward to meeting you.
On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Homebrew is necessary if there are not good, and reasonably priced local
B100. But commercial biodiesel is a better option, and my plans should
prove that anyone can do this on a larger scale, for a better
Just thought you all might want to know that Josh Tickell is speaking at
Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts on Tuesday, March 9.
(tomorrow).
I am looking at this as an opportunity to ask him about the plans
(thoroughly discussed on this list as less-than-safe) that he published
for a
About a month ago Josh Tickell (co-author of From the Fryer to the Fuel
Tank, and for many people I know, the only name they can associate with
biodiesel) sent an email to his 10,000 list members asking them to read
about what he is doing and donate money to Veggie Van. I thought I would
pass on
In off-shore wind farms, there are issues with marine wildlife as well as
birds. I heard that vibrations in both the water and the ocean floor
cause disorientation in large mammals, and maybe other species as
well.
There is a project in Massachusetts, USA to install 420 MW (If I remember
I saw a few years ago a special lid that fit over a toilet tank, with a
built-in sink. When you flushed, the tank refilled through a faucet on the
lid, into a little handwashing bowl with a drain into the tank. It's
another way of thinking about greywater use for flushing: you create local
Disclaimer: I still haven't made BD. I can still think and use a
calculator, though. OK...
You're looking at a lot of electricity to heat your fuel through the
reaction. I would suggest that you consider heating the WVO in a separate
container with WVO, biodiesel, or byproduct before the
This was the last paragraph on the article about smoke as an indoor air
pollutant.
MDG 7 - Some of the interventions to reduce indoor air pollution can
result in the more efficient use of wood fuel and therefore contribute
to a lessening in greenhouse gas emissions and the conservation of
Rodolfo wrote (in spanish) that he would like to contact Carlos Leopoldo
Breton Fernandez, who is on this listserv, and would like help from
somebody (please).
Carlos sent this message to the list on Oct. 15, 2003.
http://archive.nnytech.net/sgroup/biofuel/29016/1/
Keith, some of the JTF
I heard from the environmental health and safety officer at my college
that the EPA (USA) is not pleased about people making their own biodiesel
with methanol because it is a regulated chemical by the EPA, as an
atmospheric pollutant. Uh oh. She said the EPA would go after biodiesel
home-brewers
another biodiesel kit is at
http://www.biodieselmaker.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?cart_id=6014950.7580product=Processor_Kits
there's not a lot of information about the kit ($6500, or $10,000
pre-assembled (USD!)), but this might be of interest. funny how they
include 55 gallons of methanol
these were my thoughts exactly. i'm glad you had a similar assessment of
this site. but it's good to know who's trying to sell what to who.
-aaron
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Appal Energy wrote:
Aaron and all,
I'm certainly aware that many might see my comments as a bit rough edged,
but IMNSHO
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, James Slayden wrote:
So, for all of you newbies (realitive newbies) out there this should be a
lesson to you, DO NOT USE AN OPEN TOP PROCESSOR!! Even if your not using
a pump, you can have a closed system (ask Mark or Biosmell how!!), not
only is it better for fire
yeah, they're great. kind of inappropriate for the operation i'm involved
in. Do you know of any smaller furnaces that are similar? DIY pages about
these?
too bad they call is free heat. that's a step in the wrong direction, i
think, because of the connotation attached to these inventions that
On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, shawstafari wrote:
Aaron, any word on the program at Hampshire? Recommendations from
the CU Biodiesel peeps? Recommendations?
Regards,
Dave
at hampshire: we're waiting on a $500 US grant from the school to build
the processor. Receiving the money does not mean
There's another ariticle from a local online-only information source.
(recorder.com, from greenfield, MA) I don't know how reliable it is.
http://www.recorder.com/Headlines/mondaypage.php3
you may have to visit before monday tomorrow.
text from site:
Monday, October 20, 2003
- Original Message -
From: Aaron F. Wieler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [biofuel] UCSC Biodiesel program update
we were thinking about trying to set up a heat exchanger from a wood stove
in the same shack, which would
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