Re: [Biofuel] Feasibility of flow production . . .

2005-08-22 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Arden, I have the same thoughts - but could not find s.o. who is applying continuous flow rectors for the production. On the other site most of the patents I have seen describe continuous floc processes. May be it is just the additional amount of high tech equipment that you have to put in and

Re: [Biofuel] Kerosene

2005-04-07 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Hello, there are some experiences with kerosene here in Germany (especially with users in VW diesels by people who live in the vicinity of airports and have access to kerosene in some way or other...). Result was that kerosene has not the lubrication that is needed for the pumps. That might

[Biofuel] WVO in central heating burners

2005-02-18 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Currently I am running my central heating on WVO in a modified Mannesman (blue) burner. Modified because the material used in the nozzle, the filter and in the pre-heater (sintered bronze, brass) oxidizes over time and cloggs the nozzle. Because of these problems I have been speaking to

Re: [Biofuel] centrifuging

2004-11-28 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Hi Ken, I was considering to build one before, too. My plan was to make it out of a spin dryer. It wanted to seal the wholes and feed in the oil in the middle to let the dirt go to the walls and the clean oil over the upper edge of the drum. I am interested in what you made yours of - what

[Biofuel] filtering WVO

2004-11-10 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
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Re: [Biofuel] filtering WVO

2004-11-09 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Plse see below Andreas - can you please post this on the biofuel list as I am not able to due to being unable to stop my mail program (pegasus) from using rich text, which is rejected. Thanks I've been using used oil 50/50 in my 123 Merc for about 15,000 km so far. I get the oil in 25 L

Re: [Biofuel] filtering WVO

2004-11-08 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Dave, I have made the same experience with filtering WVO - it seems that very small organic particles clog the filter. My way around this is to warm the WVO up to about 60 degrees Celsius, let the solid particles settle for about 4 - 6 hours and then suck the oil from the surface with a hose

Re: [Biofuel] filtering WVO

2004-11-08 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Message - From: Andreas W Ohnsorge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 2:39 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] filtering WVO Dave, I have made the same experience with filtering WVO - it seems that very small organic

Re: [biofuel] lye not dissolving? - physical mixing vs time

2004-02-05 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Paul, I had the same problem dissolving the lye and for my test batches I constructed a Methanol shaker out of an old peristaltic pump motor and some wires. Result was: At room temperature with continuous agitation the lye dissolves within 30 - 60 minutes. Andreas Ohnsorge CSC Computer

Re: [biofuel] Military diesel motorcycles and other cool stuff...

2003-12-23 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
I read in one of the former mails that there is no Royal Enfield Diesel version available. In Germany there seems to be a dealer who is still building/selling them. Here his url: http://home.t-online.de/home/Beckedorf/dealer.htm Andreas Ohnsorge CSC Abraham-Lincoln-Park 1 65189 Wiesbaden

Re: [biofuel] Testing of biodiesel

2003-08-26 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
I found some in Germany - they are usually testing large biodiesel batches and are quite expensive (around 800 Euros for a full test). If you don't want to sell the stuff you should consider testing only the really important variables (glycerides,...) which is a gaschromatography test and that

Re: [biofuel] Porsche diesel coming for 2005...

2003-08-25 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
I am not sure if the news about a diesel porsche are suspicious - the source is a satire magazine... http://www.spiggl.de/ This has nothing to do with the magazine Spiegel I have found no trusted source for the news here. Andreas Ohnsorge CSC Ploenzke AG Abraham-Lincoln-Park 1 65189

Re: [biofuel] continuous process plans

2003-08-20 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Keith, Thomas,... one of the main ideas behind the countercurrent contiuous reactor is to use extraction instead of evaporization to recover the alcohol. To do so we probably need some data about solubility (e.g. Methanol in WVO / Biodiesel,...). Does anyone know where to get those data?

RE: [biofuel] continuous process plans

2003-08-19 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Keith, I'd like to do so - what is the address I should send the file to? Andreas Ohnsorge CSC Ploenzke AG Abraham-Lincoln-Park 1 65189 Wiesbaden Germany Phone: +49.611.142.20020 Fax: +49.611.142.980028 Mobile:+49 172 - 8 43 30 32 e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://www.de.csc.com

Re: [biofuel] continuous process plans

2003-08-18 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
W Ohnsorge wrote: Keith wrote: FYI, there's a continuous reactor design here: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_processor.html#continuous Some people we know are working successfully with small-scale continuous designs but they're not ready to talk about

Re: [biofuel] continuous process plans

2003-08-17 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Keith, Thomas, I mentioned the continuous approach in a comment beginning of July (see attached email conversation) and out of your response (Keith) I got the impression that this is not very interesting for the forum. May be this is a misunderstanding and I would like to be convinced that it

Re: [biofuel] continuous process plans

2003-08-17 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Andreas W Ohnsorge wrote: Tomas, I am currently on some similar route - I had

Re: [biofuel] continuous process plans

2003-08-17 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Andreas W Ohnsorge wrote: Tomas, I am currently on some similar route - I had some

Re: [biofuel] continuous process plans

2003-08-15 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Tomas, I am currently on some similar route - I had some experience with batch process and am about to construct a continuous processor following a Patent from Metallgesellschaft out of 1985. Could explain a bit the basis of your process / could you give me your email address I really would

Re: FW: [biofuels-biz] Back yard Bio-Diesel chemists are playing with a toxic time bomb

2003-07-21 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Mak, I would be interested in getting advice how to avoid accidental spills and groundwater pollution - and others probably, too. Could you provide the appropriate information to this forum? Andreas Ohnsorge CSC Ploenzke AG Abraham-Lincoln-Park 1 65189 Wiesbaden Germany Phone:

[biofuel] Biodiesel reaction / reactor type

2003-07-02 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Reading the reasoning behind the two stage process approach it seems to me that the benefit lies in the two different equilibrium points (first stage mass conversion to biodiesel and second stage the -more or less - 100% completion of that conversion). Am I right so far? If this is correct then

Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: biocides

2003-06-22 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Sorry, what does BHA an BHT stand for? Andreas Ohnsorge Tilapia

Re: [biofuel] Riello burner non-information

2003-06-18 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Interesting to hear that vegoil burners are still on the market - my experience although is that these companies either do not want to sell them (I was told by a burner company here in Germany that the quality of the oil is so different from charge to charge that they had lots of problems with

Re: [biofuel] bio-heating oil?

2003-06-18 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Michael, I tried to mix in my central heating WVO with diesel-oil in a conventional burner for diesel-oil. It did work quite well under following conditions: - no more then about 30% of WVO - Filter the WVO before use to about 50 micron (this is the normal filter for diesel in most

Re: [biofuel] steam versus oil heating for commercial plants

2003-05-23 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
: Andreas W Ohnsorge [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Cc: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 8:22 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] steam versus oil heating for commercial plants Mark, from my university time I remember the following: Heating by Oil is used when you want

Re: [biofuel] steam versus oil heating for commercial plants

2003-05-22 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Mark, from my university time I remember the following: Heating by Oil is used when you want energy to be transferred with no or low pressure and for temperatures not much beyond 250 - 300 Celsius (above that it becomes either extremly expensive or you crack the teat transfer oil). In addition

Re: VS: [biofuel] Need clearification and advice

2003-05-22 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
- LŠhettŠjŠ: Andreas W Ohnsorge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] LŠhetetty: 16. toukokuuta 2003 10:35 Vastaanottaja: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Kopio: 'biofuel@yahoogroups.com' Aihe: Re: [biofuel] Need clearification and advice Tomas, I had a similar problem with WVO from a restaurant when I tried

Re: [biofuel] Need clearification and advice

2003-05-16 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
Tomas, I had a similar problem with WVO from a restaurant when I tried the foolproof recipe allthough it worked fine with virgin oil. I had some sort of success using the two stage acid based version with a recipe found in the following website (but it requires titrating AND determination of

Re: [biofuels-biz] fluid pumps ,ball, metal Prefilter , and micron size filter for fuel and WVO

2003-05-04 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
I am really interested in your experience - and would like to buy what ou have got there (may be from your supplier if possible). I am currently starting to produce biodiesel for the cars within my family here in Germany. Could you disclose your sources? Andreas CSC Ploenzke AG

Re: [biofuel] Stats

2003-04-22 Thread Andreas W Ohnsorge
I tried McDonalds in Germany (headquarter is in Munich) with the following result: The have internal rules what has to happen with the used fryer fat: It has to be recycled (means: not burned) and there are specific recyclers that it has to go to (all franchisers seem to have to sign these