Re: [Biofuel] Thanks Keith

2005-09-19 Thread Mills, Duncan
And for good measure, in case anyone outside of the USA is looking at this: For the same 150l processor: 2995USD from Fuelmeister USD (http://www.fuelmeister.com/products/fuelmeister.asp) 6227USD (£3459) from Greenfuels (http://www.greenfuels.co.uk/small.htm) and 10867USD (R70 000) here in South

Re: [Biofuel] Katrina and Income Inequality

2005-09-08 Thread Mills, Duncan
Chris, The question was meant to be rhetorical (with the answer being no, and so a rhetorical question becomes a question when answered - there's a riddle in there somewhere). I tried to use it to illustrate the strangeness of calling your fellow Americans the enemy. Regards, Duncan

Re: [Biofuel] Katrina and Income Inequality

2005-09-08 Thread Mills, Duncan
Chris, as i did with my earlier post to this thread. duncan is not an american but he summed up the meaning quite well (though based on his further comments i'm not sure whether he understood my voice either--see my post immediately preceding this one). No I didn't 'understand your

Re: [Biofuel] Katrina and Income Inequality

2005-09-07 Thread Mills, Duncan
Hello Chris, and in New Orleans where the victims were largely Black and unable to escape a natural disaster unassisted. and who have shown themselves, in this instance and so many other previous instances of inner-city rioting and looting, to be crazed,

Re: [Biofuel] acid/base process

2005-09-06 Thread Mills, Duncan
Hi Jan, In your mail Karn you said: Since you know the citric acid content, it will be easy to calculate the actual FFA value from the titration value. Given a FFA value (x) I've determined this empirical relationship (y=1.947x+3.5 - from values I got here

Re: [Biofuel] relationship between FFA% and 0.1% solution was aci d/base process

2005-09-06 Thread Mills, Duncan
Hi, Why do you assume that the FFA% is the same as the acid level that you'll need to neutralise? I don't know if it is or not, but I don't think it is. Anyway, how will you figure how much of the FFA was esterified in the acid stage and therefore how much is left for the base stage to

[Biofuel] Katrina and Income Inequality

2005-09-06 Thread Mills, Duncan
I found this report interesting; on the local effect of Katrina, American style capitalism and income inequality. SANE Views (http://www.sane.org.za/docs/views/index.htm) vol.5, no.18, 06 September 2005 INCOME INEQULITY IS THE KILLER Margaret Legum The New Orleans disaster, with

Re: [Biofuel] BioDiesel Processor - Plastic Processors

2005-09-05 Thread Mills, Duncan
I've got a 55l polyprop (PP) processor - bad choice. Nothing sticks to it - silicon peels off, epoxy flakes away. Works best to have mechanical seals to stop leaking. There is specialized equipment for bonding PP to PP - I was quoted 4500ZAR (715USD). If you're mass manufacturing processors and

[Biofuel] Request for info from the German Brazil biodiesel conference: Fo rtaleza, Brazil

2005-08-29 Thread Mills, Duncan
Hi Pannirselvam, You recently (07.08.05) posted a mail offering to share the information from the recent German/Brazil conference on biodiesel held in Fortaleza. Please can you (or anyone else who has them) post the links or the information? Thanks, Duncan Mills -Original

RE: [Biofuel] methanol availability - South Africa

2005-08-17 Thread Mills, Duncan
Kobus - the cheapest I've found is at Triangle Solvents (011 873 0157) in Germiston. About R2.40/l. You can either take your own container and get it filled, or they'll sell you a container at a reasonable price. The price is MUCH better than lab suppliers. Regards, Duncan 082 853 8356