John you bring up an interesting point. One that I am trying to figure out
myself. I am in the long process of trying to bring my dream of a 1000 gpd
bio-diesel plant into reality. At this point in time I am gearing the plant
for virgin oil instead of RVO (Recycled Vegatable Oil). However I am
Who was saying we dont need standards? Please read the forwarded message
below and tell me why we dont need standards? BTW the list I pulled this
meassage from has some 700 members. Many of whom own heavy diesel rigs. I
could preach good things about bio-d all day, but it takes one bad
Mr goat,
If you really want to know the answer to your question read the 70 page
report found here: http://www.ott.doe.gov/biofuels/pdfs/26141.pdf
This is the NREL study on current uses for oil/grease feedstocks.
For bandwith purposes I have snipped out the relevant parts of the report
and
Ok so as I am working out the praticality issues w/distribution and resale I
keep running into this problem. Rubber it's cheap easy and as far as I know
found in most diesels that are in this country (US).
Currently my plans entail on focusing on bulk fleet sales of 100% BD.
However I am at a
Quick somebody notify Brazil. Ethanol isnt cost effective.
Cheers,
Cordain
Dulles VA
PS Sorry about the one liner, but if paid enough I can come up with a study
that says are fears of dino-fuel shortage are unjustified. Also global
warming is a myth. Those 80 degree days last december didnt
Chris you are using Microsoft Outlook Express Ver 5.0 user, your computer is
infected with virus. You may not be aware that your computer is sending this
virus out!
This is spotted by the .***.PIF attachment your computer is sending out. It
appears you have a nasty bit of a virus that appears
Correct Propane tanks are not high pressure. But a BLEVE IS a high pressure
situation. Specifically when the maximum safe pressure of the cylinder has
been breeched and the safety valve does not release the pressure
sufficiently, quickly or at all.
It was added strictly as a comparison to
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From: doctor who [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 6:33 AM
Subject: Re: [biofuel] RE: air car's indirect pollution vs EV's
High pressure tanks do not fail randomly. A negelected or non-annually
inspected tank will fail at random
High pressure tanks do not fail randomly. A negelected or non-annually
inspected tank will fail at random. This is the fault of the operator not
the tank. A regularly inspected properly functioning tank (relief valve or
relief tube functioning) has a really low probability of failure during
Steve how much soy/other crops per year are you allowed to produce? Out of
that amount if it is not a food crop how much would you be allowed to
produce? Finally if your crops had a higher resale value as a fuel producing
crop versus food producing crop how much of your total yields would you
to :
From: doctor who
To: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 7:53 AM
Subject: [biofuels-biz] Re: Biz Plan (was)Quiet...
My biggest challenge thus far hashas been finding an adequate WVO oil
supply to
keep up with my propossed plant size (1000 US Gallons input per 24 hours
hello all,
Well good news. I've made good progress on my business plan. The actual
company outline/structure is really easy to write. However the marketing,
research and competition portions have required tremendous amounts of
localized research. This is a yet not realized market in my area so
Curious, how did you happen to come across an article from July 11, 2007
when todays date is July 10, 2001. Is this from 'The Onion'?
Is this along the lines of the guy who was growing a marijuana plant in his
backyard, who recieved a call from the police who stated that if he brought
the
Save yourself the $50 and goto www.google.com, enter bio-mass grants and
voila informaition that fresher than the ink in those books.
Better yet sign up for bio-fuels biz and get far more info then mr question
mark could ever give you.
Applying for grants isnt complicated or brain science, it
was in the 5k US range, but can't
recall exactly. Not
cheap, but looks very good for certain
applications.
Ed B.
www.biofuels.ca
From: doctor who [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 05:37:50
Subject: [biofuel] Small on-board diesel
Someone posted the link to a small I believe the name was ICEE genset that
is popular with Semi-Tractor drivers for creating auxiliarry power w/out
running the engine. I have been unable to find the link/email/archive that
contains this info.
The genset is a small black box w/a, diamond plate
Someone posted the link to a small I believe the name was ICEE genset that
is popular with Semi-Tractor drivers for creating auxiliarry power w/out
running the engine. I have been unable to find the link/email/archive that
contains this info.
The genset is a small black box w/a, diamond plate
Since we are at it, I dug up some information about the competition for WVO
(Waste Veggie Oil). This is from the NREL study of major cities and WVO
recyclers and includes stats. for grease traps as well. In fact it turns out
only about 5-10% of the grease in the traps is usable for fuel
http://www.engelhard.com/premair/
I remember reading an article a while ago about volvo adding this ozone
catalyst coating to it's vehicles radiators. This is a really good idea, it
has been tested by a number of university that report is fulfills it's
claims so why arent car manufacturers
I believe it was to this list I posted the question about how much does a 5
gallon container of WVO weigh. These figures I needed for calculating the
size of the truck I would need to purchase to collect WVO from restaurant
sites. Well in my research browsing I was able to find the data I
Just out of curiosity does fish oil stink when it's burned? I could see
sitting behind a truck in traffic the smells like french frys or donuts but
fish yu...a trail of cats wherever you go. Maybe a market for the animal
control vehicles.
cheers,
cordain
dulles, va.
From: Mike Brownstone
http://www.globefish.org/publications/commodityupdate/200010/200010.htm
enjoy,
cordain
dulles, va
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [biofuel] Re: Fish oil
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 18:15:12 -
Does anyone know where to get a price of
Does anyone have an idea of how much 1 or 5 gallons of filtered (no food
particles) of WVO (waste vegetable oil) weighs. I dont have this figure
handy and go figure I dont have a scale big enough to do lb. measurements.
Thanx,
Cordain
Dulles,VA.
Dodge Ram is hopping on the bandwagon with their due in 2004 diesel/electric
hybrid truck. Being billed as the contractors special the small block v8
engine can produce 20kw of AC voltage. Effectivly displacing the need to
carry a generator around. Theis new v8 engine is power on demand.
Is trap grease safe to burn in a vehicle engine? WVO is one thing but trap
grease is the worst sludge I've ever seen. I've smelled some pretty noxious
things in my life but grease traps are up there for me.
I mean thinking about it. This device is designed to settle out the grease
from all the
[PDF] www.fsa.usda.gov/daco/bioenergy/CCC-850%20Instructions.pdf
It's an acrobat document includes the instructions and forms and
eligibility. It's in government-ese (lawyer language), but the form is
pretty self-expalanatory.
I would definetly go legal with this, the govt. has the right to
**Reply below**
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [biofuel] zeolite - Digest Number 489
Cordian,
Good thinking on the marine filters. However, these filters work becuase
water in oil is an emulsion and thus easily separated with this kind of
apparatus. Water and alcohol is a solution and
I'm reposting this question because I do not believe it was answered last
time I posted or perhaps I missed the reply. But their are marine fuel
filters that are designed to filter the fuel and remove the water from it as
well. Their is a serperate resevoir on the bottom of the filter that
Is anyone using a boat filter equipped w/oil-water seperator for their
pre-ester and post-fuel treatment. I understand these filters have the 5
micron treatment as well as a water seperation reseviour in them. Would this
be more effective for pre and post WVO water removal treatment?
(In the
DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT REMOVE THIS FILE IT BELONGS THERE. IT IS VITAL TO OS
OPERATIONS. THIS IS WORSE THAN A VIRUS IT IS PPL DESTROYING THEIR FILE
SYSTEMS BECAUSE OF MISINFORMATION. THIS IS A HOAX AND I WILL MUTLIATE THIS
MESSAGE TO PREVENT THE FURTHER SPREAD OF MISINFORMATION. THIS FILE IS A
Ok I pulled this off another list this explains the engines combustion
process better than I can.
http://www.mil-veh.org/archives/01-01/0016.html
David:
There are a lot of myths floating around regarding the Multifuel engine. I
will try to help you.
In the late 1950's the decision was made to
Their are two versions of this answer. The long version and the short, I'll
start w/the 'Long Version' or if you are looking for the cut and dried
answer skip down to the 'Short Version'.
***LONG VERSION***
Hmmmwell lets see are you trying to figure out initial startup cost or
running
Greetings my name is Cordain Lucas I am also on Biofuels and BFIC. I joined
this list because I am looking for more information on getting funding,
licensing, trading requirements, safety requirements, insurance,
distribution and marketing, and so on and on, nor about the special
*clears throat* All politics aside I am forwarding this message because I
know some folks have an interest in energy efficiency, conservation and
alternative fuels! ;^)
I also know some folks on this list happen to have voted for the person in
the office of the president. I am not posting this
How about an engine that recycles the engine oil at the same rate that it
gets exhausted. So essentially you have a tap that pulls out the old oil
from the pan and cycles in fresh oil from a reseviour. Depending on the life
cycle of the oil and how fast the oil breaks down in viscosity from
Please feel free to distribute this, but please keep the link and author
attached. This article copyright THE washingtonpost.com and the normal
jibberish here.
reagards,
cordain
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http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37159-2001May16.html
This is off-topic so I'll apologize in advance and take all further
discussion off-list, but water filtration is not strictly a mechanical
process. Plants are very good at filtering for toxins and could be your post
solar still filter. Ionizing the water pre-still or uv filtration could help
Greetings,
My name is Cordain Lucas I'm from Virginia and I figured I'd drop a heh
*short* intro about myself, reasons for joining this list and a apology in
advance because I am not short winded nor is their an end to my questions. I
have been lurking for the past few days to get an idea of
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