Re: [Biofuel] BETTER MIXING BETTER BIODIESEL LESS ENERGY

2006-05-18 Thread fil_paulette
Hello Jim I, would like to know more about that. tank you Citando JJJN [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wouldst it be cool if we had a way of doing these: IMPROVING THE SAFE HANDLING OF CHEMICALS? Injecting all our chemicals into our oil without pouring them in? During the process of injection, getting a

Re: [Biofuel] Microbes in BD

2006-03-20 Thread fil_paulette
Hello Thomas, i'm curious about the sediment... Do you have a picture or fotograph you can send to me? Thanks Citando Thomas Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jim, I appreciate the reply. I am getting some of the antimicrobial stuff you suggested. Until then I'm experimenting. I have

Re: [Biofuel] First bach of Biodiesel

2005-09-21 Thread fil_paulette
Hello Zeke, your're wright, I'm Portuguese and so is João that's why my answer was in Portuguese. In the future I will try to use the English. Citando Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Haha. I've determined that I need to learn french and spanish at the least, to fully take advantage of

Re: [Biofuel] First bach of Biodiesel

2005-09-21 Thread fil_paulette
Absolutely Correct, except for the name Joe, the translation of João to english is John. Well done. This is really a international community :) Citando Andres Yver [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ok, let´s see, most latin tongues can be parsed by someone who knows at least one of them: Dear Joe,

Re: [Biofuel] First bach of Biodiesel

2005-09-20 Thread fil_paulette
Caro João, a temperatura é uma variável que deve ser levada em consideração uma vez que a cinética da reacção varia com a temperatura, ou seja, maior temperatura significa menor tempo de reacção. No entanto, num reactor à pressão atmosférica não se deverá ultrapassar os 60ºC pois a temperatura

[Biofuel] Wash speed

2005-09-15 Thread fil_paulette
Hello everyone I'm asking for solutions in decreasing the time required for the wash stage in biodiesel manufacturing. In the present I use bubble wash and a quantity of water of 0,3 liters per liter of biodiesel. Is this correct? Normaly in three washes the product is ready for the next

Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel turning acid

2005-07-26 Thread fil_paulette
How did you measured the pH? Citando Marc Arends [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello, I made a testbatch with clean sunfloweroil and first quality test was good. I washed the solution with water and let it settle for a week. i did this 3 times and then i filtered the biodiesel. Yhe biodiesel

[Biofuel] Clogged filter

2005-07-04 Thread fil_paulette
Hello everyone, Last week, a person I known went with his truck to a local dealer for a check up. In there, they discover inside the diesel filter a strange mud that looks like a aquous phase with suspended solids in it. The mud plugged the fuel filter and it has to be replaced. This person

[Biofuel] White emulsion

2005-06-30 Thread fil_paulette
Hello everyone again, Yesterday a person I know, gave me 1000 liters of out of validation virgin oil. I'm thinking making biodiesel with it so I don't see a problem with using it. I did a titration using fenolftalein just like I did for passed batches, but this time I spended 5 ml of NaOH

[Biofuel] Corolla's Fuel Pump

2005-06-22 Thread fil_paulette
Hello again, I own an Toyota Corolla 2,0D van (1993), I was tolded that diesel fuel pumps, in older diesel vehicles, aren't compatible whith the use of biodiesel. Someone said to me that the rubber parts inside the fuel pump will be damaged and they aren't replaceable. A fuel pump is a very

[Biofuel] Burning Glycerin along with Oil Fuel

2005-06-15 Thread fil_paulette
Hello, This is the first time I post in here. Presently I am working at a small biodiesel facility in Portugal and we have made more than 400 000 litres of biodiesel by now. The biodiesel has a great acceptance in here and we are in the production limit. The problem is that in the last 12 months