[biofuel] Re: Drink Water From Dehumidifier?

2004-07-20 Thread nick_75au
Hi guys and girls, There is a company in Australia who are making a unit which does this process through refridgerated air, im not sure how your dehumidifiers work but this on is designed to sit in an office or home and be a replacement for a bottled water cooler, this is the URL

[biofuel] Re: weights and measures

2004-07-01 Thread nick_75au
Hi George 50 Lbs = 22.680 Kilograms = 22680 grams / 3.5 grams per Litre = 6480 Litres of methanol 1 Lb + 453.6 grams regards Nick --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, george meredith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I`m 58 years old,don`t recall learning any metrics in my years of school,but if your

[biofuel] Ethanol: the answer to deadly pollution?

2004-07-01 Thread nick_75au
Hi, This story tonight from the same current affairs show that rubbished ethanol only a year ago Im not sure you could be more polarised in news reporting, is either all bad or all good. See my and others previous posts. I was so frustrated I sent them an email describing ethanol and

[biofuel] The advantages of ethanol

2004-07-01 Thread nick_75au
This also from the same program Regards Nick The advantages of ethanol 1 July 2004 Information in the following fact sheet by Dr Ray Kearney, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Sydney. Ethanol: the benefits Health A 10 percent ethanol blend, known as E10,

[biofuel] Re: weights and measures

2004-07-01 Thread nick_75au
Yes I Got caught out but Im not the only one :-). I thought when I read it it cant be that easy and that that would treat a lot of oil so it goes like this. 22680 g / 3.5 g = 6480 Litres of OIL 6480 * 20% = 1296 L of methanol or for the metricaly challenged 50 lb/ 2.25 pennyweight = 1425.4

[biofuel] Re: OT humor - divine retribution

2004-07-01 Thread nick_75au
Could you get Him to send some of that rain this way and some to those Indian farmers blaming the wind turbines for chopping up the clouds, we over here in autralias east coast cant remember what a rainy day is. Regards Nick --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Kim Garth Travis [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[biofuel] Re: Jet Fuel

2004-06-28 Thread nick_75au
Hi, Just a thought, make sure it is aviation turbine fuel (avtur) not avgas, avgas is aviation 110 octane petrol (dont want to state the obvious but :-)) turbine fuel generaly is diesel/kerosine with a very low cloud point, I dont know about the lubricating properties, if it is low then

[biofuel] Re: Centrifugal seperator for biodiesel

2004-06-28 Thread nick_75au
Hi Mike and others, Buried in my origional post was a cheaper alternative, a cream seperator works on exactly the same principal so with very little modification will work i believe. The Westfalia ones are not very different to the standard seperator and the self cleaning ones are a waste of

[biofuel] Australian Biodieselers

2004-06-27 Thread nick_75au
Found this unfortunatly I missed the program should have added it to the previous postson this subject Interesting Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV PROGRAM TRANSCRIPT LOCATION: http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2004/s1139866.htm Broadcast: 24/06/2004 Govt decides on backyard

[biofuel] Re: Centrifugal seperator for biodiesel

2004-06-27 Thread nick_75au
Hi, I tried to post the picture but it appears that the link to add photos has been removed, probably with good reason with the problems Keith has had moderating this group. regards Nick --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, not yourbuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any news abaut the centrifugal

[biofuel] Re: 100% ethanol

2004-06-24 Thread nick_75au
Hi Andrew, Post to you direct as well the list is in a little strife at the moment I have experience with fuel and oil centrifuges from my navy time, the centrifuge probably wont separate the water from ethanol as it will be bonded to the ethanol, I would use a substance called zeolite 3A

[biofuel] Re: Australia - home brewers have to pay excise

2004-06-17 Thread nick_75au
Hi, Yep our all wise and all knowing forward seeing government making the right decisions again, just like the ethanol debate last year. Angus, are you making biofuel, where are you located, im in Sydney, soon to be in Brisbane and as soon as I get there will be starting the learning curve

[biofuel] Supplies in Australia

2004-06-17 Thread nick_75au
Can anyone point me in the right direction on obtaining biodiesel supplies in australia, I found a source of methanol, minimum quantity 12 44(55 US)gallon drums delivered for roughly $1.00 per litre (I cant store that at home) so looking at getting smaller ammounts. Where can I get

[biofuel] Re: Ethanol

2004-06-02 Thread nick_75au
My post was realy a comment on the shaping of the public by the media and whoever is trying to push the point from behind the scenes (oil companies?). It just is increcible to me that both sides of the story were not portrayed in a equal manner and the benefits of using a renewable form of

[biofuel] Re: Ethanol

2004-06-02 Thread nick_75au
SNIP Thanks for you reply Keith, It helps to clear things up when the story comes out from more than one source( this relates to other threads in this group too). Its funny that Rob Carter from the NRMA is perpetuating the myth when the NRMA was involved in the research paper from Apace