Brent,
First we've heard of adding methanol to break an emulsion. But then
again, anything hydrophillic, if it works. Congratulations.
You are aware, however, that methanol boils at 145*F? You were very
close to having instantaneous vaporization when you added it. Hopefully
you're
I made a batch of diesel a couiple days ago that went perfect. I made
another batch the same as the first that sepparated good. I added about 5
gallons of water to the 40 gallons of diesel that I had to wash, and heated
it to about 90F as I did for the first. When I went back to change the
Any Ideas?
Yup. But you're not going to like 'em.
1st) Your batch didn't go perfect if you got that heavy of an emulsion.
2nd) Best to always do a quick swirl wash of only an ounce or two prior
to comitting to washing an entire batch.
3rd) Remove several 100 ml samples of the emulsion. Label
Just a note from my last post. I took the temp of my failure to 140F and
then had a brainwave to add more methanol. I added 4 liters to the 45
gallons. I had almost imediate separation down to about 4 from the top. A
thin layer also was floating on top. Any ideas?
Brent
