Re: [Biofuel] soap or mono- and diglycerides

2006-09-11 Thread Rafal Szczesniak
On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 07:14:40AM +0200, Tonom?r Andr?s wrote: > Hi Rafal, > > Do not overcomplicate yourself. > > 1. Make sure that your oil is dry. > 2. Make sure that your methanol dry, and lye fresh > 3. Reaction parameters - time, temperature, agitation are OK. > 4. Settlig time 24 Hours +

Re: [Biofuel] soap or mono- and diglycerides

2006-09-11 Thread Tonomár András
Hi Rafal, Do not overcomplicate yourself. 1. Make sure that your oil is dry. 2. Make sure that your methanol dry, and lye fresh 3. Reaction parameters - time, temperature, agitation are OK. 4. Settlig time 24 Hours + 5 Wash test from the upper layer of reaction wessel. - If failed try +1gr lye.

Re: [Biofuel] soap or mono- and diglycerides

2006-09-10 Thread Rafal Szczesniak
On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 05:05:59PM -0700, Ken Provost wrote: > > On Sep 9, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Rafal Szczesniak wrote: > > > > I'm talking about the result I get from the washing test. I know the > > soap formation is only possible in presence of water dissolving > > the lye. That's probably why a

Re: [Biofuel] soap or mono- and diglycerides

2006-09-09 Thread Ken Provost
On Sep 9, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Rafal Szczesniak wrote: > I'm talking about the result I get from the washing test. I know the > soap formation is only possible in presence of water dissolving > the lye. That's probably why aggresive mixing in the test > could produce the soap in my case. Except b

Re: [Biofuel] soap or mono- and diglycerides

2006-09-09 Thread Rafal Szczesniak
On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 02:18:17PM -0700, Ken Provost wrote: > > On Sep 9, 2006, at 11:12 AM, Rafal Szczesniak wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Could you tell me how can I tell the difference between emulsion > > caused by unfinished process (glycerides left in the product) and > > caused by soap for

Re: [Biofuel] soap or mono- and diglycerides

2006-09-09 Thread Ken Provost
On Sep 9, 2006, at 11:12 AM, Rafal Szczesniak wrote: > Hi all, > > Could you tell me how can I tell the difference between emulsion > caused by unfinished process (glycerides left in the product) and > caused by soap formation (too much lye) ? I suppose you could use gentle acidification follow