Re: [biofuel] Methanol & Ethanol

2003-12-02 Thread mark schofield
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Re: [biofuel] Methanol & Ethanol

2003-12-01 Thread Keith Addison
>Dan said: > >>Tell me Keith, have you ever made BD with Ethanol, either virgin oil or >>WVO? >> >>I haven't. > >Keith Addison said: > > > > Have you ever made BD at all Dan? > >No, I haven't. > > > To answer you, in a word, no. Ah-ha! you say, I knew it! But I don't > > know what that's supposed

Re: [biofuel] Methanol & Ethanol

2003-12-01 Thread Dan Maker
Keith Addison said: > > Have you ever made BD at all Dan? No, I haven't. > To answer you, in a word, no. Ah-ha! you say, I knew it! But I don't > know what that's supposed to prove - nothing, I'd say, it certainly > doesn't gainsay my "Not so!" What difference does it make if I've > made it

Re: [biofuel] Methanol & Ethanol

2003-12-01 Thread Keith Addison
>Keith Addison said: > > > > >Not with the current processes, particularly not with WVO. There is work > > >being done on this but nothing so far. > > > > Come on Dan, not so! "Nothing so far"? Mark just said this, as you > > know (in reply to you in fact): > >Keith, > >Name me one person who reg

Re: [biofuel] Methanol & Ethanol

2003-11-30 Thread Dan Maker
Keith Addison said: > > >Not with the current processes, particularly not with WVO. There is work > >being done on this but nothing so far. > > Come on Dan, not so! "Nothing so far"? Mark just said this, as you > know (in reply to you in fact): Keith, Name me one person who regularly uses et

Re: [biofuel] Methanol & Ethanol

2003-11-30 Thread Keith Addison
>Edward Mendoza said: > > > > > > Can ethanol be used just as effectively as methanol for cutting the veggie > > oil to make biodiesel? > >Not with the current processes, particularly not with WVO. There is work >being done on this but nothing so far. > >Dan Come on Dan, not so! "Nothing so far"

Re: [biofuel] Methanol & Ethanol

2003-11-30 Thread Dan Maker
Edward Mendoza said: > > > Can ethanol be used just as effectively as methanol for cutting the veggie > oil to make biodiesel? Not with the current processes, particularly not with WVO. There is work being done on this but nothing so far. Dan -- Jack of all trades, master of none. Fiber Arti

[biofuel] Methanol & Ethanol

2003-11-30 Thread Edward Mendoza
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Re: [biofuel] Methanol/Ethanol/ and Chem research project

2001-11-01 Thread Ken Provost
Jeff writes: >I don't have much scientific knowledge about this, but I would guess >that since methanol is a smaller molecule than ethanol, it is >probably more reactive and therefore will work better to make >biodiesel even if there is more water present. Anyone else who can >back this up? Yes

[biofuel] Methanol/Ethanol/ and Chem research project

2001-11-01 Thread jmwelter
I don't have much scientific knowledge about this, but I would guess that since methanol is a smaller molecule than ethanol, it is probably more reactive and therefore will work better to make biodiesel even if there is more water present. Anyone else who can back this up? I might also use