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

2006-09-11 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 + 5 Wash

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 aggresive

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 followed

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 formation (too