[Biofuel] Brine Wash

2005-10-31 Thread Dan Sharp
I've read about using brine for the washing process and tried a couple test batches with it yesterday. My biggest concern is that some residual salt will be left over in the biodiesel somewhere. Even though salt supposedly will not dissolve in biodiesel, some could be attached to left-over

[Biofuel] If this isn't aggression...

2005-10-31 Thread Douglas Smith
x-richKurt postulates: Plus, wars of aggression don't usually result in the winning side voluntarily and immediately giving the country back over to its inhabitants; usually you fight an aggressive war to expand your own borders. First, you assume we're the winning side, and I'm sure there

[Biofuel] No Child Left Unquestioned by Homeland Security!!

2005-10-31 Thread Michael Redler
ãAfter four years more in this office I want people to look back and say, ÎThe world is a more peaceful place,âä Mr. Bush told supporters at a community college in Iowa. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/20/politics/main630752.shtml "No Child Left Behind"? Civics Student...or Enemy of

[Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Thomas Kelly
Hello All, I'm having difficulty getting Phosphoric Acid. Can I use Hydrochloric Acid to separate the Glycerine/FFA ? It will produce Sodium Chloride rather than Sodium Phosphate (I use lye), but other than that, any objections? Tom ___

Re: [Biofuel] No Child Left Unquestioned by Homeland Security!!

2005-10-31 Thread Jonathan Dunlap
JMichael Redler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ãAfter four years more in this office I want people to look back and say, ÎThe world is a more peaceful place,âä Mr. Bush told supporters at a community college in Iowa. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/20/politics/main630752.shtml "No Child

Re: [Biofuel] Starting at Square One

2005-10-31 Thread Kurt Nolte
The crying shame is that he has plans to, if he doesn't sell it, Put a Chevy 350 in it and make it run again. Idiot. It was a beautiful car besides the engine and mildew on the seats. Oh well. Peace -KurtOn 10/30/05, Buck Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: iff u examiane the seller

[Biofuel] What became of hydrogen from water inventors

2005-10-31 Thread marilyn
There was a biofuel email a while back about what happened to the people who had invented inexpensive ways to get hydrogen energy from water. I tried to find it in the JTF archives, but could not. Does anyone know where to find it? I'd appreciate your help. Thanks, Marilyn

Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha Curcas

2005-10-31 Thread Kurt Nolte
for a silver bullet plant or the widespread introduction of one that is deemed better might choke out natural flora. Introduction of Jatropha looks like it would have a rather high potential for doing just that, since it grows in such a variety of soil conditions. I just have to look outside

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Ken Provost
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Re: [Biofuel] What became of hydrogen

2005-10-31 Thread Ken Provost
On Oct 30, 2005, at 11:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was a biofuel email a while back about what happened to the people who had invented inexpensive ways to get hydrogen energy from water. If there IS an inexpensive energy source to extract H2 from H20, it would be better to use

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Kurt Nolte
you can use the glycerine for other... shall we say nefarious purposes? (Such as powering a turbine generator, or similiar combustive measures to reuse your waste to feed the process... No I'm not stupid enough to try and go the nitroglycerin route, though I fear for a coworker of mine who has

Re: [Biofuel] What became of hydrogen

2005-10-31 Thread John Mullan
i have heard about using something like algae for hydrogren production. not sure what supplimental engery would be consumed maintaining the algae. but it sounds interesting On 10/31/2005, Ken Provost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 30, 2005, at 11:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [Biofuel] If this isn't aggression...

2005-10-31 Thread Kurt Nolte
First, you assume we're the winning side, and I'm sure there are thosethat will and can make a very good case we have NOT given the country back to its inhabitants. That government is a flimsy sham and wecontinue to occupy that country. Well, we're still in the country, we haven't retreated yet,

Re: [Biofuel] Montanas energy fut ure was US Montana’s energy future

2005-10-31 Thread JJJN
Keith, Thanks for the reply. It truly frustrates me as it is so correct. I may have missed something but at the end you stated Methinks this is no longer a good survival model, there seem to be several meteorites headed its way. Oh, sorry, I forgot, you don't get meteorites on a Flat Earth

Re: [Biofuel] Brine Wash

2005-10-31 Thread Appal Energy
Dan, Does anybody have experience using brine washed biodiesel, or is it just a bad idea? Only to crack some nasty emulsions. Our thoughts are that it could help mask an incomplete reaction. Todd Swearingen I've read about using brine for the washing process and tried a couple test

Re: [Biofuel] If this isn't aggression...

2005-10-31 Thread Zeke Yewdall
And are you saying we should pull out now? That, sir, would be the most irresponsible thing we could possibly do, bring all our troops home. We'd be leaving a mess we created behind, without even trying to clean it up. More people would die than are currently dying now, and the eventual

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread logan vilas
SODIUM CHLORIDE IS VERY TOXIC STAY AWAY. IT WILL TURN INTO A YELLOW CLOUD. IF YOU SMELL IT IT'S TOO LATE FOR YOU. ABOUT 3 SECONDS LATER YOU'LL STOP SMELLING IT AND SHOTLY AFTER YOU'LL DROP DEAD. THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER MIX CHEMICALS TRYING TO GET A CLOGED SINK OPEN. I ONCE SAW SOMEONE

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Appal Energy
How about shall we not say nefarious purposes. The salt will precipitate during the FFA recovery. And glycerol is not going to be worth anything more as a fuel source than is sugar. It's an alcohol that's as thick and as sweet as honey in it's pure state. If you've seen sugar burn then you're

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Kurt Nolte
How about shall we not say nefarious purposes. Ehh, it was a failed attempt at being humorous. I use that one all the time at work. Sometimes it works, sometimes it falls on its face. The salt will precipitate during the FFA recovery.And glycerol is not going to be worth anything more as a

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Sodium chloride is table salt. Chlorine is the yellow gas you're talking about I think. You can get it from sodium chloride by electrolyzing saltwater, or mixing sodium hypochlorite with lye aparrently, but it's not all that dangerous by itself. On 10/30/05, logan vilas [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Biofuel] If this isn't aggression...

2005-10-31 Thread Michael Redler
"And are you saying we should pull out now? That, sir, would be the most irresponsible thing we could possibly do, bring all our troops home."That maybe true. However, fooling the country intoa fakecausus bellum is equally irresponsible, with the perpetrators benefitting from the above

Re: [Biofuel] Oil and democracy -was-Scientific method

2005-10-31 Thread KinsleyForPrez08
I don't remember exactly where I first found this quote (either The Future of Freedom Foundation - www.fff.org or www.LewRockwell.com). It was from some speech or address that Teddy gave on April 19, 1906. It pops up on several quote websites (search for roosevelt april 19 1906 or Behind the

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Jason and Katie
- Original Message - From: Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sodium chloride is table salt. Chlorine is the yellow gas you're talking about I think. You can get it from sodium chloride by electrolyzing saltwater, or mixing sodium hypochlorite with lye aparrently, but it's not all

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Table salt is NOT the same as chlorine gas. Why do you think it is? On 10/30/05, Jason and Katie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sodium chloride is table salt. Chlorine is the yellow gas you're talking about I think. You

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Ooops. I had an indefinite pronoun in my last post, which implied that I thought chlorine gas was not dangerous. I meant to say that, unlike chlorine gas, sodium chloride is not dangerous. The last sentence should have readYou can get chlorine gas from sodium chloride by electrolyzing

[Biofuel] Chlorine gas..was Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Alt.EnergyNetwork
Hello, chlorine gas can be very dangerous and deadly if inhaled in sufficient quantities. You may have made some accidentally by mixing ammonia with bleach or cleaning up cat urine with bleach. It is a yellowish green gas with a pungent, eye searing odour...not good Clean-up underway after

[Biofuel] chlorine was Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Alt.EnergyNetwork
OK Zeke, you corrected yourself. regards tallex Alternate Energy Resource Network 1000+ news sources-resources updated daily http://www.alternate-energy.net ---Original Message--- From: Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

Re: [Biofuel] chlorine was Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Jason and Katie
- Original Message - From: Alt.EnergyNetwork [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 11:01 PM Subject: [Biofuel] chlorine was Separating Glycerine/FFA OK Zeke, you corrected yourself. regards tallex Mr. Yewdall, I apologize for the biting

Re: [Biofuel] alternative biodiesel process

2005-10-31 Thread Jason and Katie
What if there were flat electrodes for this, would the ratings still be V/mm or would there have to be a consideration of surface area? if the requirements were in V/mm^3 you could calculate an appropriate voltage for a certain flow rate, and the processor could be compacted the same way a

Re: [Biofuel] No Child Left Unquestioned by Homeland Security!!

2005-10-31 Thread Jason and Katie
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public. Theodore Roosevelt He has been right so many times before... too bad he's dead now, we need him. ___ Biofuel mailing list

Re: [Biofuel] Chlorine gas..was Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread des
Ammonia and bleach when combined and heated releases phosgene, once used as a warfare chemical. doug swanson Alt.EnergyNetwork wrote: Hello, chlorine gas can be very dangerous and deadly if inhaled in sufficient quantities. You may have made some accidentally by mixing ammonia with bleach

Re: [Biofuel] Montanas energy future was US Montana’s energy future

2005-10-31 Thread Tom Irwin
Hello Jim, Awareness is a good first step and you seem to have taken it. Keep reading and learning more. Then comes the application of what you learn. That´s kind of a personal choice. Begin with what you like. Expand from there. I like to take what most people think of as wastes and turn

Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha Curcas

2005-10-31 Thread Pannirselvam P.V
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Biofuel@sustainablelists.org wrote:We are thinking of planting Jatropha Curcas trees using earthworms tocompost waste, the compost we get from the wormswe will use for the Jatropha trees.This URL has a very good article on jatropha's benefits as a fuel and for other

Re: [Biofuel] alternative biodiesel process

2005-10-31 Thread Zeke Yewdall
The electric field strength should be proportional to just the linear distance between electrodes. I believe the current needed to maintain a given voltage differential would increase proportionally to the area involved. On 10/30/05, Jason and Katie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What if there were

Re: [Biofuel] chlorine was Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Zeke Yewdall
I should read my emails more carefully to make sure they say what I mean them to say in the future. Especially when I ended up implying the direct opposet of what I meant. Zeke On 10/30/05, Jason and Katie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Alt.EnergyNetwork [EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread logan vilas
My mistake, I said sodium chloride without thinking, but I know mixing lye with things that contain chlorine can and will for chlorine gas, I don't know exactly what because I've never tried experimenting with it. Sorry for the confusion. Logan Vilas Bio-Fuel Enterprises, Inc. - Original

Re: [Biofuel] Dark Biodiesel

2005-10-31 Thread Joe Street
I have been making BD which is quite dark as well (compared to what you get with new oil) I use more excess methanol than I need to(20% of oil volume). I haven't got to the stage where I can tweak it down to just enough excess to push the reaction to completion, I am still at the sledgehammer

Re: [Biofuel] Portents of the upcoming Big One

2005-10-31 Thread Joe Street
This is the most encouraging news I've heard in a while! I agree with Malcom Kendall-Smith. And I agree with Keith's post about the court of public opinion. I am one of those who has been relentlessly pounding this concept into everyone I know. I have been saying for a long time now,

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Appal Energy
Jason and Katie, I believe the operational premise here is that the sodium chloride (table salt) would settle out during a FFA recovery process, no different than the manner in which potassium phosphate settles out when using KOH as the catalyst and phosphoric acid in the FFA recovery. It's

Re: [Biofuel] If this isn't aggression...

2005-10-31 Thread Kenji James Fuse
Heard good things about Canadian peacekeepers? What about Somalia? A scared soldier with a gun is a scared soldier with a gun. Maybe the focus could be on how to stop the USA from invading countries in the future. And stopping real atrocities like the use of depleted uranium in shells. Your vets

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Thomas Kelly
Good Day To All, I agree with Todd S. "As for producing NaCl from any process? The intent should be to steer processes away from creating waste products, not creating more." I now have 10, 5gal. containers of byproduct in my shed, and more on the way.The only reasonably priced H3PO4 I

Re: [Biofuel] If this isn't aggression...

2005-10-31 Thread Joe Street
Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by ecemail.uwaterloo.ca id j9VGCi9o030713 Doug is the man!  Thank goodness for people like you.  Now if you and all the others like you (and I know there must be a lot of them) could just get

Re: [Biofuel] Oil and democracy -was-Scientific method

2005-10-31 Thread Joe Street
Hey Jason and Katie; Does your friend have a website? I'm sure his broadcasts are out of my listening range but I'm very interested in that kind of stuff. There were some audio recordings as early as the late 1800's but I doubt you will find a recording of that type from 1906. I wish. Joe

Re: [Biofuel] Methanol substitution

2005-10-31 Thread bob allen
one laboratory method would be to combine equimolar amounts of methyl chloride (chloromethane by the iupac) with a nitrate salt. Greg and April wrote: Then how is NitoMethane made? Greg H. - Original Message - From: bob allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Joe Street
Sodium chloride isn't that bad. It's only a little worse than hydrionic acid. I had some this morning with breakfast. I didn't drop dead on my walk to work. Maybe it is st wwwoorkinnngarg logan vilas wrote: SODIUM CHLORIDE IS VERY TOXIC STAY AWAY. IT WILL TURN

Re: [Biofuel] If this isn't aggression...

2005-10-31 Thread Ken Dunn
On 10/31/05, Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now if you and all the others like you (and I know there must be a lot of them) could just get together and grab the mic and shout it to the rest who are basically sleeping something might really happen. If only it were that easy, Joe. There

Re: [Biofuel] If this isn't aggression...

2005-10-31 Thread Michael Redler
MikeJoe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doug is the man! Thank goodness for people like you. Now if you and all the others like you (and I know there must be a lot of them) could just get together and grab the mic and shout it to the rest who are basically sleeping something might really

Re: [Biofuel] alternative biodiesel process

2005-10-31 Thread Joe Street
Hi Jason; Field strength is always specified as volts per distance, not volts per area. If the reaction happens at the electrode surface which most people would assume then the surface area will affect proportionately the amount of ion exchange that is happening per unit time. My experience

Re: [Biofuel] Chemicals to watch out for -- was Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Hydrionic acid? Don't forget to watch out for di-hydrogen oxide. It can easily cause death by asphixiation. If you get it on your skin, it can cause hypothermia by rapidly increasing heat transfer, it promotes mold and bacterial growth, and it's effect on automobiles in the wintertime is a

Re: [Biofuel] Methanol substitution

2005-10-31 Thread bob allen
Teoman, you really need at least a short course in organic chemistry. It would answer most if not all of your questions. A little understanding of organic chemistry can go a long way. Teoman Naskali wrote: Any known functional groups? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] If this isn't aggression...

2005-10-31 Thread Joe Street
Hi Ken; I share your frustration, -to the point of depression at times. That's why I'm all over messages that offer hope. If it wasn't for those I might not make it sometimes! I grab the oportunity to remind people that the uphill battle is worth fighting. It's as much for myself as for

[Biofuel] Liquid-liquid separator

2005-10-31 Thread Rumen Slavov
Hi,all, You won`t believe it,but up to now I found EIGHTEENS separators and the offers are still coming! The prices vary from $1000 to $4000 and the manufacturers are different.If someone is interested,I will ask how match is the cost of shipment. Best Rumen

[Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Rumen Slavov
Hi,all, A friend of mine has good results with citric acid,the glyc is as clear as water and high purity. Best Rumen __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: [Biofuel] Chemicals to watch out for -- was Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Joe Street
Oops I meant Hydric acid but I know what you mean about the di-hydrogen momoxide (DMHO) it really is a killer. I've heard the military keeps huge tanks of it on reserve incase they ever need it one day, like in an emergency situation I guess. Here is a link that has all the dirt on DHMO

Re: [Biofuel] Liquid-liquid separator

2005-10-31 Thread Juan B
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hi,all, You won`t believe it,but up to now I found EIGHTEENS separators and the offers are still coming! The prices vary from $1000 to $4000 and themanufacturers are different.If someone is interested,Iwill ask how match is the cost of shipment.Best

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread bob allen
Logan, I think you are talking about the ammonia/hypochlorous acid reaction. It produces Nitrogen trichloride. NH3 +3 HClO -- NCl(3) + 3H2O combining lye and hypochlorous acid (chlorine bleach) doesn't produce chlorine gas, only sodium hypochlorite. NaOH + HClO -- NaClO + H2O the

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread bob allen
Zeke Yewdall wrote: Sodium chloride is table salt. Chlorine is the yellow gas you're talking about I think. You can get it from sodium chloride by electrolyzing saltwater, yes or mixing sodium hypochlorite with lye aparrently, no but it's not all that dangerous by itself. On

Re: [Biofuel] Chlorine gas..was Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread bob allen
several of you are confusing the nitrogen trichloride a volatile toxic material, with chlorine an equally toxic material. The come from different sources but both are bad stuff. Alt.EnergyNetwork wrote: Hello, chlorine gas can be very dangerous and deadly if inhaled in sufficient

Re: [Biofuel] Chlorine gas..was Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread bob allen
des wrote: Ammonia and bleach when combined and heated releases phosgene, once used as a warfare chemical. arrrg! no not phosgene (C0Cl2) its nitrogen trichloride doug swanson Alt.EnergyNetwork wrote: Hello, chlorine gas can be very dangerous and deadly if inhaled in

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread bob allen
Appal Energy wrote: Jason and Katie, I believe the operational premise here is that the sodium chloride (table salt) would settle out during a FFA recovery process, no different than the manner in which potassium phosphate settles out when using KOH as the catalyst and phosphoric acid

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Keith Addison
Is there any way to later extract the NaCl from the glycerine, so that you can use the glycerine for other... shall we say nefarious purposes? (Such as powering a turbine generator, or similiar combustive measures to reuse your waste to feed the process... No I'm not stupid enough to try and

Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha Curcas

2005-10-31 Thread Keith Addison
Big thing that worries me about anything like this is that the search for a silver bullet plant or the widespread introduction of one that is deemed better might choke out natural flora. Introduction of Jatropha looks like it would have a rather high potential for doing just that, since it

[Biofuel] Caustic Soda, Lye, Sodium Hydroxide

2005-10-31 Thread Rob Rogers
Are Caustic Soda, Lye, and Sodium Hydroxide all the same thing? I called a chemical supplier locally and he said he didn't sell Lye and I asked for Caustic Soda and he had that. The bag says 100% Sodium Hydroxide. Would this be acceptable to use for LYE?

Re: [Biofuel] Caustic Soda, Lye, Sodium Hydroxide

2005-10-31 Thread Kirk McLoren
more info at URL Kirk Sodium hydroxide (NaOH), also known as lye or caustic soda, is a caustic metallic base used in industry, mostly as a strong chemical base in the manufacture of paper, textiles, and detergents. When pure, it's a white solid, available in pellets, flakes, granules, and also

Re: [Biofuel] Caustic Soda, Lye, Sodium Hydroxide

2005-10-31 Thread Appal Energy
Rob, All are one in the same. They should appear as synonyms on a MSDS sheet. Are Caustic Soda, Lye, and Sodium Hydroxide all the same thing? I called a chemical supplier locally and he said he didn't sell Lye and I asked for Caustic Soda and he had that. The bag says 100% Sodium Hydroxide.

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Appal Energy
Thomas, Sodium sulfate may have some additive property for soils, as many benefit from additional sulfur. On the other hand, it's not as universal a fertilizer as potassium phosphate. As for glycerin (glass) soap? You may wish to take a look at the enormous heat and alcohol inputs (energy