[biofuels-biz] Farm-scale ethanol fuel production plant

2002-12-06 Thread Keith Addison
New upload to the Biofuels Library: Farm-scale ethanol fuel production plant -- the Gildred/Butterfield Fuel Alcohol Plant, winner of the California Department of Food and Agriculture's Ethanol Fuel Plant Design Competition: Floyd Butterfield's on-farm still operation in full, complete with

[biofuels-biz] Ivan Illich

2002-12-06 Thread Keith Addison
Ivan Illich died on Monday, Dec. 2 in Bremen, Germany, at age 76. His classic Energy and Equity is one of the most brilliant and thought-provoking pieces on transportation ever written. It remains as relevant today as in 1973, when it was first published in Le Monde.

[biofuels-biz] Re: Biofuels hold key to future of British farming

2002-12-06 Thread Keith Addison
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 23:30:09 - From: jeff_kerzner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Biofuels hold key to future of British farming I was having a discussion last night with a leading scientist in the renewable energy field about using oil-bearing crops to

Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: Biofuels hold key to future of British farming

2002-12-06 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc
Keith: None? Please explain this statement. Edward Beggs http://www.biofuels.ca On Friday, December 6, 2002, at 02:21 AM, Keith Addison wrote: Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 23:30:09 - From: jeff_kerzner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Biofuels hold key to

Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: Biofuels hold key to future of British farming

2002-12-06 Thread Keith Addison
Keith: None? Please explain this statement. I think I just did. Keith Edward Beggs http://www.biofuels.ca On Friday, December 6, 2002, at 02:21 AM, Keith Addison wrote: Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 23:30:09 - From: jeff_kerzner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[biofuel] Farm-scale ethanol fuel production plant

2002-12-06 Thread Keith Addison
New upload to the Biofuels Library: Farm-scale ethanol fuel production plant -- the Gildred/Butterfield Fuel Alcohol Plant, winner of the California Department of Food and Agriculture's Ethanol Fuel Plant Design Competition: Floyd Butterfield's on-farm still operation in full, complete with

[biofuel] Ivan Illich

2002-12-06 Thread Keith Addison
Ivan Illich died on Monday, Dec. 2 in Bremen, Germany, at age 76. His classic Energy and Equity is one of the most brilliant and thought-provoking pieces on transportation ever written. It remains as relevant today as in 1973, when it was first published in Le Monde.

[biofuel] Making Ethanol from Sugar Cane in Brazil

2002-12-06 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.undp.org/seed/energy/policy/ch10.htm Chapter 10: Converting Biomass to Liquid Fuels Energy as an Instrument for Socio-Economic Development Edited by JosĀŽ Goldemberg and Thomas B. Johansson Executive Editor, Rosemarie Philips The views expressed in this volume are those of the authors

[biofuel] A Really Dumb Idea

2002-12-06 Thread robert luis rabello
Hello everyone! I now live a little over 40 km away from work, and during my drive home tonight I was mulling over the whole idea of using ethanol as a fuel for my 2.3 liter Ford Ranger. The problem with distillation, aside from legality issues, stems from the energy required to

Re: [biofuel] home heating with biofuels

2002-12-06 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Aaron Check out Chuck Ranum's page: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_processor4.html Biodiesel processors Another: In my case, I burn untaxed 100% biodiesel to heat our home and also use biodiesel to fuel a steam boat and steam car. -Myles Portland, Or

[biofuel] Re: Biofuels hold key to future of British farming

2002-12-06 Thread Keith Addison
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 23:30:09 - From: jeff_kerzner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Biofuels hold key to future of British farming I was having a discussion last night with a leading scientist in the renewable energy field about using oil-bearing crops to

Re: [biofuel] Bio fuel business-Tables

2002-12-06 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Hakan Some stuff to be going on with. This doc has some useful US stats and comparisons: http://www.orau.gov/deer2002/Session4/McCormick.pdf Bob McCormick, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Renewable Diesel Fuels: Status of Technology and RD Needs Presented at 8th Diesel Engine Emissions

[biofuel] UK WVO quantities

2002-12-06 Thread herbalist2k
Hello there, I am currently involved in a project (I am a student at Glasgow university) designing a veg oil heated reactor vessel. I am trying to gather data concerning quantities of SVO available in the UK so that I can do some market calculations etc. Does anyone know who to ask? Thanks

Re: [biofuel] UK WVO quantities

2002-12-06 Thread Keith Addison
Hello there, I am currently involved in a project (I am a student at Glasgow university) designing a veg oil heated reactor vessel. I am trying to gather data concerning quantities of SVO available in the UK so that I can do some market calculations etc. Does anyone know who to ask? Thanks James

Re: [biofuel] Forests (Long)

2002-12-06 Thread Greg and April
- Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 19:21 Subject: Re: [biofuel] Forests (Long) Near hurt? As in they had a close miss from a broken sawblade and are lucky they were not hurt. There have been

[biofuel] RE: home heating with biofuels

2002-12-06 Thread Myles Twete
Dear Aaron- We've been heating our home in Portland, Oregon now with 30-100% biodiesel for the past year now. We initially added 200 gallons of locally produced BD (from used fryer oil) to our 400 gallons making our mix about B33. With subsequent additions, we are effectively burning B100 now

Re: [biofuel] RE: home heating with biofuels

2002-12-06 Thread studio53
Myles, As far as the nozzle drip goes, Hago makes an Eco-nozzle that solves the after-drip problem somehow. Info is in their pdf they have on their site. Read about it couple of weeks ago. What's your nozzle specs in the Reillo?

[biofuel] Here it is

2002-12-06 Thread studio53
Myles, I found the PDF. http://www.riellocanada.com/pdf/newsletter_200109.pdf --- Jesse Parris | studio53 | 53 maitland rd | stamford, ct 06906 203.324.4371www.jesseparris.com/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

Re: [biofuel] Interesting info for Bay Area BD proponents

2002-12-06 Thread James Slayden
West Coast Biofuels, Inc. www.westcoastbiofuels.com Located in Newport beach, contact Dick O'Rourke On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, girl mark wrote: James, what webpage is this west coast one you're talking about? Mark At 02:56 PM 12/5/2002 -0800, you wrote: While perusing the West Coast

Re: [biofuel] Bio fuel business-Tables

2002-12-06 Thread Hakan Falk
Hi Keith, Thank you for the help, it is very useful. At 07:36 PM 12/6/2002 +0900, you wrote: snip Possible bi-products: The same as for previous point. Veg. oil do opens up for a larger number of replacement applications, among those are many in the lubrication field. The main by-product

Re: [biofuel] A Really Dumb Idea

2002-12-06 Thread James Slayden
Robert, A good many of the Ford Rangers are already set up as FFV's, might want to check to see if you model is one. Ususlly there is a little plack on the gate that has a highway and a greenleaf. But I would check with a model database online to verify for sure. If it is an FFV it will allow

Re: [biofuel] My 2 cents...

2002-12-06 Thread Glenn
This evening I went to the supermarket and local Autozone and picked up a small batch of ingredients to do a quick experiment making Biodiesel and while shopping, some thoughts crossed my mind. While I realize mass-producing biodiesel will reduce dependency on foreign oil, and biodiesel does

[biofuel] Are we really reducing emissions??

2002-12-06 Thread Z [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This evening I went to the supermarket and local Autozone and picked up a small batch of ingredients to do a quick experiment making Biodiesel and while shopping, some thoughts crossed my mind. While I realize mass-producing biodiesel will reduce dependency on foreign oil, and biodiesel does

Re: [biofuel] Bio fuel business-Tables

2002-12-06 Thread James Slayden
Hi Hakan, The net energy in Cellulose based ethanol might be higher if the lingin is burned for processing. Since there is issues burning the Glyc from BD it wouldn't add to the BD net energy. The window of opportunity is really dependent on feedstock availability which really isn't