[biofuel] Re: [wastewatts] Babington trouble

2003-10-28 Thread Mike Barnett
Ok John, yes I have seen your greatly inspirational sketches, and have been looking on them at many times at odd hours of the night.hehehehe I am working on the pictures to send you. I am glad to hear that the Bab hole size is ok. I am using the prescribed amount of air, but what I did when

[biofuel] (fwd) ZEV Mandate Public Comments (long)

2003-10-28 Thread murdoch
On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:55:19 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy, The deadline for public comments on the latest changes to the ZEV mandate is just 3 hours away. Here is what I submitted. Adios, Jerry -- Forwarded Message: - From:Jerry Pohorsky

Re[2]: [biofuel] swimming in it

2003-10-28 Thread Gustl Steiner-Zehender
Hallo Walt, One problem is trying to get rid of soap which smells like fried fish or the local McDonalds. A person can only use so much themselves. I have yet to see a method of deodorizing the soap or reasonably masking the scent. Happy Happy, Gustl Monday, 27 October, 2003, 22:12:53,

Re: [biofuel] filtering process

2003-10-28 Thread James Slayden
Todd, Are you allowing the BD to settle up over that time, or are you doing meth recovery as soon as the drum is filled? I was wondering how people were dealing with the meth recovery on a smallish level. I will be getting some plans for a solar still using 55gal drums and I am wondering if

Re: [biofuel] swimming in it

2003-10-28 Thread Martin Klingensmith
It may be possible to heat the glycerine to a high temperature (200C perhaps) to remove some volatiles. Then try filtering the glycerine through activated carbon (charcoal) I wouldn't heat over an open flame though without a hood. (alcohol fumes) -- -- Martin Klingensmith

[biofuel] Biodiesel Forum, Nov 12, Berkeley CA

2003-10-28 Thread girl Mark
Run Your Car on Vegetable Oil BIODIESEL: A home-grown alternative fuel Wednesday, November 12, 7-9 pm, $free Ecology Center Bookstore, 2530 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley Join us at the Ecology Center Bookstore for a panel discussion about one of the most exciting alternative fuels today,

Re: [biofuel] electric heat, ALeks' method Re: open flame heat sours

2003-10-28 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Martin Keith Addison wrote: As I understand it (which could well be full of holes) a thermostat works as I described it above, a rheostat simply adjusts the power supply, lower or higher, and stays as you set it. The one is constantly changing, switching on and off, surges up and down,

Re: [biofuel] swimming in it

2003-10-28 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Jack Liked your list of BD vehicles, great! Why only B50 in the boat? Glycerine that is. And I am not really sure what to do with it. I am making about 350 gallons of fuel a week now and coming out with roughly 40-45 gallons of glycerine to boot. Up until this point I was able to

Re: [biofuel] filtering process

2003-10-28 Thread Appal Energy
James, Almost no one is dealing with methanol recovery at the home scale. Best time to recover it is after FFA/glycerin recovery if the fertilizer and FFA (fuel) co-products are going to be used elsewhere. Alcohol recovery at this stage also means a lesser volume that has to pass over the

[biofuel] Free Fatty Acid con. test

2003-10-28 Thread Rodney Hadley
In the interest of not processing a batch of WVO that may have a FFA con. of more than 2%, without first pretreating. Is their a simple test that can be done outside of the lab. - Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears [Non-text portions of

Re: [biofuel] Free Fatty Acid con. test

2003-10-28 Thread Dan Maker
Rodney Hadley said: In the interest of not processing a batch of WVO that may have a FFA con. of more than 2%, without first pretreating. Is their a simple test that can be done outside of the lab. Yes, I believe it's called titration. See the JtF website for instructions on how to do it.

Re: [biofuel] swimming in it

2003-10-28 Thread Jack Kenworthy
Keith, Todd, et al. Thanks for the responses. I really like the idea of sawdust and glycerine briquettes - We once thought of making charcoal briquettes out of casuarina equisetefolia wood that is over abundant here as an exotic invasive. Perhaps we could market both? We have lots of