[biofuel] Re: Jet Fuel

2004-07-06 Thread bluefxstc
Jet fuel will work fine in a normal diesel. Jet A has a lower energy content than D2 so you mileage will go down some but if it is free what is the big deal. It also has a lower lubrication quality (not sure what the right term for this is) so mixing with BD would be good. The military

RE: [biofuel] generator/refrigerator

2004-07-06 Thread malcolm maclure
Neat device - I want one! * A GENERATOR THAT DOUBLES AS A REFRIGERATOR http://www.napa.ufl.edu/2001news/solar.htm UF professor generates new, cheaper solar energy system http://www.alligator.org/edit/issues/01-spring/010314/b09solar14.htm Optimization of a Novel Combined

[biofuel] ANyone along I-80 want to buy a biodiesel processor?

2004-07-06 Thread girl mark
Hello, I'm traveling across country this month, 'by accident'- I really didn't intend to take this trip!, and I'll be going from DC to Maine and then back to California, taking Interstate 80 back. My partner and I are driving a couple of vans back here which he and another friend had

Re: [biofuel] PLEASE READ - MODERATOR'S MESSAGE

2004-07-06 Thread MH
The Fahrenheit 9/11 - THE HOT MOVIE - Michael Moore thread will now end. Enforcement is likely to be ruthless. Keith Addison List owner Sorry, I should have listened to Gustl and apologize for carrying on. Respectfully, Hoagy Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

[biofuel] Getiing rid of the water in oil and alcohol (just a thought)

2004-07-06 Thread Teoman Naskali
Its just a silly thought but, would it be possible to use electrolyse to get rid of the water in the oil? And more unlikely, could I use electrolyse to get rid of the water in my methanol?? Or would i be electrolysing the oil and alcohol? If so what comes out of the electrolyse? Electrolyse

[biofuel] vortex tube

2004-07-06 Thread tallex2002
cool tech THE HILSCH VORTEX TUBE http://www.visi.com/~darus/hilsch/ regards Get your daily alternative energy news fix http://groups.yahoo.com/group/next_generation_grid/ news-resources-sources http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tomorrow-energy/

[biofuel] earth tube

2004-07-06 Thread tallex2002
Earthtubes http://www.thenaturalhome.com/earthtube.htm comments? regards Get your daily alternative energy news fix http://groups.yahoo.com/group/next_generation_grid/ news-resources-sources http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tomorrow-energy/

Re: [biofuel] PLEASE READ - MODERATOR'S MESSAGE

2004-07-06 Thread Fred Finch
hehe... It's been Godwined... finally. At 05:34 PM 7/5/2004 -0500, you wrote: Thank you Keith, for the first time on this list, I have been using the delete button constantly. Bright Blessings, Kim At 02:40 PM 7/5/2004, you wrote: - was Re: Fahrenheit 9/11 Long, but please read it

[biofuel] Re: How's Come Berkely is the Hot Bed of Forward Thinking.

2004-07-06 Thread Phil Dodd
My faith in mankind has been restored. For one, I have received communication from some brewers who are is fairly close proximity that I can look over their shoulders in my learning stage. Girl- Mark is having the DC seminar unfortunately when I am on the Atlantic shore doing my best

Re: [biofuel] PLEASE READ - MODERATOR'S MESSAGE

2004-07-06 Thread Hakan Falk
Hoagy, The only thing I will miss in this thread are your updates on how F 911 was doing with the critics etc. It is going to take some time before I can see it and it will be a historical piece. Anyway, it was right to stop the thread. Hakan At 01:12 06/07/2004, you wrote: The Fahrenheit

[biofuel] My Methanol

2004-07-06 Thread Teoman Naskali
I just received the methanol that i had ordered. the ayre in 10 liter containers and the label says Metanol CH3OH 1l = 0,80kg MW = 32,04 what does the las thing indicate? And do I have any way of figuring out if this stuff is good. Of course i will do a test batch in a couple of hours. Some

Re: [biofuel] My Methanol

2004-07-06 Thread Rob
chemical properties of Methanol mw is Molecular weight: 32.042 kg/kmol PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF METHANOL: CH3OH ĂŠAlso called METHYL ALCOHOL, it is the simplest of a long series of organic compounds called alcohols; its molecular formula is CH3OH. Methanol was formerly produced by the

Re: [biofuel] earth tube

2004-07-06 Thread Kim Garth Travis
This topic was discussed at length on the organic building list a few years ago. The people who had installed the systems found they had problems with mold and mildew entering the home from the pipes. Using the same principles, but using hydronics to heat and cool rather than an air system

[biofuel] My FIrst Batch

2004-07-06 Thread Teoman Naskali
My first batch looks like it is fairly successfull, I found an old scale purely mechanical. With which i managed to measure the NaOH. I mixed it with the methanol in a jar, it took about 25 mins to mix, and in the end result one could almost see very very tiny particles floating. I heated the

Re: [biofuel] My Methanol

2004-07-06 Thread Colin Little
biofuel@yahoogroups.com writes: what does the las thing indicate? And do I have any way of figuring out if this stuff is good. Of course i will do a test batch in a couple of hours. Looks like Metric Weight. People are like rugs: Hang them out a window and shake them a couple of times, and

[biofuel] PURITY OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE

2004-07-06 Thread BEN ROBERTS
Hi all Please can you advise if caustic soda pearls (sold as drain cleaner) at 98% are sufficient or if i must order 99%+ which is a lot more expensive. thanks Ben . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

[biofuel] Methanol

2004-07-06 Thread Chris McKay
Hi there! I'm new to the list and I thought I'd drop a line and say hi to everyone! I live in Kitimat BC, and coincidentally I work at Methanex, the world's largest producer of methanol. We also make ammonia at our plant here from the purge (excess) hydrogen from the methanol plant. I

Re: [biofuel] can anyone help me find assistance on biofuel in India

2004-07-06 Thread Akshay Kakar
The professor incharge of the bio diesel project at the Delhi College of Engneering is Dr. Sagar Maji and he can be reached at 9818434090 or +911129219186 Hope this helps Akshay Kakar --- ram c [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Akshay Kakar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Sam, I dont know if this

[biofuel] Oil faces new threats

2004-07-06 Thread MH
Published on Monday, July 5, 2004 by The Daily Star Don't blame the Arabs: Oil faces new threats beyond the Gulf by Ed Blanche http://www.energybulletin.net/newswire.php?id=906 Ed Blanche, a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, is a Beirut-based

Re: [biofuel] Re: Jet Fuel

2004-07-06 Thread Lflycatcher
The Jet A fuel has a very low cloud point so it will not jelly at altitude. So that it will light of incase of a mid air restart a miniscule amount of benzene is added. Frompast use of this waste fuel suggest use of Baldwin or Parker Hanafin water and junk filter than add 1 gallon type F

Re: [biofuel] Methanol

2004-07-06 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Chris, welcome Hi there! I'm new to the list and I thought I'd drop a line and say hi to everyone! I live in Kitimat BC, and coincidentally I work at Methanex, the world's largest producer of methanol. We also make ammonia at our plant here from the purge (excess) hydrogen from the

Re: [biofuel] Double Batching

2004-07-06 Thread Keith Addison
G'day L G'day; Having pretty much completed my processor and also having found a nice home for it, I have a question for those in the know. I am set up for a single batch lot or with a spare drum I can send tghe finished process to a settling tank and straight away fire up another one. The

Re: [biofuel] How's Come Berkely is the Hot Bed of Forward Thinking.

2004-07-06 Thread Martin Klingensmith
Phil Dodd wrote: Sitting here in my south-central pennsylvania funk lamenting the fact that when I talk biodiesel I am looked at like I have 2 heads. Though there is a couple of seminars coming to the Washington D.C. area next week and again in september. Are there any folks out here

[biofuel] New flexible solar cells

2004-07-06 Thread tallex2002
New flexible solar cell - Solar cells for the masses http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Jun/gee20040706025857.htm Get your daily alternative energy news fix http://groups.yahoo.com/group/next_generation_grid/ news-resources-sources

Re: [biofuel] PLEASE READ - MODERATOR'S MESSAGE

2004-07-06 Thread Greg Harbican
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Re: [biofuel] PURITY OF SODIUM HYDROXIDE

2004-07-06 Thread Keith Addison
Hi all Please can you advise if caustic soda pearls (sold as drain cleaner) at 98% are sufficient or if i must order 99%+ which is a lot more expensive. thanks Ben Hi Ben I think that'll be just fine. Try small test-batches first, as ever. Make sure to keep the stuff dry, close the lid