[Biofuel] Cold Weather Processing

2004-10-10 Thread Legal Eagle
The addition of glycerine to the BD being washed has caused some problems. Excatly how mush gly is getting it there is hard to tell, but it is making things difficult. The wash by oscillating sprinkler system works very well, but it is a little violent and that doesn't seem to sit well with

Re: [Biofuel] CANDU Reactors (was Hydro power in Scandinavia)

2004-10-10 Thread bmolloy
Kirk, Darryl, Hakan et al, Greetings, and a second bite at the cherry. I sent this item previously but the formatting didn't survive the transger. This version is readable. It's from Dr Helen Caldicott, a member of the Physicians for Social Responsibility

Re: Was Re: [Biofuel] Changing Government/Now ethanol

2004-10-10 Thread Steve Spence
in a word, NO. Say goodbye to your injectors and pump. Steve Spence http://www.green-trust.org - Original Message - From: Ken Riznyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 12:26 AM Subject: Re: Was Re: [Biofuel] Changing Government/Now ethanol Any

Re: [Biofuel] Back to grid via WVO genset

2004-10-10 Thread Steve Spence
from svo, or wvo? Steve Spence http://www.green-trust.org - Original Message - From: Lyle Estill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 9:17 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Back to grid via WVO genset Ok. Let's leave the same proposition out there.

Re: [Biofuel] HELP

2004-10-10 Thread Steve Spence
yep, that was my exceptions remark. Steve Spence http://www.green-trust.org - Original Message - From: Gregg Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 5:39 PM Subject: RE: [Biofuel] HELP Hi Steve, While you can't use 100% Biodiesel in a

FW: [Biofuel] Monsanto's royalty grab in Argentina

2004-10-10 Thread Ware, John
snip The formula seems to be this: focus on the major cash crops (cotton, soybeans, maize, etc), find an entry point, contaminate the seed supply snip It seems to me that this contamination of the seed supply is trespassing. I say, a farmer who has been saving seeds for years, when his

Re: Was Re: [Biofuel] Changing Government/Now ethanol

2004-10-10 Thread Greg Harbican
- Original Message - From: Martin Klingensmith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 15:32 Subject: Re: Was Re: [Biofuel] Changing Government/Now ethanol Any diesel engine will run on kerosene. Now that diesel is $2.15 per gallon in the US I'm

Re: [Biofuel] Monsanto's royalty grab in Argentina

2004-10-10 Thread Legal Eagle
- Original Message - From: Ware, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 10:26 PM Subject: FW: [Biofuel] Monsanto's royalty grab in Argentina snip The formula seems to be this: focus on the major cash crops (cotton, soybeans, maize, etc), find

Re: [Biofuel] Magnets

2004-10-10 Thread Jeff Welter
magnetism). Any time you run a conductor through a magnetic field, there will be a resistance. For example, take a copper plate and hang it from a string so it acts as a pendulum. Swing that plate through a C-shaped magnet and if the magnet is strong enough, that plate may not even be able

RE: [Biofuel] Cold Weather Processing

2004-10-10 Thread Jeff Welter
biodiesel reaction, if adding the water before removing as much glycerine as possible be a cause for some of the problems with separation and emulsions since there could be some extraneous reactions or possible reverse reactions going on in the mix? Also, in my experience, if you can get

Re: [Biofuel] Cold Weather Processing

2004-10-10 Thread Legal Eagle
incomplete rection, the problem is that not all the glycerine is draining once the settling time is done and that glycerine is getting mixed with the BD when it is being transfered to the wash tank and that is what is causing trouble. During the warmer months of summer this problem did not

RE: [Biofuel] Cold Weather Processing

2004-10-10 Thread Keith Addison
I'm wondering if since water present in small amounts can impede the biodiesel reaction, if adding the water before removing as much glycerine as possible be a cause for some of the problems with separation and emulsions since there could be some extraneous reactions or possible reverse

Re: Was Re: [Biofuel] Changing Government/Now ethanol

2004-10-10 Thread Brian
sells kerosene. In winter in Indiana (though I won't be here for the worst of it, probably), it is not wise to run B100. However, would the improved lubricity of biodiesel make a B20 kerosene blend a viable alternative which would not harm my engine? Brian - Original Message -

Re: [Biofuel] Magnets

2004-10-10 Thread Kirk McLoren
Most of these people have their heart in the right place. They would like to see a kinder world.Trouble is they don't discipline themselves to achieve it in the real world and instead weave a fiction of repressed super technology. Our accumulated knowledge is pretty much open. There are few

Re: [Biofuel] Magnets

2004-10-10 Thread Hakan Falk
Kirk, What did you think that WWII was about? Hakan At 05:11 PM 10/10/2004, you wrote: Most of these people have their heart in the right place. They would like to see a kinder world.Trouble is they don't discipline themselves to achieve it in the real world and instead weave a fiction of

Re: Was Re: [Biofuel] Changing Government/Now ethanol

2004-10-10 Thread Kirk McLoren
stove oil is winter diesel. Kerosine is too light. even winter diesel benefits from lubrication additives. Kirk Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, I was wondering this as well. There is a station close by that sells kerosene. In winter in Indiana (though I won't be here for the worst

Re: [Biofuel] OK for biodiesel?

2004-10-10 Thread francisco j burgos
some one wrote that he added white spirit to the Biodiesel in order to keep clean the fuel system... since white spirit is made of light aromatics (CAS N¼ 647 42-95-6) I wonder if it is legal in USA such Biodiesel/white spirit blend. It is very important to clarify this matter. Thaks, F.

Re: Was Re: [Biofuel] Changing Government/Now ethanol

2004-10-10 Thread Greg Harbican
Furnace oil, is Diesel #4, with anti-biological additives added, to keep bacteria down during the summer months when it just sits in the tank instead of being used. Greg H. ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Biofuel] Magnets

2004-10-10 Thread Kirk McLoren
financial control and social engineering. Examples -- 1.Remember that Wall Street financed Hitler. 2.The Turkish influence in the Middle East was neutralized first by Britain and then control of the region was shifted to US. Kuwait used to be part of Iraq. 3.The new political paradigm was

RE: [Biofuel] Cold Weather Processing

2004-10-10 Thread Jeff Welter
I did graduate from college with a BA in Chemistry and I did do my senior thesis research on biodiesel. I didn't get anywhere near what I wanted to get accomplished with my project since the school I went to had virtually no working instruments to test with. I started with the straight

Re: Was Re: [Biofuel] Changing Government/Now ethanol

2004-10-10 Thread Kirk McLoren
When I lived in Montana the local fuel supplier filled your winter tractor fuel tank and the oil stove tank from the same tank truck load. It was dyed red to stop its use on the highway. Kirk Greg Harbican [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Furnace oil, is Diesel #4, with anti-biological additives

Re: Was Re: [Biofuel] Changing Government/Now ethanol

2004-10-10 Thread Greg Harbican
Nothing says you couldn't do such, one thing to remember that the main difference is the additives, and that the slower running the Diesel engine is, the heavier the hydrocarbons ( and lower the cetane value of fuel ) that can be used, without to much problems.In theory, you could design a

Re: Was Re: [Biofuel] Changing Government/Now ethanol

2004-10-10 Thread Steve Spence
don't get caught with red diesel in your tank. passenger vehicles don't usually get checked, though my buddy, Eddie, did with his diesel suburban. Steve Spence http://www.green-trust.org - Original Message - From: Greg Harbican [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday,