Re: [Biofuel] methanol recovery from fuel stock?

2005-11-07 Thread Keith Addison
Thankyou Ken, succinctly put, as ever. Best Keith On Nov 4, 2005, at 10:11 PM, Ken Dunn wrote: I'm still a bit confused. What is the trick to evaporating the methanol without reversing the process? Very simple -- you can't boil off methanol when both biodiesel and glycerine are

Re: [Biofuel] Information in Japanese

2005-11-07 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Nicholas Greetings, I am in Japan and would like to 'inform' my Japanese father-in-law about the biodiesel process. Is there any information available? The terminology is rather specific and my Japanese isn't the best... Any help would be appreciated. Nicholas At the bottom of all

Re: [Biofuel] Power Compost!

2005-11-07 Thread DHAJOGLO
Robert, I'm not sure what type of engine you have, but an option might be to modify it to use ethanol and then delay the timing to get higher compression. That may result in a more efficient system. You would have to have a supply of ethanol though and you may not be able to delay the

Re: [Biofuel] Power Compost!

2005-11-07 Thread Zeke Yewdall
It should be relatively easy to modify the ignition timing on a magneto driven lawnmower type engine. The magnets are usually on the flyweel/blower on top of the engine (or the other end from the drive shaft, for horizontal shaft engines). They trigger the magneto which is fixed to the engine