[biofuel] New Distillers FAQ

2004-01-29 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
x-charset ISO-8859-1NEW DISTILLERS Frequently Asked Questions (Feb'03) Posted near the 1st of each month, to the NEW_DISTILLERS newsgroup at www.yahoogroups.com Please email any additions, corrections, clarifications required, etc regarding the FAQ to Tony Ackland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]),

[biofuel] New Distillers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

2003-11-02 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
NEW DISTILLERS Frequently Asked Questions (last modified Feb'03) Posted near the 1st of each month, to the NEW_DISTILLERS newsgroup at www.yahoogroups.com Please email any additions, corrections, clarifications required, etc regarding the FAQ to Tony Ackland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), however

[biofuel] NEW DISTILLERS Frequently Asked Questions

2003-07-29 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
NEW DISTILLERS Frequently Asked Questions (Feb'03) Posted near the 1st of each month, to the NEW_DISTILLERS newsgroup at www.yahoogroups.com Please email any additions, corrections, clarifications required, etc regarding the FAQ to Tony Ackland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), however please direct any

[biofuel] Re Ethanol from bread waste?

2003-06-11 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
Gary, I can't seem to get this link to work - any ideas? http://homedistiller.org/wash-grain2.htm#bread works OK for me. Tony Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions.

[biofuel] Re Ethanol from bread waste?

2003-06-09 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
Bread has been used in the production of vodka before, basically as a source of the starch. See http://homedistiller.org/wash-grain2.htm#bread for more details. Tony Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To

[biofuel] Re: Biogas from chicken manure

2003-06-01 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
thanks Keith Peter. Doing the research for a friend of my fathers, so I may be back later with more questions once he's had a chance to work through all those links. Tony Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer

[biofuel] Biogas from chicken manure

2003-05-29 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
Does anyone have pointers re producing biogas / methane from chicken manure, and its subsequent use in firing heaters for nurseries ? Tony Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~-- Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions.

[biofuel] Re: New Distillers FAQ

2003-05-21 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
*poink* well, that was a load of BS. no documented cases? what about the 2 or 3 dozen people killed in a single incident in China a year or so ago? Paul - could you please give me a few more leads about what happened there ? Of the cases I have heard of, poisoning from illict spirits has

[biofuel] New Distillers FAQ

2003-05-20 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
NEW DISTILLERS Frequently Asked Questions (Feb'03) Posted near the 1st of each month, to the NEW_DISTILLERS newsgroup at www.yahoogroups.com Please email any additions, corrections, clarifications required, etc regarding the FAQ to Tony Ackland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), however please

[biofuel] Language

2003-04-06 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
Guys, Could you please keep the use of profanities down to a minimum. My companies email virus filter blocks also based on inappropriate content, and this means that I get to lose the whole days digest of emails just because some idiot can't express himself clearly enough without swearing.

[biofuel] RE: Methanol .. was IS BUSH NUTS?

2003-02-26 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
The soda - aspartame-methanol toxicity link has been discounted many times - the concentrations are far too low. See http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/nutrasweet.html It comes down to your ability to swill 375 cans of soda in a couple of hours. Tony Yahoo! Groups

[biofuels-biz] [Distillers] 1984 Orwell style

2002-04-04 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
From one of our members ... * About one month ago, I had someone ring my doorbell. When I answered, I was met by 2 men displaying badges and identifying themselves as agents of the state tax department. They asked if they could talk to me for a

[biofuel] [Distillers] 1984 Orwell style

2002-04-04 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
From one of our members ... * About one month ago, I had someone ring my doorbell. When I answered, I was met by 2 men displaying badges and identifying themselves as agents of the state tax department. They asked if they could talk to me for a

[biofuel] Kiwi_Distiller moving on ..

2002-03-03 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
Guys Gals, Just a couple of months pre-warning here. Most of you are fairly aware that my Distilling site has already moved FROM http://www.geocities.com/kiwi_distiller TOhttp://homedistiller.org (along with a mirror at http://distiller.servebeer.com ) - with a great big

[biofuel] Blueflame text

2001-12-16 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
Ken, I've got an HTML version of it on my site. See http:\\homedistiller.org\blueflame.htm Tony http:\\homedistiller.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to:

[biofuel] New Distillers FAQ

2001-11-18 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
NEW DISTILLERS Frequently Asked Questions (Sept'01) Posted near the 1st of each month, to the NEW_DISTILLERS newsgroup at www.yahoogroups.com Please email any additions, corrections, clarifications required, etc regarding the FAQ to Tony Ackland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), however please direct any

[biofuel] Still sizing

2001-06-14 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
Martin Gaw Peter ... Some more comments on how to design a larger still. Its a process where you need to ask the right questions as you go through it. The answers then change how you proceed from there, or send you back to the start ... 1) What purity and flowrate do you want to produce at

[biofuel] Still plans

2001-06-12 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
Martin, For still plans I could suggest that you modify a Nixon-Stone still. http://www.gin-vodka.com See the photos section (page 1) at my site, http://www.geocities.com/kiwi_distiller for a couple of examples/versions of it. To get the purity, you will require a tall, well-packed column,

[biofuel] RE: Continuous still ?

2001-02-20 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
Sorry guys - forgot about diagrams getting removed in this NG I've put my two concept sketches at http://www.geocities.com/kiwi_distiller/image/cont.gif (5 kB) http://www.geoc4ities.com/kiwi_distiller/image/cont2.gif (4 kB) Tony Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

RE: [biofuel] Corrosiveness of Alcohos?

2000-10-30 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
Does anyone have any other information on what corrosive effects alcohols have on engines or fuel pumps? Coulson, Richardson Sinnott report that: aluminium, aluminium bronze, brass, copper, gunmetal and bronze, high Si iron, nickel, nickle-copper alloys, platinum, silver, stainless steel

RE: [biofuel] marbles, Raschig rings, pot-scrubbers

2000-10-25 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
I agree here re scrubbers lacking thermal mass (heat capacity). Once option here, to maintain the delicate strata of temperatures in the column is to make sure that the outside of the column is well insulated. This way stray wind gusts won't suddenly cause it to cool down unexpectedly upset

RE: [biofuel] Lactose

2000-10-19 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
Can lactose (milk sugar) be fermented to make ethanol? I understand that most of the commercially made alcohol in New Zealand is made from lactose. See : http://distillers.co.nz/html/pr34.html I think however that it needs a particular yeast or enzyme to be able to do it. Tony

RE: [biofuel] Small pilot plant details using A3 molecular sieve to create anhydrous ethanol

2000-07-20 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
David Greg, While I know the basic theory ... Could you please explain how they work ? How are they different to using adsorption (e.g. via lime or corn-grits etc) Tony Wish you had something rad to add to your

RE: [biofuel] Re: Biofuel list

2000-05-25 Thread Ackland, Tony (CALNZAS)
I had the same problem yesterday too - its simply the merger of Egroups and Onelist. I had origianlly signed in via Onelist - now its Egroups wanting the info. Its explained on the sign-in page. They (E/One) still know your settings etc for your Groups, preferences etc. Easily fixed just by