[Biofuel] California Emissions

2006-01-23 Thread Greg Ocnos








I am thinking of buying a Jeep Liberty diesel. I live in Massachusetts and they do
not sell diesel cars any more because of the high standard of emissions. I
would have to go out of state to buy this Jeep.



These vehicles must pass an emissions test every other year.
Mind you, you can buy a full size pickup with a diesel and they have a different
standard to use.



Would the use of 20% biodiesel let this vehicle pass this California emissions test?
What are these people looking at that makes it fail emissions. What can I
do about it? 



Greg O. 

In MA.












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Re: [Biofuel] Methanol Recovery?

2006-01-17 Thread Greg Ocnos


Could you put it through a still like you were going to make your own
ethanol? I assume that the biofuel and glycerin are higher boiling
points and the methanol will decanter off.

Greg O. from MA  


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Hi Theo

Big-time, huh? :-)

Hello everyone, I am scaling up the size of my processing units to 
make about 300-400gallons of biodiesel a day. Right now I do not do 
any methanol recovery however at the larger scale it makes a lot of 
finical sense to get back the methanol. I have had a lot of trouble 
finding somewhat larger devices for recovering the methanol. I was 
wondering if anyone has experience in this field. The internet 
mentions methanol recovery but no sights really go into methanol 
recovery and biodiesl. Any help would be appreciated.  am open to 
either homemade designs or ones that can be purchased. Any useful 
links or links to pictures would be great. Also is it be to recover 
methanol form the glycerin, the biodiesel or both?

Preferably both, but you should do it at the right stages, and you 
have to make some decisions about how to handle the by-product. See:

Reclaiming excess methanol
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#methreclaim

Best

Keith


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Re: [Biofuel] Spreading compost

2006-01-11 Thread Greg Ocnos
Have you ever thought of a salt sanding spreader that people use in snow
communities for street sanding.  

Gregory I. Ocnos

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Greetings,
Does anyone have any ideas of how to spread compost at the rate of 5
tons 
per acre?  I mean other than with a shovel or bucket.  I do have a tilt 
trailer, but the compost does not just trickle out the back like I want
it 
to.  Also, any easier ideas of how to spread lime at 1000 lbs per acre 
would be appreciated.  Walking around with a scoop and a bucket gets
old, 
real fast.  The big trucks won't do less than 5000 lbs per acre and want
to 
do a minimum of 10 acres at a time.
Bright Blessings,
Kim



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Re: [Biofuel] FW: Important, Congress set to gut renewable energy programs

2006-01-02 Thread Greg Ocnos
Title: Re: Important, Congress set to gut renewable energy programs









Has anyone heard anything more about this?
Did NREL get hit hard? 

Just looking for a follow up, who could I
ask?



Thanks





Gregory I. Ocnos





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Important,Congress set to gut renewable energy programs
Importance: High





Follow-up.





David















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Sent: Wednesday,
 November 16, 2005 3:32 PM
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set to gut renewable energy programs
Importance: High

Ive
just returned from a meeting at NREL (where I am a small contractor).
The lab expects a 40% cut in the Wind Powering America program.

Bob Anderson



On 11/16/05 1:45 PM, Van Jamison
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FYI
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Sent: Wednesday,
 November 16, 2005 7:50 AM
Subject: Fwd: Important, Congress
set to gut renewable energy programs

Congress to Terminate National Bioenergy Center
Congress is getting ready this week to terminate the National Bioenergy
Research Center and gut
the Wind Research Program at the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory (NREL). NREL researchers who are CRES members sounded the
alarm over the weekend after finding out on Friday that many of them may be
out of work next month.

Here is what I can piece together about what happened last week. On Tuesday
the House of Representatives passed the House and Senate Conference
Committee markup of the Energy Water and Development Appropriation Bill for
2006. The bill keeps federal funding for renewable energy research
level
with last year's spending.

Unfortunately, it more than doubled the earmarks that take money out of the
Wind Energy and Bioenergy Research Programs and direct it elsewhere.
Earmarks are when individual representatives direct funding to particular
projects in their districts. With passage of the Energy Bill earlier this
year, these earmarks have been in the forefront of the news. In fact, the
American Solar Energy Society said the Energy Bill was so full of pork
barrel spending that ASES did not endorse it.

Congressional leaders usually wait until the conference committee is
meeting
behind closed doors to introduce earmarks. They emerge as part of a much
larger bill that is hundreds of pages long.

It appears that in this case, the House of Representatives voted on this
bill without many of
its members having had time to read it.

It took NREL staff a couple of days of read through the pile of paper and
figure out what it will mean for the research programs. Some of the
earmarks
were listed together to support state initiatives, and others were buried
in
different portions of the massive spending bill. This year these added to
$62 million in total, more than two thirds of the entire research and
development budget for bioenergy. Then the staff had to calculate
DOE's
contractual obligations to its industry partnerships and the 10% cut that
the agency takes from all programs to pay the salaries of its staff.

Staff of the National Bioenergy Center, which
number more than 90 people,
were told Friday afternoon that all that the funding that would be left was
sufficient only to cover their severance checks. The National Wind
Technology Center is
facing similar, severe cutbacks. It seems incredible,
but Congress is getting ready to gut the two research programs in renewable
energy technologies that have enjoyed the most success and commercial
development just at a time when fossil fuel prices are their highest level
in history. In the case of creating transportation fuels from biomass,
these
technologies represent our greatest near-term hope of
reducing imports or fossil fuels.

The Senate is scheduled to take up the appropriations bill today or
tomorrow. Please call Senators Allard and Salazar today and ask them to
vote
no on the appropriations bill from the Energy and Water Committee. Tell
them
that renewable energy RD is one of this country's best investments.

- Wayne Allard: call the Colorado office
at 303-220-7414 or the Washington
office at 202-224-5941, or send an email message at:
http://allard.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactHome

- Ken Salazar: call the Colorado office
at 303-455-7600 or the Washington
office at 202-224-5852, or send an email message at:
http://salazar.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm

Russ Doty, CEO
New World WindPower LLC
PO Box 1734
Billings, MT 59103-1734
406-656-2763
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Re: [Biofuel] SUV Drivers in Paris Get Wind Knocked Out of Them

2005-10-12 Thread Greg Ocnos








The military like to use there own fuel (
JP8?). This one fuel runs all there stuff, Humvees, tanks and plains as well.



Greg O.



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in Paris Get Wind Knocked Out of Them



So how
about running a Humvee on biofuels?
miltary models and some H1's are diesel.
It'd be the best way to show them you can have your fun and be responsible. 

I've been looking forward to a bio humer. Only way i can reconcile all my
wants.
Mike Luich





On 10/11/05, Brian Rodgers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

I too
dislike the Hummer
I am satisfied with bad vibing them and amusing myself and friends of
the absurdity of the daddy's war wagon mentality.
truly,
Brian Rodgers

On 10/11/05, Burak_l 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Good for you!
 I do not own an SUV.BUT, I don't think anybody has the right
to take away
 somebody elses mobility.
 The person may need to get to hospital or to his business
urgently.Think 
 about the situation he is in.

 I agree that SUVs are using more fuel and Hummer is a nuissance in the
city.
 But we can ot attack somebody elses vehicle simply because we decide we
can
 do so.. 

 Mey peace be with you

 Burak.

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 ROFLMFAO!I considered, more than once doing the same thing
every time
 I see a humvee parked somewhere.Trouble is I believe these
things can 
 inflate thier own tires!The vehicles are disgusting
though.Another
 idea I thought of would be to find some kind of paint pen which could be
 used to write a message on the glass windows such as oil is
finiteor 
 Global warmingor just peak
oilsomething which could be written
 quickly of course because I hate getting beat up!Also the
writing
 could be scraped off with a razor leaving no harm done but the message 
 would have been recieved and probable seen by a few others before the
 owner figures out how to remove the message.In the winter when
SUV's
 are covered in salt and road grime or when i see a dusty one I always 
 stop to write these messages with my finger in the dirt.

 Vive la resistance!

 Joe

 Frantz DESPREZ wrote:

 SUV Drivers in Paris Get Wind Knocked Out of Them 
 A clandestine group lets air out of tires as a form of
protest. The
 vehicles' owners are not amused.
 
 


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Re: [Biofuel] Cars and Biofuel

2005-09-26 Thread Greg Ocnos


The little I know is that the lobbyist and the Department of
Agriculture(DOA) like soy. The point is that there is so much soy oil that
the market is sort of flooded and the DOA is basically giving it to the
so-called Biodiesel mass producers.

Greg O. 
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Zeke,

  On the soy vs rapeseed, why is the US so fixated on soy?

and

  Seems to be a much more sustainable crop.

Sustainability is not the focus of the majority of US endeavors, 
domestic or international.

When that day comes, you'll see a lot more peace and overall prosperity 
across the globe.

Todd Swearingen


Interesting.  I know that several people in Boulder have had issues
with unwashed biodiesel running very poorly in the TDI's -- even pre
PDI ones (one commercial reseller here sells unwashed biodiesel made
from WVO), whereas others of us use it with no problems at all, in
1980's diesels.  But properly washed biodiesel does not seem to be an
issue with the TDI's.

On the soy vs rapeseed, why is the US so fixated on soy?  Smacks of a
powerful soybean lobby to me.  From what little I know of the farming
practices, rapeseed can be grown in much harsher climates (winter
wheat territory), and doesn't require as much irrigation as soybeans. 
Seems to be a much more sustainable crop.

Interestingly, my dad's 1953 bulldozer is technically a PD system as
well, although completely mechanical.  I haven't tried running it on
biodiesel or SVO, but I doubt it would have trouble.

On 9/26/05, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  

Zeke Yewdall wrote:



Anyway, if you do mean biodiesel, there wouldn't be much point in
making a list, biodiesel works in all diesel engines.



Is there anyone on this list running biodiesel in the CRD engines?  I
have heard rumors (mostly from the same people who claim that
biodiesel will ruin any diesel engine, which is obviously disproven)
that it can polymerize in the injector lines.
  

CRD = Common-Rail Direct Injection? There's been an argument, mostly
in the US, over whether the new VW models from 2004 on fitted with
Pumpe Düse unit injection, PDIs, or PDs (injector and pump are
integrated into a single unit), are suitable for biodiesel.

The message from Rob Del Bueno I referred to in the Landcruiser
thread also said this:



Currently I resell commercial manufactured biodiesel in Atlanta, GA.
Over the past 2 years I have seen the quality of this fuel vary greatly.
The vehicles that seemed most prone to having issues with the variable
fuel
quality where the 2004/2005 VWs.
In 2004 evidently VW started using a high pressure common-rail direct
injection fuel system, which provides a bit more HP, but is much more
sensitive to fuel quality issues.

This is not to say you should avoid the new VWs...just make sure you have
a
way of verifying the quality of the biodiesel you will be using in it.
  

Quality, yes. The VWs are PDIs, not common-rail. Here's an
explanation of common-rail:

http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/engine/diesel.htm#Common-Rail
AutoZine Technical School - Engine

I don't know of any problems running common-rail diesels on biodiesel.

Here's an explanation of Pumpe Düse unit injection:

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/new_cars/technology_glossary/Pumpe_Duse
Volkswagen  New Cars  Technical Glossary
Pump Duse

The PDI controversy doesn't seem to extend to Europe, where, never
mind biodiesel, advanced PDI diesels are converted for SVO use with
professional single-tank SVO systems (with special injectors and
glow-plugs optimised for SVO use, as well as fuel pre-heating), some
of them in a government-backed scheme (the German 100 tractors
program). See, eg:

http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg38556.html
RE: [Biofuel] 2004 VW Jetta TDI

The original Elsbett 3-cylinder DI multi-fuel diesel engine designed
for either SVO or petro-diesel had Pumpe Düse unit injection (which I
think Elsbett first developed, along with DI diesels for passenger
cars).

So yes, biodiesel works in all diesel engines, as long as it's
good-quality biodiesel. Always the same proviso. Not that it's any
problem making good-quality biodiesel.

I wonder how high-pressure such as with a CRD would cause biodiesel
to polymerise. Oxidation might do that, more so with soy-based than
with rapeseed oil-based biodiesel, especially if you bubble-wash it.
But there are standards for oxidation limits too, at least in Europe
(and Australia, and soon in Japan). The US seems to be in denial
about it because soy doesn't qualify.

Best wishes

Keith



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Re: [Biofuel] Scales for LYE

2005-09-23 Thread Greg Ocnos
And old test is a US nickel(5 cent piece). A new nickel weighs 5 grams. The
newer the nickel the more accurate. 

Greg O.

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Would it be okay to use an old set of digital scales from weight watchers to
measure grams of LYE. I'm now sure it would be as accurate as a balance
scale. 


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RE: [Biofuel] Biofuel College Courses

2005-08-15 Thread Greg Ocnos
Hi
 I am new and it's been eye opening with all the subjects. 

College: I went to a biofuel seminar sponsored by WasteCap Resource
Conservation Network www.wastecapnh.org 
One of there speakers was Professor Michael S. Briggs of the Physics Dept.
He and the school have a large recycling program that also includes Biofuel.
They had a good demonstration. 
This was my first seminar on biofuels.

Good luck 

Greg O. 

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depending on the speed your going a higher torque engine can
cruise more effcently at a lower rpm than a smaller engine
trying to do the same work at a higher rpm
if the road is mainly flat,
Then the only real diffrence between the 2 cars once up to highway
speed is the the amount of effort to overcome the rolling and wind
resistance.
For such a long trip, things such as if you had a tailwind and
your avg travling speed also make a big difrence.

and then theres maunal, automatic trans mission and cruise control.

What about MIT ?
Bede

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I am 18 and not sure where I want to go to college. I might take the
year off, as it is so late to be signing up. My question for everyone
is, does anyone here know of some good colleges, preferably in the New
England area, that have specialty biofuel(or related) courses? That
would be a great help to me.  Also, I wanted to add an amazing
discovery/question that I found this past week. I drive a 1992 honda
civic. I just did a full tune up, including O2 sensor, plugs, wires,
cap  rotor, etc. I drove from FL to MA, and i got about 23 MPG. This
is in a 1.5L engine in a  car weighing maybe 1600 lbs fully loaded
with 106 base HP. I then drove my father's car south( a 2000 Cadillac
Deville), from Ma to FL, and got an amazing surprise : his 4.6L
American engine with about 300 base HP pulling a car weighing maybe
3000Lbs empty got  28MPG. I also found that in the city, his car's
gas mileage was 18 MPG, where mine is about 13. Now I admit to owning
a foot of lead, but does anyone know how this is possible as i drove
both vehicles, and with regular gas? The calculations were correct for
MPG. Any input would be appreciated. ~ Paul

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RE: [Biofuel] Biofuel College Courses

2005-08-15 Thread Greg Ocnos
My Bad 
UNH
University of New Hampshire.

Greg O.

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From: Greg Ocnos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 7:35 AM
To: 'Biofuel@sustainablelists.org'
Subject: RE: [Biofuel] Biofuel College Courses

Hi
 I am new and it's been eye opening with all the subjects. 

College: I went to a biofuel seminar sponsored by WasteCap Resource
Conservation Network www.wastecapnh.org 
One of there speakers was Professor Michael S. Briggs of the Physics Dept.
He and the school have a large recycling program that also includes Biofuel.
They had a good demonstration. 
This was my first seminar on biofuels.

Good luck 

Greg O. 

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Subject: RE: [Biofuel] Biofuel College Courses

depending on the speed your going a higher torque engine can
cruise more effcently at a lower rpm than a smaller engine
trying to do the same work at a higher rpm
if the road is mainly flat,
Then the only real diffrence between the 2 cars once up to highway
speed is the the amount of effort to overcome the rolling and wind
resistance.
For such a long trip, things such as if you had a tailwind and
your avg travling speed also make a big difrence.

and then theres maunal, automatic trans mission and cruise control.

What about MIT ?
Bede

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Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 5:51 AM
To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject: [Biofuel] Biofuel College Courses


I am 18 and not sure where I want to go to college. I might take the
year off, as it is so late to be signing up. My question for everyone
is, does anyone here know of some good colleges, preferably in the New
England area, that have specialty biofuel(or related) courses? That
would be a great help to me.  Also, I wanted to add an amazing
discovery/question that I found this past week. I drive a 1992 honda
civic. I just did a full tune up, including O2 sensor, plugs, wires,
cap  rotor, etc. I drove from FL to MA, and i got about 23 MPG. This
is in a 1.5L engine in a  car weighing maybe 1600 lbs fully loaded
with 106 base HP. I then drove my father's car south( a 2000 Cadillac
Deville), from Ma to FL, and got an amazing surprise : his 4.6L
American engine with about 300 base HP pulling a car weighing maybe
3000Lbs empty got  28MPG. I also found that in the city, his car's
gas mileage was 18 MPG, where mine is about 13. Now I admit to owning
a foot of lead, but does anyone know how this is possible as i drove
both vehicles, and with regular gas? The calculations were correct for
MPG. Any input would be appreciated. ~ Paul

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