Re: [Biofuel] Piedmont Biofuels

I was wondering if there has been any research by you folks or others as to the emissions of SVO vs dyno vs biodiesel. My 79 MBZ burns fairly clean on 65% VO/35 dyno, but I feel it still smells more than it should and much more than a modern gasoline car.

Re: [Biofuel] alternative biodiesel process

Hi to all, I was thinking that the most important thing in the business of electrically catalizing a reaction is the current flowing through a given area of chemical. If this reaction is as fast as mentioned in the patent, then a larger area with closer spacing between anode and cathode and

Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel, smoking exhausts and fuelling volume levels.

I also noticed that the black smoke is gone on my 79 300TD, but I am using 50 WVO/50 dyno. I can't make it smoke now.___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel

Re: [Biofuel] Cross Posted: Fwd: [DIYGasTurbines] Re: I'd like to try something...but first, your opinions (please).

Gas terbine cars that were tested 20 or 30 years ago had very poor mileage and gas terbine generators are usually reserved for peak power use only not long term use from what I recall.___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

RE: [Biofuel] Burning glycerol for heat / Acrolein

Nitrogen is not explosive, infact it is used as a non flamable protective gas where oxidation is to be prevented. I'm no expert but I think nitroglycerin is produced by the action of nitric acid on glycerin. This is a very dangerous experiment to mess with. Really has nothing to do with

Re: [Biofuel] Dewatering WVO with vacuum and heat

Normal atmospheric pressure is 760 mm or 76 cm or 30 inches. 150 mm is about 150/760 atmospheres absolute. 24'Vacuum is 30 minus (150mm/25.4mm/in) Handbook of chemistry and physics, crc publishing or probably many places on the net. google vapor pressure of water.

Re: [Biofuel] Dewatering WVO with vacuum and heat

Rob, I think a water heater will stand the vacuum easily since it is at the most 15 PSI compression on the steel, compared to 150 or more in tension when in normal use. Not sure it will save energy. Vapor pressure at 140 F for water is 150 mm Hg or equiv of 24 in vacuum but you will

Re: [Biofuel] Isopropyl questions and a few other questions

I have been using 70% iso from the drugstore and it works fine. Since we add a water solution to it anyway, why is 100% needed?? ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever:

[Biofuel] Re: Drying WVO - Is there a simple way?

Hello to all: I'm wondering if anyone is using WVO and drying it before use. I filter it and it looks brite and clear but I worry that there may be water disolved in the oil. Is there a simple test for water content? Is there a simple method of removing moisture? I don't want to heat 50

Re: [Biofuel] Is It Time For A Corporate Death Penalty Act?

Hi To All, I guess I sort of misread this thread and got excited about the idea that a corporation could face the death penelty, and not just the officers. When you think about it, if a corporation has the rights of a person such as the protections offered by the bill of rights, then why

Re: [Biofuel] I need filters

Hello to all: Thought I would put out how I have been filtering WVO. First I should say that my wvo is very clean and lightly used. One day or at the most two days and filtered on the job. It starts as pure degummed corn oil with no addatives and comes from COSTCO. I collect it and let it

Re: [Biofuel] microbatches and centrifuging

John, I like where you are going. Design Of Experiments is great for this kind of thing. We use DOE here at my work all the time and have had some good clear results on some nonintuitive experiments. I don't know about the mixing. I would just make up a high concentration and then

Re: [Biofuel] GLOP!?

Buck, what is the status of your GLOP? Buck Corrigan

[Biofuel] where to buy KOH and Ethanol

Hi to all, I'm looking for a good supply place in the sf bay area to buy chemicals. Or elsewhere if necessary. Any suggestions would be welcome. ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at

Re: [Biofuel] Fw: Biodiesel output to galvanized settling tankw/site tube

Hi All. My experience with 5 minute epoxie in the acid process was not too good. I had made a fiberglass braded tube (as used for electrical insulation but not coated with silicone) into a stirrer propeller and attached it to a steel rod. It was incontact with the mix over night during

Re: [Biofuel] methanol recovery/first batch results

John, I am a novice at this too so others should feel free to criticize my remarks. I would suggest you titrate. This is not so easy at this stage because any free fatty acids in your fuel as you went into the base process are now soap, that is they are neutralized with Na.To

[Biofuel] Looking for a group to brew with in the North SF bay area.

Hi to all. I am looking for a group of people who want to make bio diesel on a modest scale for personal use. I live in Sonoma and work in Petaluma CA. I am willing to join an existing group or start a new group. I can scrounge up most of the hardware for 160 l per batch scale operation.

Re: [Biofuel] Dualistic thinking

Much of the US propraganda machine may put forth the idea of a just war of good and evil, but I don't think many thinking people actually believe it. Isn't this what Empire has always been about? Has a major Empire ever invadad just to eradicate evil in a place where there was

[Biofuel] oil price over the years

Hi to all. I thought this was interesting. Adjusted for inflation, the record price for oil is $81.30 a barrel. Which is the peak of the spike on the graph below. Forwarded to me from a fellow worker, Peter Sieck. I have not verified the data. Peter Sieck

Re: [Biofuel] FFA testing in the acid part of the Foolproof process

Thanks for your advise. I read the referred to passages and the cautinary notes on using ethanol too before I started. We all learn in our own preferred ways. Mine is to jump in at the level I anticipate being able to handle. I do this for education and fun. I would still like to know

[Biofuel] FFA testing in the acid part of the Foolproof process

Hi All, I have been fooling around with the Foolproof process and have a few questions/observations. I do not get an emulsion when I add the alcohol to the WVO. I am using store bought denatured alcohol which is quite dry by my tests, and seems to have 10 to 20% methanol in it. I have

Re: [Biofuel] Creating a cool room storage in a hot climate - solar.

Hi All, Check out ice caves on the web. There are many in the US and probably around the world. They are natural north facing holes with the correct angle and moisture conditions to have ice in them all year around. By adding a little intelligence to the design and proper doors that

Re: [Biofuel] Creating a cool room storage in a hot climate - solar.

Hi all, As I understand it, the nighttime sky looks like a 4 degree Kelvin source. (going from memory here) A well designed solar panel is insulated so that the ENERGY goes in and out only by RADIATION from the front and by CONDUCTION to the working fluid. ENERGY that leaves a black body

Re: [Biofuel] Creating a cool room storage in a hot climate - solar.

Greetings to all. A new member here. If you have clear skies at night most of the time, solar panels can be used in reverse to radiate heat all night long. Circulate anti freeze from them to your block of ice during the night and use the ice in the usual way. Not shure how much heat you