Re: [Biofuel] Artisanal Cars

2009-03-25 Thread Kurt Nolte
Keith Addison wrote: I think you'd like the Jeeps you see here in Japan, replicas of 50s or 60s US Army Jeeps, made by Mitsubishi with a 2.8L (I think) Mitsubishi turbodiesel. A friend bought one recently, he loves it. Mitsubishi stopped making them in 1998. Some pictures here:

Re: [Biofuel] Artisanal Cars

2009-03-24 Thread Kurt Nolte
Keith Addison wrote: New Toyota Landcruiser replica in FJ-40/43/45 models http://www.icon4x4.com/ FJ-40s were simple and doable. Pity about this: 5.3L Fuel Injected V8 LS Series (350 Horsepower) Neat. Reading through their brochure, there is also an optional 2.8L International

Re: [Biofuel] Guns and Dope Party

2009-02-08 Thread Kurt Nolte
Chris Burck wrote: wow, brilliantly sinister. it starts with equal rights for ostriches. sounds innocent enough. but think it through and it becomes clear what they're really after is the right to marry their firearms. Would this not create a literal meaning for the expression Son of a

Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol 85

2008-08-26 Thread Kurt Nolte
For the most part I have been using straight E85. Single stage, base, sodium hydroxide since I'm still using up stock. If I have time, I'll try to move and do some KOH catalyzed. All my oil is from home use or a frequently changed burger stand, titrates 5 every time, typically around 1-2.

Re: [Biofuel] Ethanol 85

2008-08-23 Thread Kurt Nolte
I live within ten miles of four different E85 pumps, for most of them it's just right there on one of the islands with the gas pump. It's a separate nozzle, like diesel, but it isn't attended. If I'm the one filling the car up, I splash-mix to about an E40 blend by putting the E85 in first,

Re: [Biofuel] India's gift to green drive: Bicycle @ 40kmph

2008-08-12 Thread Kurt Nolte
Okay, one, I can already accomplish 40km/hr cycling on flat ground. It's really not that hard. Up hills is a bit more difficult, and 40 -miles- per hour is much more difficult, but 40 km/hr is relatively easy for someone in good shape. For two, you can't double the torque for free. You, the

Re: [Biofuel] YOUR EFFORT CAN BRING THE OIL PRICE DOWN

2008-07-11 Thread Kurt Nolte
Keith Addison wrote: The best option for most people is to get off the oil habit so that the price becomes irrelevant to them in direct purchasing. Hear hear Darryl. Seventeen mile commute by bike and bus, five days a week for the past four weeks. I'm working on it! -Kurt

Re: [Biofuel] Vaporized gasoline engines workasproventotheworldbyShell Oil Company in 1973

2008-04-29 Thread Kurt Nolte
Mike Pelly wrote: The other thing that happens is that the vaporous gasoline has a much easier time mixing with the in coming air in the intake manifold. Far better than liquid gasoline sprayed in at ambient temperatures. If you look at modern gasoline fueled cars, most

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: [corp-focus] Reclaiming Economic Freedom

2008-01-28 Thread Kurt Nolte
Keith Addison wrote: doesn't it? For the minority who wield (weild? Sometimes I HATE this language!) ... :-) What's the problem Robert? Just follow the rules: i before e excepting after c. Simple. So please rein in all this unseemly language-hatred. It's weird that you can't spell

Re: [Biofuel] We need these cars

2008-01-11 Thread Kurt Nolte
Kirk McLoren wrote: The ZENN (zero emissions no noise) car. Video, 10 min http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M88k6Ipp3c I respectfully beg to differ. We need -fewer- cars, rather than more or equivalent numbers of quiet cars. -Kurt ___ Biofuel

Re: [Biofuel] 747 on biofuel

2007-10-03 Thread Kurt Nolte
Just out of curiosity... what really makes the LIM any different from a two-stroke diesel? They too are blower scavenged, port exhausted closed crankcase engines... -Kurt Joe Street wrote: Damn it all to hell. My friend just bought a Moyes Dragonfly http://www.liteflite.com.au/ and I had a

Re: [Biofuel] Mass-Produced Electric Cars

2007-02-08 Thread Kurt Nolte
No, no compost anymore, sadly. We had a decent bin going at our last house six years ago, but we never had the time or need to get one started here. Maybe that's a project for this year. -Kurt Who is off to work for 13 hours, ferrying people about between cities and later keeping drunks off

Re: [Biofuel] Mass-Produced Electric Cars

2007-02-07 Thread Kurt Nolte
Dawie Coetzee wrote: The bulk of one's effort should be oriented to developing a living environment in which driving is unnecessary, and walking supported by public transport is the obvious way to get from A to B. Given that, the entirely subsidiary project of designing cars and fuels

Re: [Biofuel] She's Dead, Jim

2007-02-01 Thread Kurt Nolte
I'm with Paul here. GM 6.2 diesels are pretty common beasts in the diesel market, so parts are easy to find, available, yadda yadda... heck, you can probably get a fresh rebuilt 6.2 engine for the truck for what you'd be looking at in your price range for a truck. Or maybe even a 6.5, just

Re: [Biofuel] another do it yourself project

2007-01-27 Thread Kurt Nolte
Very cool indeed. Might have to look into a few of those for the house; we don't get much wind down in the hole, but the roof of the house would be perfect to lift them up into the winds... -Kurt fujee01 wrote: http://www.mdpub.com/Wind_Turbine/index.html

Re: [Biofuel] Back to the topic...New BD stuff

2007-01-14 Thread Kurt Nolte
For what it's worth, methanol will strip aluminum oxide right off a surface. Methoxide does so even more quickly, under steady exposure. -Kurt ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] Splenda Explodes Internally, Says Chemist

2007-01-13 Thread Kurt Nolte
I personally don't like any of the Artificial sweeteners out there. If you want something sweet, you put sugar in it. If normal table sugar doesn't dissolve well, you go to finely ground confectioner's sugar. This goes for coffee, tea, cookies, cakes, candy; anything that needs sweetening gets

Re: [Biofuel] Tyson and Chicken fat as Biodiesel

2007-01-11 Thread Kurt Nolte
Jason Katie wrote: BD a dollar more than DD? what a crock. if we can do it in our collective garage for less than a dollar a gallon why cant they do it in a huge super-specialized facility for even less? man, these corporate types are dumber than i thought...and i figured they were they

Re: [Biofuel] Radiation Ovens, the Proven Dangers of Microwaves

2006-12-30 Thread Kurt Nolte
robert and benita rabello wrote: When is spring coming around? All of this discussion is SO depressing . . . I need to start growing things again! I agree! Especially since this spring will see me producing biodiesel for the F250 workhorse in full swing... -Kurt

Re: [Biofuel] Making Methanol

2006-11-23 Thread Kurt Nolte
It's possible, using the same process as rendering methanol from natural gas, but as I recall some of their catalysts are pretty nasty. Takes a good bit of steam, too, at least during certain portions of the process. -Kurt Thomas Kelly wrote: It appears to be difficult to make methanol

Re: [Biofuel] FW: Why You Might Not Want The Flu Shot

2006-11-13 Thread Kurt Nolte
I, on the other hand from most of you, will be getting the flu vaccination despite being in excellent health and maintaining it through lifestyle choices. My primary reason for this is the fact that I'm a transit bus driver: during any given day I will come in contact with hundreds,

Re: [Biofuel] Closed-Mindedness (Was Hypnosis as Anesthesia Was Testimonials as Evidence)

2006-10-05 Thread Kurt Nolte
My apologies then, Joe, Bob. I picked the most prominent/recent opposition posts. I also wrote that original at ~3AM my time, if memory serves me. Joe Street wrote: Hi Kurt; Pardon my snipping style but. Kurt Nolte wrote: snip On the other side we have his opponents, among them

Re: [Biofuel] Closed-Mindedness (Was Hypnosis as Anesthesia Was Testimonials as Evidence)

2006-10-03 Thread Kurt Nolte
Marylynn Schmidt wrote: Wow .. sorry folks, I started deleting those testimonies posts because no one will ever convince a closed mind and I personally never much cared for spitting into the wind. Sorry folks, but this one hit my radar pretty hard, and I felt compelled to speak like I so

Re: [Biofuel] A Plan to Save the Country [USA]

2006-09-14 Thread Kurt Nolte
You know, D... one of the few things you've posted that I've read all the way through and not had any kind of problem with at all. But then I'm pro-education, pro-freedom, and pro-independence, too. Peace, -Kurt ___ Biofuel mailing list

Re: [Biofuel] Have You Hugged Your Hummer Today?

2006-07-30 Thread Kurt Nolte
robert and benita rabello wrote: What a load of crap! Nowhere NEAR the EPA fuel economy estimates? My hybrid runs within spitting distance of its fuel economy estimates, even at highway speeds with the air conditioner on. And since when has a Hummer lasted 300 000 miles?

Re: [Biofuel] EV is not dead

2006-07-28 Thread Kurt Nolte
Despite being a pro-biodiesel man, I cheer quite loudly when I hear about EVs gaining strength or legitimacy. For two reasons: 1) they reduce emissions, noise pollution, get us away from gasoline/diesel/petroleum altogether, and 2) It means more used cooking oil I don't have to worry about

[Biofuel] Digester question

2006-07-23 Thread Kurt Nolte
Hmmm, long time little type. I'm becoming a lurker. Anyway, yes, questions. Questions are good. I've crawled through the archives for a little while, don't think I found anything on this, so bear with me and direct as needed. I've been looking into the possibilities of installing an anaerobic

Re: [Biofuel] breakthrough - store CH4 at 500psi instead of 3600

2006-07-18 Thread Kurt Nolte
Interesting indeed, but what I don't see is how densely the gas is thereafter stored. As in, for a say 10-gallon gas tank sized bundle of these briquettes, how much gasoline equivalent natural gas is being stored? A gallon per gallon equivalent? Two? Three? How much does the whole assemblage,

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-10 Thread Kurt Nolte
Mike Weaver wrote: I'm 6'1 and my 2003 Golf is ok. I have a friend who's 6'3 and he seems ok in the passenger seat...Germans are often pretty big people. Size and fit is one of the reasons I bought the VW. I don't fit into Miatas, tho'. I test drove a Golf before I bought the Lancer

Re: [Biofuel] shedding fat for oil

2006-07-09 Thread Kurt Nolte
Dylan wrote: Another advantage to this agenda is that americans would be able to drive more fuel efficient cars. Let's face it, the size of cars in the united states has increased with the size of people. Many americans can't fit into the more fuel efficient cars that are popular in

Re: [Biofuel] was..was..smart car coming to US in 2008

2006-07-06 Thread Kurt Nolte
Mike Weaver wrote: As I keep telling people, all 4WD does is get youy moving. You'd be amazed at the number of people that think it allows you to drive faster in the snow due to better all weather handling. These are the same morons that put high octane gas in their Civics for more

Re: [Biofuel] Tanks for storing Biodiesel

2006-06-27 Thread Kurt Nolte
Jason Katie wrote: brake fluid will eat ANYTHING if you let it. so will bologna mystery meat. leave a slab of the bologna on a car hood in the sun for 45 minutes and you have a perfectly lunchmeat shaped hole in your paint. Mmmm, preservatives! Imagine what those do to your digestive

Re: [Biofuel] Worldwide oil consumption seen soaring

2006-06-26 Thread Kurt Nolte
Jason Katie wrote: acually the supercap battery that fits a 9V package is all about space efficiency, if you wanted to, you could build a multifarad capacitor out of tinfoil and plastic wrap in a 5 gallon bucket for a similar effect with lower cost, just WAAAY too big for a 9V package,

Re: [Biofuel] Worldwide oil consumption seen soaring

2006-06-26 Thread Kurt Nolte
Jason Katie wrote: its pretty simple theory, take two dielectric layers (i.e. extremely thin plastic) and layer them between two foil layers like so- --- being plasticwrap/thin wax paper/other being foil --

Re: [Biofuel] Class Warfare: The Minimum Wage Goes Down

2006-06-24 Thread Kurt Nolte
Keith Addison wrote: The GOP just shafted the working people of America. By rejecting an attempt to raise the minimum wage, the Republican-controlled Senate showed that it is far more interested in lining the pockets of its campaign contributors than - as Paul Krugman wrote in a New York

Re: [Biofuel] OT: Hybrid Camry

2006-05-29 Thread Kurt Nolte
robert and benita rabello wrote: Joe Street wrote: I used to do a lot of engine braking and air resistance braking. By that I mean when I see a light turn red in the distance I don't continue to throttle along at constant speed like many drivers do and then brake in the last 200 m at

Re: [Biofuel] Run for your livees!!

2005-12-26 Thread Kurt Nolte
I can only hope that book has better grammar than his advertisement for it does. Hmmm... maybe I should get it. I mean, I need a source of starter for our fireplace, and seventy nine pages would last through quite a number of fire startings... ;) I'm sure, environmentally conscious and

Re: [Biofuel] More about Bhopal

2005-12-04 Thread Kurt Nolte
I've read some disgusting things before. I've seen some even more disgusting things. Helped clean them up, too. And I have rarely had a problem with my stomach churning nearly as much as it is now. That... apalling atrocity and the unforgiveable practices since then are just, just...

Re: [Biofuel] US Guvmint to tax alternate fuel vehicles?

2005-12-02 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 12/2/05, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All kidding aside, do the members of this list think the idea of anadvocacy group to defend BD has merit, and more importantlywould anyone pay to be a member? I'd pay. If only to stick it to the man who's trying to pull the strings of the world, IE

Re: [Biofuel] clarification plz, ethanol

2005-11-29 Thread Kurt Nolte
I recently ran my non-FFV (Certified) Mitsubishi Lancer on E85 for a few weeks. I got about the same mpg rating on E85 as I do on regular 87 Octane gasoline; about 33 miles per gallon combined C/H mileage, down from my usual 34-36 mpg. I think in my case, however, this reduction was mostly due to

Re: [Biofuel] New question on oil seed crops and ley farming

2005-11-28 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 11/28/05, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snippitysnip.Not all vegetarians avoid meat because of animal rights issues.Why do they avoid it then?BestKeith I can't really say much about the main topic of the discussion, but I can offer an alternative reason for vegetarianism. My

Re: [Biofuel] truckers choose hydrogen power

2005-11-22 Thread Kurt Nolte
This site is setting of nine thousand kinds of alarm bells in my head. Read their challenge. Open to anyone who wants to take a chance. You decide to purchase the complete Hydrogen-Boost system with installation, at individual component prices and we will guarantee a

Re: [Biofuel] truckers choose hydrogen power

2005-11-22 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 11/22/05, Joe Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Surely this can be verified on a dynamometer at all combinations of power, rpm, air temp or what have you. I even saw a pic of a dyno on the web page. Isn't there any data? Not that I could see. No charts, tables, or even references to

Re: [Biofuel] truckers choose hydrogen power

2005-11-22 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 11/22/05, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm glad I'm not the only one who hears bells in his head. Sometimes I hear whistles instead. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] Success! I think..

2005-11-17 Thread Kurt Nolte
a liter of your hooch and treat it as virgin oil and see if any reaction happens with methoxide. Joe Kurt Nolte wrote: Right, so, I think I may be successful here! Have a batch that I mixed up a few days ago, using a modified for local materials version of the Test Batch processor on the site. Good

Re: [Biofuel] I am Not A Christian-was This isn't the real America, by JC

2005-11-17 Thread Kurt Nolte
Yarr!On 11/17/05, Fred Finch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike, Were you wearing your pirate suit while making that proclamation? fredOn 11/17/05, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: God is a Flying Spaghetti Monster and them that don't repent shall fryin ever-lasting torment.With a little olive

Re: [Biofuel] Success! I think..

2005-11-16 Thread Kurt Nolte
: Sounds good Kurt but you need to take a liter of your hooch and treat it as virgin oil and see if any reaction happens with methoxide. Joe Kurt Nolte wrote: Right, so, I think I may be successful here! Have a batch that I mixed up a few days ago, using a modified for local materials version

Re: [Biofuel] Success! I think..

2005-11-16 Thread Kurt Nolte
it as virgin oil, do you mean for Kurt to do the whole process again? If so why would that be? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Kurt Nolte Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 6:02 AM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Success! I think.. True

[Biofuel] Success! I think..

2005-11-15 Thread Kurt Nolte
Right, so, I think I may be successful here! Have a batch that I mixed up a few days ago, using a modified for local materials version of the Test Batch processor on the site. Good clean separation of the two layers when I let it settle in a translucent HDPE container. (I have a dozen of them

Re: [Biofuel] 2 articles -- hybrid vehicles - energy efficient computer

2005-11-15 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 11/15/05, Chip Mefford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Like many technological improvemenets. I wonder about theactual environmental savings of replacing old vehicles withnew, as opposed to, say, moving to alternative fuel sources,with a closer carbon cycle. What if you moved to a new vehicle

Re: [Biofuel] 20 Amazing Facts About Voting in the USA

2005-11-14 Thread Kurt Nolte
stands is shaky on many grounds. Both in voter turnout percentages and in the actual process. But I don't personally believe we need to keep beating the horse of the past. I mean, we can't change it, no matter how much we wave our hands and wish it were so. Instead we need to actually learn

[Biofuel] Very liberating

2005-11-01 Thread Kurt Nolte
batch of bioD (Though I am constantly eliminating variables and I think I'm getting closer; tracking down an incomplete reaction now I think.), I did just recently put E85 in my car. I literally stumbled across the station that carries it in my area, while coming back from errands; I pulled in

Re: [Biofuel] processor design

2005-11-01 Thread Kurt Nolte
-KurtOn 10/31/05, john owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would there be any one with experience building processors willing to look at a CADdrawing ofmy processorand help meimprove it? ___Biofuel mailing listBiofuel@sustainablelists.org

Re: [Biofuel] Starting at Square One

2005-11-01 Thread Kurt Nolte
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there are two potential causes for bad emulsions on wash testing, right? Incomplete Reaction and Excessive Caustic, right? Well, operating under those assumptions, I've been working back through and pulling different angles and variables to test. I'm using utterly

Re: [Biofuel] Starting at Square One

2005-10-31 Thread Kurt Nolte
The crying shame is that he has plans to, if he doesn't sell it, Put a Chevy 350 in it and make it run again. Idiot. It was a beautiful car besides the engine and mildew on the seats. Oh well. Peace -KurtOn 10/30/05, Buck Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: iff u examiane the seller

Re: [Biofuel] Jatropha Curcas

2005-10-31 Thread Kurt Nolte
for a silver bullet plant or the widespread introduction of one that is deemed better might choke out natural flora. Introduction of Jatropha looks like it would have a rather high potential for doing just that, since it grows in such a variety of soil conditions. I just have to look outside

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Kurt Nolte
you can use the glycerine for other... shall we say nefarious purposes? (Such as powering a turbine generator, or similiar combustive measures to reuse your waste to feed the process... No I'm not stupid enough to try and go the nitroglycerin route, though I fear for a coworker of mine who has

Re: [Biofuel] If this isn't aggression...

2005-10-31 Thread Kurt Nolte
First, you assume we're the winning side, and I'm sure there are thosethat will and can make a very good case we have NOT given the country back to its inhabitants. That government is a flimsy sham and wecontinue to occupy that country. Well, we're still in the country, we haven't retreated yet,

Re: [Biofuel] Separating Glycerine/FFA

2005-10-31 Thread Kurt Nolte
How about shall we not say nefarious purposes. Ehh, it was a failed attempt at being humorous. I use that one all the time at work. Sometimes it works, sometimes it falls on its face. The salt will precipitate during the FFA recovery.And glycerol is not going to be worth anything more as a

Re: [Biofuel] Portents of the upcoming Big One

2005-10-30 Thread Kurt Nolte
of pure aggression, considering Saddam Hussein was already on the UN's bad list and was already being actively targeted by economic sanctions and other punitive measures. Plus, wars of aggression don't usually result in the winning side voluntarily and immediately giving the country back over to

Re: [Biofuel] Starting at Square One

2005-10-29 Thread Kurt Nolte
I have a 1991 Suburban with a 6.2 liter diesel.The Suburban is large,luxurious and has all possible options.I only have around $4,000.00invested in it.Why not look for something like this? Primarily because I don't want to drive a large vehicle. The 300TD is about as big a vehicle as I would

Re: [Biofuel] Also starting out

2005-10-29 Thread Kurt Nolte
well. Maybe not for BD, but for the gasoline cars we have around here in any case. And I plan on permitting myself properly with all the appropriate authorities; I'm on pretty good terms with local law enforcement here, I'd rather not jeopardize that. ;) -KurtOn 10/29/05, Ken Dunn [EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] Starting at Square One

2005-10-28 Thread Kurt Nolte
So it's back to local resources, which seem for the most part to be primarily diesel trucks of the heavy variety. Ick. However. Does anyone here know if I can fit a Mercedes diesel engine under a Volvo body? I can get a Mercedes parts car, I believe with the I4 diesel from the early Eighties,

Re: [Biofuel] Starting at Square One

2005-10-28 Thread Kurt Nolte
Might be easier to just put the volvo diesel in it.From what Iunderstand, the volvo 2.4 liter diesel was just a 6 cylinder versionof the 1.6 used in all the VW stuff, made by VW/Audi so alot of partsare interchangeable. That's the other thing. I can find a Mercedes diesel around here, but so

Re: [Biofuel] Still looking for a cheap TEFC motor

2005-10-27 Thread Kurt Nolte
Totally Enclosed Fan Cooled - TEFC.If you follow link on my originalpost, the pump displayed has a motor attached to looks generally like a TEFC motor.I don't know that it is though. Ah. I figured it was something Fan-Cooled but I figured TE stood for something technical and electrical in

Re: [Biofuel] Still looking for a cheap TEFC motor

2005-10-26 Thread Kurt Nolte
is, but... I do have an assortment of various old tool and appliance motors here at the house that I could probably come up with a way to part with. Would one of those work? -KurtOn 10/25/05, Ken Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was looking back through to archives tonight to see if I could

Re: [Biofuel] Starting at Square One

2005-10-21 Thread Kurt Nolte
From the picture the engine looks the same, but could be the same design and smaller displacement I suppose.The non-workingtemperature guage is concerning, because overheating a diesel with analuminum head and cast iron block usually means putting a new headgasket in it -- as least in the VW

Re: [Biofuel] Multi Fuel Engines

2005-10-20 Thread Kurt Nolte
The theory on them is alluring. Modifying the compression/expansion cycle to - for example - expand the combustion gases quickly and thereby reduce pollution seems like a great potential. Another would be to halt the piston at/just beyond top dead center and let combustion finish. Those both have

[Biofuel] Starting at Square One

2005-10-20 Thread Kurt Nolte
Right, so. Having been informed with better knowledge. Having armed myself with better equipment, a better mindset, and more free time with less stress. I'm starting back over at square one, folks. :p My initial batches, the ones made with the 2g increment scale and the original volumetric

Re: [Biofuel] Multi Fuel Engines

2005-10-17 Thread Kurt Nolte
From what I understand, a rotary engine is actually a step /down/ in thermal efficiency; maybe it's just the materials used, but I seem to hear something about how they may have more power density, but their thermal efficiency suffers too much to really make them widespread.It's not the

Re: [Biofuel] oil price gouging poll

2005-10-16 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 10/16/05, Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where in the basic definitions of capitalism does price gouging evenexist?This seems like people are putting a moral demand on companiesnot to profit as much as the market will bear. Sounds sort ofsocialist to me... I personally think that

Re: [Biofuel] Multi Fuel Engines

2005-10-16 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 10/16/05, Jeromie Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about a rotary engine that doest take those delicate graphite seals?Long story shortI had one via my lil brother that only had 1 working cell and still putout enough HP to go85mph.Jeromie From what I understand, a rotary engine is actually

[Biofuel] Resource windfall!

2005-10-15 Thread Kurt Nolte
I was rooting around under the house recently, trying to find a rumored stockpile of materials left over from when we built the house, and lo and behold I found it. Or something that pretended to be it, at least. I now have, in my possession, some severaldozen feet of copper piping, elbows,

Re: [Biofuel] methoxide solution - missing scale

2005-10-15 Thread Kurt Nolte
Hey Brian I've run into problems with measuring lye myself, and ultimately managed to work out a loose but somewhat workable way to measure out the lye by volume. It produced some of my best results to date, too, so I think I'm safe to share it with yas. Sodium Hydroxide has a density of 2.1

Re: [Biofuel] Resource windfall!

2005-10-15 Thread Kurt Nolte
Copper and vegetable oil: I'm not so worried about the copper but what the copper does to the fuel. Did you ever check what happened toyour fuel properties like oxidation stability and acid value? A lotof research has been done in Germany on VO (and biodiesel) fuelproperties, and who I consider as

Re: [Biofuel] methoxide solution - missing scale

2005-10-15 Thread Kurt Nolte
Not a problem, I encourage sharing experiences and tricks. Like I said, I had some of my best results to date on test batches using this method, a nice good clear yellow color top layer and a smooth separation, and it's so far washed very nicely. At least you don't also have to contend with 76%

Re: [Biofuel] methoxide solution - missing scale

2005-10-15 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 10/15/05, Brian Rodgers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do recall that that ambient humidity messes with the methoxidemixing. Should I wait until the rain quits to continue with the experiment? Lye is hygroscopic; it absorbs water quite readily. Yeah, I'd suggest waiting for it to quit raining, as

Re: [Biofuel] methoxide solution - missing scale

2005-10-15 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 10/15/05, Brian Rodgers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok very cool I just might try it now and close everything up tightwhile working.Brian Rodgers Best of luck to ya, once more. And now I need to get back to work before they decided I'm not earning my pay. ;p -Kurt

Re: [Biofuel] methoxide solution

2005-10-15 Thread Kurt Nolte
It sounds like a great new toy, but believe me - you don't really need magnetic mixer to prepare methoxide solution :) If you want to playwith it, that's a different matter, but it's quite enough to use ordinary thick plastic HDPE bottle carefully swirling it. It takesa bit of time, but hydroxide

Re: [Biofuel] Multi Fuel Engines

2005-10-15 Thread Kurt Nolte
You know, reading that and several other concepts and proven designs has put an idea into my head. I was doing some library research earlier today, and stumbled across the Deltic opposed piston engines. I looked into those, and was just utterly floored. Like, whoa. is what the guy sitting beside

Re: [Biofuel] Start Up Problems

2005-10-15 Thread Kurt Nolte
Something I keep hitting over and over in all my prelim test batches (Still haven't made one any bigger than a liter...): How's your humidity, and are you absolutely certain that your weights for the lye are accurate? I was having some huge problems with emulsions on a shake test, and with the

Re: [Biofuel] Grey water heat recovery and low tech Solar collectors????

2005-10-14 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 10/14/05, Mike Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree.Only on weeks where I do real work - splitting wood or such doI take a shower daily.Mostly every other day is fine.This is notalways true in the Summer, though.I am on the East Coast. Northeast or Southeast? Or even worse, Deep South?

Re: [Biofuel] SUV Drivers in Paris Get Wind Knocked Out of Them

2005-10-12 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 10/11/05, Greg and April [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it me, or is the civilian Hummer, really bigger and annoying whencompared to the military Humvee? Latest news is that the military is actually looking into hybridizing their HumVees. That would, to me, be utterly hilarious, since they already

Re: [Biofuel] Cummins unaware of fuel crisis?

2005-10-12 Thread Kurt Nolte
>From what I've been able to read both in my campus library and online... it sounds almost like they were getting their test results from a poor batch of the fuel. Maybe a bad commercial mixture? It also sounds like they're doing a great deal of CTA: Covering Their Ass. If something goes wrong

Re: [Biofuel] Alright, I'm stumped.

2005-10-11 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 10/11/05, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oops, sorry, that message got a bit fouled up, wasn't in ASCII, second try: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_vehicle.html#whatdo What should you do if your fuel doesn't pass the wash-test?Well, for one thing I'm certainly not giving up.

Re: [Biofuel] Alright, I'm stumped.

2005-10-10 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 10/10/05, Thomas Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The crappy mayonnaise sounds like soap. That's my ultimate thought, too. Added a very carefully measured amount of my methoxide, 100mL, to the reprocessing candidate in the blender. ... Anyway, five hours after reprocessing the first-run

Re: [Biofuel] Alright, I'm stumped.

2005-10-10 Thread Kurt Nolte
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_vehicle.html#whatdo What should you do if your fuel doesn't pass the wash-test? Well, for one thing I'm certainly not giving up. Just stumped. I've licked carburetor problems, idling issues, helped rebuild transmissions, and above all I'm paying my own way

[Biofuel] Alright, I'm stumped.

2005-10-09 Thread Kurt Nolte
Okay, so earlier this week I tried my first batch. Didn't go so hot, it was still a little cloudy after I was done. Emulsed like crap when I tried to wash it, to the point of a full 50% of the test wash ending up a crappy mayonnaise consistency. To date, after 36+ hours of settling, I barely have

[Biofuel] First batch problems, second batch attempt.

2005-10-07 Thread Kurt Nolte
Right, mixed up batch one last night. Unfortunately it was pretty improvised; One I need to get a better scale (This one only measures down to the nearest two grams, how screwy is that?), and two I need to get a dryer place to work. Pictures! Batch number one was made in an improvised

[Biofuel] And now I start.

2005-10-06 Thread Kurt Nolte
Alright, finally found a small-volume supply of Methanol around here, so I have enough sitting right beside me for my first couple liter trial batches. PEAK Gas line antifreeze and fuel dryer. I checked the label, and it contains a nice big warning Danger: Poison! Contains Methyl Alcohol, CAS

Re: [Biofuel] Okay, afterwards.

2005-10-06 Thread Kurt Nolte
Just took it down off my mixing assembly about half an hour ago; I was going to use a blender, but then ended up rigging up something else using the drill press and a paint mixer because the car was not around to run to the store. Four liter batch, and only because I had to fill it that full so

Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel in SC

2005-10-05 Thread Kurt Nolte
I would, but the first vehicle it will be going into is my dad's F250, which is still under warranty. A little talking to with the dealer who sold it said they would still honor the warranty, even if I put B100 in the tank; good people, they are. So an SVO system is out, at least for the moment.

Re: [Biofuel] Still looking

2005-10-05 Thread Kurt Nolte
Hey Bobby, same boat. Anderson/Pendleton Area. Closest thing I've found so far is $6.60/gallon... or so. And they'll have to order it, which of course will inevitably drive up the cost. Pool our resources? -KOn 10/5/05, Bobby Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In upstate South Carolina near

Re: [Biofuel] SUCCESS!!

2005-10-04 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 10/3/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in East Texas, and I can buy a 55 gal drum of methonal for $110. That's$2.00/gal. This is the guy that supplies the race track guys. $5.00/gal sure sounds expensive. I already bought jut 5 gal for a guy here for just$2.50/gal. So I think

Re: [Biofuel] lookin for grants and a few more questions

2005-10-04 Thread Kurt Nolte
From what I understand, well, at least as it was explained to me by the DOT here in South Carolina, is that ianything/i used as a fuel on the roads has to have the road tax paid on it. It doesn't matter what it's being sold as, additive, fuel, or even tank cleaner, if you use it as your primary

Re: [Biofuel] Supplemental Heat by BD or byproduct

2005-10-04 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 10/4/05, Darryl McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can only assume these are large homes.I live in Ottawa, Canada.South Carolinais where our snowbirds go in the winter to get away from the cold.My annual natural gas heating bill, including hot water, is about Cdn$600, approximatelyUS$500.It is

Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel in SC

2005-10-04 Thread Kurt Nolte
*Raises a hand.* I'm another startup in SC. Upstate, Anderson/Greenville area. I too would be keenly interested in going and checking out someone else's setup, or maybe just having someone around to lend a hand if I try to blow something up on accident. (A joke, I assure you. Though it might be

Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel Storage

2005-10-03 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 10/2/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just made my first successful test batches. Now, I want to make about 200 gallons and store it . Can I store the BD in plastic barrels? I stored some Dino Diesel in a white plastic barrel once and wound up with 50 gallons of

Re: [Biofuel] Supplemental Heat by BD or byproduct

2005-10-03 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 10/3/05, Paul S Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: iI live near Charleston, SC USA about 40 miles from the coast,/i so it gets cold for a few weeks or a couple of months depending on your definition of cold. Anyway heating season is about November to March and natural gas prices are through the

Re: [Biofuel] Cheap and easy filtering of WVO

2005-10-02 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 10/2/05, Evergreen Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, it is late and I just accidentally closed some scripting that I'd been working on for several hours w/o saving it. The idea is that pushing air past the under side of the filter but above the oil is will keep it from vapor locking.

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