You will find details of properties of biodiesel at various
locations that list the ASTM standards. In terms of energy, fossil
diesel is about 130,000 BTU/gal and plant based biodiesel is about
120,000 BTU/gal. Animal based biodiesel is slightly less at 115,000
BTU/gal.
H
--- In
Thanks very much for the replies about the water problem.
Hakan, I don't know if the water has been tested or not, but the
official story is that it is iron. The well belongs to a relative of
mine overseas and I haven't even seen it. Apparantly when it is bad
it is the colour of strong tea.
Sorry to stray from the topic, but I thought the collective learning
of the group might be able to help. Someone I know has just moved
into a house with no mains water and so put in a borehole. Despite
two filters installed by 'experts' the water is still strongly
discoloured by iron.
Can
A hundred tons per acre per annum sounds a lot to me. In the UK
short rotation coppice can achieve about 16 tons per hectare (6.5
tons/acre) so a yield of over 15 times this seems hard to believe.
Eucalyptus in Uganda or Hawaii can achieve 55+ cubic metres/ha/year
(ie less than 55 tons) and
I read this report with interest a few months ago and posted details
on a different biofuel board. Dr Hampartsoumian, who has led the
research was actually one of my lecturers during my time at the FE
Dept at Leeds.
H
--- In biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com, David Teal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Todd, when I was a student in this department there was quite a bit
of work being done on the pyrolysis of coal. I suspect this is what
they are talking about in this paragraph:
Waste pyrolysis oil is currently burned as fuel, but this can be
quite polluting, said Dr Dupont. Our system would
Where I live there is no competition between petrol an diesel. The
roads are often flooded for several days at a time and a damp petrol
car won't run. I always look for vehicles with the air intake on the
top of the engine as well.
Work-wise petrol engines can't match the torque
I guess that as long as oil exists, political wrangling will partner
it as nations/individuals strive to control its supply.
There are tighter controls here in the UK over biofuel production
than over food production. Personally I would rather risk my engine
than my health but I can guess who
Thanks Steve,
H
--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Steve Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
see http://www.greenoil-online.com/hydraulc.html
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