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

2004-09-29 Thread Joe . Guthrie
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

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

2004-09-29 Thread Appal Energy
Joe, Think about what you're doing for a moment if you try any type of wash test after the acid side of acid/base. One, the entire point of acid/base is to convert the FFAs to esters. Mind you I said FFAs. Which means you have to give some consideration of how they came to be FFAs in the first

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

2004-09-24 Thread Joe . Guthrie
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] FFA testing in the acid part of the Foolproof process

2004-09-24 Thread Keith Addison
Hi All, I have been fooling around with the Foolproof process and have a few questions/observations. First, is this your first attempt to make biodiesel? You saw what it says at the top of that page? NOTE: The two-stage biodiesel processes are advanced methods, not for novices -- learn