--- Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
Quality testing
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_vehicle.html#quality
One question about this testing: Aleks says, thin
layer
chromatography (tlc) can be used to determine
conversion rate and hence quality.
Has anybody done this ?
What
what kind of a methanol recovery rate can I expect once I start doing that?
Depends which stage you do it at, and what you want to do with the
by-product. Easiest is taking back the methanol straight after
processing, before separating the by-product, but this is inclined to
cause a
bottom, a thick white layer in the middle and a milky yellow layer on
the top.
interestingly my siphoned off biodiesel separated again over the
following night into a perfectly clear yellow layer on the bottom and a
milky yellow layer on the top.
I have posted some images here:
by: Subject: [Biofuel] methanol
recovery/first batch results
biofuel-bounces@
wwia.org
, October 22, 2004 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] methanol recovery/first batch results
I did the quality test and it resulted in a milky white layer on the
bottom, a thick white layer in the middle and a milky yellow layer on the
top.
interestingly my siphoned off biodiesel separated again over
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 2:33 PM
Subject: 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
I got the product of my first conversion this morning and it looks straw
yellow but a bit cloudy, should I let it sit to clarify or should I wash
it? will the cloudiness wash out? does that mean that my reaction is
incomplete? should I add more lye and methanol and reprocess? should I
have
I got the product of my first conversion this morning and it looks straw
yellow but a bit cloudy, should I let it sit to clarify or should I wash
it?
You will need to do your meth recovery before you wash it as washing will
remove the meth into the wash water where its harder to recover.
will
