Hello Everyone, I did a wash test on one of my batches this morning and am unsure of the results.
As I mentioned in my last post concerning Acusorb beads, I filteer my biodiesel through a filter containing Acusorb beads. No washing. The biodiesel is crystal clear after filtering. The shake test separated in about 10 minutes leaving the biodiesel sitting on top of about 2 mm of emulsion and very hazy. The water is very nearly clear. Is my fuel finished ? Thanks, Bill Clark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Appal Energy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Colour of latest batch > Gregg, > > Fuel from shortening makes perfectly fine biodiesel. Actually it makes fuel > of higher energy content than other less saturated feedstocks. > > If the water wash test is taking half of one hour to split, you've got an > incomplete reaction. Draw off 200 ml of what you believe to be biodiesel and > reprocess it to see if more glyc drops.. > > Also, if it's taking four or five washes before you get a clean rinse, > something is amiss. > > As for the colour of the fuel, that is largely determined by the degree that > the parent stock was abused. While the fuel colour will be considerably > lighter than the parent stock when finished, you'll never get "blonde" fuel > out of "brunette" oil. > > Todd Swearingen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gregg2560" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 8:16 AM > Subject: [biofuel] Colour of latest batch > > > > Hi All, > > > > I'm at a bit of a loss regarding the colour of my latest batch of > > biodiesel. It is a medium amber rather than pale straw yellow. This > > particular batch went through about 8 washes. The water in the first > > one or two was quite milky as expected, & washes 3 - 6 got > > increasingly clear, the last 2 looked like clean water. I checked > > the pH & it was 6.8 to 7.2. I also did the shake test, the BD & > > water separated within 30 - 45 minutes. The only thing I can think > > of is that this batch was made from vegetable shortening rather than > > oil. I'm wondering if maybe I should run it back through the process > > (Aleks Kac Method). > > > > As always, any help, advice, or suggestions are appreciated. > > > > Sincerely, > > Gregg Davidson > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
