Thanks AD On another list the issue of cold weather and raw oil as a stove fuel came up and I was thinking that making 'proper biodiesel' might not be necessary, just heating the oil for a few hours with some caustic soda added. The purpose is just to break the longer chains down a bit.
What is the simplest (meaning rural micro industry) method of turning raw oil into a decent fuel? I was surprised to find out from the South African biodiesel association rep that they toss the shorter chains produced during this process. They did not realise that bioparaffin was little different from biodiesel. The point is a stove doesn't care what the mixture is. If it has short chains they simply add to the ease with which it can be turned into a gas. Stove users should not get stuck on definitions of fuel created by the automobile industry. Regards Crispin +++++++ Dear Crispin, I think that those oils which have very high viscocity may have to be converted into biodiesel. An acquaintance of mine makes biodiesel from animal tallow, because you cannot fill tallow into the fuel tank of a car. Yours A.D.Karve _______________________________________________ Stoves mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: http://www.bioenergylists.org/
