>Keith, >What proportion of the methanol can you expect to recover using >distillation? >Ken
Hi Ken Bit of a misreading here - it's Anton who's recovering his methanol. There's some info in the archives though I think. Dale Scoggins posted some figures a while back IIRC. Search here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/messages Best Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ >----- Original Message ----- >From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: 27 November 2001 06:43 >Subject: RE: [biofuel] water from the bubble washing of > > > > >I was "treating" my waste glycerin by leaving it out in the sun for a few > > >weeks, and later putting a bubbler in it to evaporate the methanol. I am > > >building a vacuum distiller that I can use to recover the methanol and >reuse > > >it. I believe that all the other stuff (lye, glycerin,leftover fry bits ) > > >are O.K to put down the drain in small quantities, as per the advice of > > >someone who works in the SF water department that said it will all get > > >digested along with the poop. > > > I imagine large quantities, whatever that may constitute, would be a > > >problem, but I have also been told that a constructed wetland water > > >treatment system could handle a fair amount of this stuff, as long as one > > >were able to give a more constant stream to build up the kind of bacteria > > >that would be able to deal with that specific brew of stuff. > > > There, now I've said it... some biodieselers put the waste down the >drain. > > >Any thoughts about that out there? I notice that the veggievan book, and >if > > >I recall correctly, the journey to forever site, too, are silent on the > > >subject of getting rid of glyc. except for the compost heap, which can > > >easily be "killed" by large amounts. > > >anton > > > > Hello Anton > > > > Journey to Forever has a whole big page on the many uses of glycerin. > > http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_glycerin.html > > > > We don't discuss "disposal", no - don't agree with the concept. We've snip ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Universal Inkjet Refill Kit $29.95 Refill any ink cartridge for less! Includes black and color ink. http://us.click.yahoo.com/QzLWzD/MkNDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
