Hi Gerry >Is there anyone out there who is making biodiesel with ethanol on a small >scale (under 1,000 gallons a day)? > >Is it impracticle to make biodiesel with ethanol on a small scale?
Optimization of a Batch Type Ethyl Ester Process -- a sure-fire recipe for biodiesel from ethanol (which you can make yourself), instead of methanol (which is toxic, fossil-fuel derived, and you can't make it yourself). http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethyl_esters.html >I have lived in Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, Ecuador, St. Vincent & Grenada >(Caribbean) over the last six years. Used vegitable oil is either nearly >non-existant or non-existant due to high extreme poverty. The french fry oil >and other restaurant and processing oils are used in other "recipes" and >recycled with "fresh" oil. Nice for the arteries, eh? >With the exception of Mexico, I could find no >supply of used oil. > >Methanol is very difficult to obtain without having an industrial permit >(not easily obtainable) and certainly not without going to the capital and >paying someone off. Ethanol is made in most every village and in back rooms. >Due to the tropical environment (abundance of vegetation) ethanol is not a >difficult item to produce. Using a molecular seive or collesar to extract >the water may very well be an answer to the water mixing with ethanol. >So...is it practical to make biodiesel with homemade ethanol (assuming that >the water can be extracted from the alcohol first)??? Does anyone out there >know? Lots of information here: Ethyl-ester biodiesel http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_link.html#ethylester See also: Mother Earth Alcohol Fuel http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/meToC.html The Manual for the Home and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_manual/manual_ToC.html >ALSO, if algae is grown next to the ocean, using brine and the natural high >temperatures found in the aforementioned countries, can the algae cake (left >after extracting the oil) be used as part of the formula to make ethanol? >Has anyone tried raising algae? Try an archive search, you'll find quite a lot of information, including messages from members who've gone into this and concluded it's not practicable without a LOT of infrastructure. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/messages Best Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ >Thank you in advance for any information you may have regarding these >matters. > >Gerry ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Quit now for Great American Smokeout http://us.click.yahoo.com/0vN8tD/9pSDAA/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/
