I've read some stuff on Maui about Neutral talking about post- wash settling in an open container exposed to open air being some important part of the picture for him. I don't always agree with Neutral's conclusions, though, and I don't remember why he though that air movement over the surface of the fuel was important to him. (and I thought that bubbledrying might accomplish this as well)
ANy ideas? is this what you mean by 'letting it sit outside'? also what effect does temperature, either heat or cold (Ive heard that cold has an effect) have on clearing biodiesel? Ken, are you talking about 18 hours of bubbling as the total time for the wash, or something like 18 hours for a final wash? also, Ken, you've talked about clumping catlitter being a water scavenger for drying oil (for use in ethanol biodiesel). Any ideas on using this in the same application? Mark At 07:52 PM 11/24/2002 -0800, you wrote: > >I am somewhat unclear on what the factors are that influence fuel haze. > >Could someone post info about it? Fuel haze is of course water in the fuel, > >but it seems that it takes a differing amount of time for haze to clear- > >are there different chemical factors that cause biodiesel to hold on to > > water for differing amounts of time? > >My biodiesel remains cloudy through all washing steps until it's been >bubble washed for 18 hours or more. That gets it almost clear. After >then letting it sit for a couple nights outside (to drop out any stearate, >AKA "tallow esters"), I filter through cotton cloth a few times and it >comes out crystal-clear. Maybe the cotton scavenges the last of the >water -- I don't know, but it works....-K > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: ><http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Biofuels list archives: ><http://archive.nnytech.net/>http://archive.nnytech.net/ > >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 the ><http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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/
