>I've built some good processors and wash tanks by using a closed-head drum >turned bungs-side-down, and screwing all kinds of fittings into the threads >of the bungs (the other side of the drum, what used to be the bottom,can be >cut open completely, partially, or just punctured for plumbing fittings... >also open-head drum lids (gasketed drum lids) can fit into the opened up >end of a closed head drum, so that without brazing a thing, you can have >fittings on the bottom of the tank and in the lid of the same (some open >head drums have two bungs in the lids, and most have no bungs, but it's >really easy to thread something into there and make it work, if you have >access to hole saws and the like). > >(AAAAAAAAAAARGGGH now I really gotta get off my lazy butt and take pictures >of this stuff and the methoxide mixers for journeytoforever, they'been >asking me to post them for months!!!!!!!!!).
Right Mark, you get off your lazy butt! LOL! I don't think anybody gets the impression that you're lazy! Anyways, that'd be good news... asking for months, yes, but I did say "No hurry, whenever you're ready." And indeed, no hurry, rather get it right and in good orderly fashion... I think a lot of folks will be interested in your approach to processors. Best Keith >There's some photos of one of the designs on the veggieavenger.com website, >in the photos of the class I taught in October. (it's in the events section >of the website or something). In the photos of us making a tank with pipes >inside of it, the design is for a wash tank- you can't get a completely >clean separation in a flat-bottom tank, but you can accomplish a lot with >flat-bottom drums if you can pull fuel from a higher point than the total >bottom. My friend Sean Parks came up with this one. We went around calling >it the Sean-style settling tank for a while but it got cumbersome- I've >renamed it a Dual-Outlet Settling Tank (one internal pipe picks up fuel >from a point higher than the other outlet). > > Otherwise if you want to add fittings to a drum, braze them. It';s >easier to braze to the flat side than the curved side. > > Mechanical fittings (ie stuff that screws together into a hole, and seals >with a gasket) are available but not all that great for biodiesel- the >stuff finds a way to leak through just about anything. > >mark > > > > a wash tank (leaving the settled out gunk at the bottom). Does anyoned >have a good technique or know of suppliers for the necessary parts? Thanks. > >Jack > >Jack Kenworthy > >Sustainable Systems Director > >The Cape Eleuthera Island School > >242-359-7625 ph. 242-359-7697 fax > >www.islandschool.org 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/
