Hi Biobenz, Just wondering if you got my email? If not, Here it is...
Saw your post regarding the Sean Park's Stand Pipe design. I too was going with this design, but decided against it. 1st reason if those bung NPT caps loosen, you just lost your batch and you have a big mess to clean!. I deliver 55 gallon drums every week, and the caps are always loose or stripped! My feeling is if you remove the tops often, I think it is a matter of time before the threads get stripped or you need to replace the gasket, cap or drum! Perhaps use a sealer on the threads as backup? 2nd reason is I would have to work underneath the drum or make some type of stand that has a void, so the valve wouldn't get crushed and be able to have access if needed. The stand could have worked okay, but it was another "thing" to make. Anyway, attached is a design http://members.tripod.com/ctauto/washtank.htm I put together using a 35 gallon drum, two 1/2" bulkhead ($9ea.), with 1/2" ball valves ($4.99ea.) and varies plumbing, including an inline 40 micron screen filter ($9.95) (Vendor also has 20 & 60 micron filter). I can't post pictures to the Yahoo group, so I sent you this email direct....take a look. Also, to save on cost regarding drums, visit your local car wash. Their always trying to get rid of used drums. Sometimes they'll charge $5 per drum. Sometimes I'll drive by a car wash and empty drums are out by their dumpster. I just stop by after closing and put one in my back seat! I'm still working on my processor and just doing small production (15 liter batches), so far, I've made 28 liters and have filtered biodiesel before running it using coffee filters! I gave up the coffee filters on the first try, as it was way to time consuming! Currently, I used a funnel, with poly tubing and an inline Fram fuel filter (the pressure of the biodiesel coming down the funnel, in the tubing, helps "push diesel through" the filter) to do my last filter before it goes into the tank. This works well enough for now, until my future processor is built with complete inline filtration. Who knows when this will be completed, but for now, I have my wash tanks (I made a total of two wash tanks) Thank you, Kevin Shea ----- Original Message ----- From: "biobenz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 3:32 PM Subject: [biofuel] Re: Fortune 500 WVO ?? - Keith > Thanks for the encouragement. This is just your run-o-the-mill out > in the back in a 45 gal drum Chinese restaurant WVO. > Is using the 70% isopropyl OK? > After a couple of hours (I didn't really observe it all that time > though) I have sepeartion in the product. One layer is VERY dark, > almost black and then the top layer is also dark but not as much as > the bottom layer. This is the first test batch I have done using WVO > and am just wondering if everything is OK, evn though it is so dark. > > Thanks again. > PS: I build my cabinet this weekend, God willing, and then I can get > the water heater and go to it, yea! I have the plumbing, I have the > buckets I'll need and I have a line on a poly tank (white one) that > I will be using for a wash tank using Sean Park's standpipe method. > I have the pump from Nothern Tool, so all I need to do is get some > housing for it and I should be ready to go in another week or so. > One little step at a time and we eventually get there :o)! > > Have a nice day. > > --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Either I have hit the fortune 500 of WVO or something is amiss. I ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
