Thankyou Balaji, glad you got a response, and I'm pleased to have this update. I'll definitely be writing to Don Woodward soon.
Best wishes Keith >--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, "balaji" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello Keith, > >Quotes enclose e-mail exchange with Mr, Don Woodward of RxP. Seems some more >tests with biodiesel may be needed before the claims on NOx reduction are >accepted. Anybody out there having experience with RxP/any other NOx >reduction additive/strategies, please revert. > >Regards. >balaji. > >"Good Morning > >Yes, we still manufacturer RxP. Our company is growing rapidly and we are >interested in expanding into biodiesel. > >Supreme Oil of Arizona did not sign our distributor agreement and our >contact there, Chris Sellers, left their company. Chris was injured in an >accident last year and is just now ready to come back to work. More than >likely we will work through him rather than the company he used to work for >here in the U.S. We do have an associate here in Florida that is from India >and has made contact with some of your government agencies about using RxP >in various fuels. I don't think he has talked to anyone about our biodiesel >additive. We also had discussions last year with a company in India that >wanted RxP as an additive in power generating turbines. We never did get >together on price. > >The only real scientific test we have was the test run for St. Mary Hospital >in California http://www.rxp.com/St._Mary_Test.2.htm As far as >testimonials go we can put you in contact with Richard Hiatt (who is not >working on a B2 blend for the Indian Reservations out west) and Chris >Sellers who was present at the St. Mary test. Ultimately, the only test >anyone believes is the one they run themselves. Our technician, Duane >Fisher, can come to India to conduct whatever tests you feel you will need. >You would be required to pay his transportation and housing while there. We >pay him and his personal expenses. > >We charge one cent per treated gallon for the biodiesel additive in drum >quantities FOB our dock. The price goes down with volume. You tell us what >your volume requirements are and we will quote a price based on that >information. Our standard blend treatment ratio is one ounce treats ten >gallons (1/1,280). To save on freight costs we can blend to a treatment >ratio of one ounce treats 30 gallons (1/3,840). This means one 55-gallon >drum will treat 211,200 gallons of fuel. > >I look forward to hearing from you soon. > >Thank you, > >Don Woodward >RxP Products, Inc. > > > -----Original Message----- >From: balaji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 10:05 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RxP additive > > >Dear Mr. Don Woodward, > >I am from India. We are seriously looking at biodiesels for transport and >power generation via govt. and pvt. initiatives in both the industrial and >rural sectors in our country. As you are aware, biodiesels burn hotter and >NOx in the exhaust is an issue. Our country represents a huge potential >market for your product. > >Please kindly let me know if you still manufacture the RxP additives and if >so, whether you have any representatives/agents in this part of the world ? >Also any information on tests/customer endorsement other than those already >posted on your website. > >I understand that Supreme Oil of Arizona were appointed by you to market >RxP. They however do not mention RxP at their website. I am a listmember of >biofuel@yahoogroups.com and Keith Addison and a whole bunch of other listers >are intrigued. Could you please clarify if they still market RxP ? > >Regards. > >balaji " > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 1:02 AM >Subject: Re: [biofuel] EPA to Finalize Diesel Pollution Rules Tuesday > > > > Hello Balaji > > > > >Hello Keith, > > > > > >Thanks a lot for the leads to the RxP additive, which seems to operate by > > >enhancing combustion by infra red absorption from the burning fuel in the > > >engine while simultaneously providing an envelope of moisture over the >flame > > >thus reducing NOx formation. The claimed benefits include cleaner >burning, > > >de-carbonisation, enhanced Cetane and Octane Number, higher hp and low > > >treatment ratios (an ounce of RxP to treat 10 gallons of Dino diesel). It >is > > >based on a blend of hydrocarbon distillates. > > > > > >Tests conducted on a boiler at St. Mary's Hospital, Long Beach, produced >the > > >following results : > > >NOx emissions averaged 27.8 parts per million (ppm), which was 30% below > > >that required by the SCAQMD standards. > > >CO emissions averaged 104.4 ppm, which was 74% below that required by the > > >SCAQMD standards. > > > > > >Here are the direct links : > > > > > >http://www.rxp.com/Press_Telegraph.htm > > >http://www.rxp.com/wouldn.htm > > >http://www.rxp.com/test-cov.htm > > > > > >Does anybody have field experience with this ? > > > > Trouble is the Press Telegraph news story was published on 25 June > > 2001. The Engineering Source Test was conducted June 12, 2001. The > > most recent press release on their site was in June 2002. That's the > > most recent thing I see there. Why would that be, with such a fuss > > over NOx? > > > > One press release says: "RxP Products, Inc. President Don Woodward > > announced today that Arizona based Supreme Oil has been chosen to > > market technology used to reduce carbon monoxide (CO) and oxides of > > nitrogen (NOx) emissions from biodiesel." > > > > I found a news item announcing "Supreme Oil now has biodiesel fuel", > > dated 2001-03-27. Their website is here: > > http://www.supremeoil.com/biodieselx.html > > Supreme Oil Company - Serving California, Nevada and Arizona > > > > No mention of RxP that I can see. The links at their site are to > > World Energy (yawn) and the NBB (snore), but not to RxP. Their email > > address is [EMAIL PROTECTED], if you want to write to them. > > You could also ask Don Woodward of RxP, "Don Woodward" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - tell him I said so. > > > > I've been thinking of writing to him, but that won't be yesterday, > > you'll be quicker I think. > > > > >Biofuel Systems did not respond. > > > > That's surprising. I'll check. > > > > >I look forward to further info on your > > >Japanese friends' work on rapeseed oil based additives. > > > > We'll be seeing them soon, might get some more info, but I've no idea > > how far it is marketing. > > > > Best wishes > > > > Keith > > > > > > >Regards, > > >balaji > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > > >Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 3:07 AM > > >Subject: Re: [biofuel] EPA to Finalize Diesel Pollution Rules Tuesday > > > > > > > > > > Hello Balaji > > > > > > > > >Hello Keith, > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > >From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > > > > >Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:25 PM > > > > > > > > > >Subject: Re: [biofuel] EPA to Finalize Diesel Pollution Rules Tuesday > > > > > > > > > > > > There are also additives available which lower NOx emissions with > > > > >biodiesel. > > > > > > > > > >Could you please provide links/information on these additives ? Are >they > > > > >vegoil based ? > > > > > > > > I only know of one, but I think there are others. It's linked in this > > > > message, along with more discussion on NOx which you may find > > > > interesting. I don't know if it's vegoil-based or not. > > > > > > > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/BIOFUEL/33712/ > > > > Re: NOx/Ozone > > > > > > > > You might also ask these people, they may be able to help: > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > There's a company here in Japan that we're friendly with who're > > > > working on rapeseed-oil-based additives for biodiesel, interesting > > > > stuff but not on the market yet. I'll post more information when I > > > > have it. > > > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > > > Best wishes > > > > > > > > Keith > > > > > > > > > > > > >Regards > > > > > > > > > >balaji > > > > > > > > >--- End forwarded message --- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! 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