Hello Sukumar, Gregg >Heloo Gregg, >Here sukumar from india. Good as you are trying with fresh oil but >one thing fresh oil may contain high free fatty acid and moisture,
Unless Gregg got the corn oil straight from the maize, it will already have been deacidified and refined, and there won't be any water in it. >so when u add NaOH it forms soap. Plz you may try with acid >catalyst like H2SO4 or HCL. No need, not the best place to start. Start here: "Where do I start?" http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html#start Virgin oil (corn will do just fine, we've used corn oil for this), single-stage base process, small test batches. Best wishes Keith > thnking you > sukumar > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm currently working on my first test batch of BD & am using fresh >unused corn oil.Has anyone tried this? If so, what sort of reaction >will I see as far as separation into different layers?? > >Any help, suggestions, or advice will be greatly appreciated. > >Gregg ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/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/