>Good day; > >I made a "test" batch of 20 liters the other day and when I checked >it for quality using the method described at journeytoforever >http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_vehicle.html#quality it >returned "good fuel" with clear and distinct seperation of unwashed >fuel in less than 30 seconds. >The problem is that when I poured out the BD into a bucket (as the >glycerine had solidified at the bottom of the drum)it was "lumpy", >as if gelatine clumps were floating around in it. >Is this due to the temp having dropped off during processing or >perhaps incomplete reaction even though the quality test came back >positive ? > >Any input ?
Wash it and see. Let it settle first though, then decant it carefully into the wash vessel. Sorry if you've already gone ahead in the meantime. If so, please let us know the result. By the way, if you use KOH instead of NaOH the glycerine cocktail won't solidify, which you might find an advantage. Your processor's closed, no? - ie, unopenable. I'm sure you know this, but I'll say it anyway... "Closed" is usually taken to mean closed during processing so no fumes escape. Two types - those with lids and those with no lids, or "sealed". We've no experience of sealed processors, but it seems to me it'd make solidified glyc more of a nuisance. Either way it'll be a nuisance if it gunks up the plumbing at the bottom of the tank. Best wishes Keith >Thanks > >L. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/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/
