----- Original Message ----- From: "Appal Energy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Overdoing the Catalyst
> I don't know how you're coming up with the guarantee that it will solidify, especially if it hasn't already. Actually I do not necessarily view it as a "guarentee" although my reactor sleeps in s non-winterized shed and the night temps are on the way down right now and it is the small amount in the exposed plumbing that may harden if any at all, which was exactly the case today after I went to drain the glycerine. It had geled in the plumbing just out of the reactor and before the isolation valve, so a little heat on the inside and some gentle tapping with a wrench on the plumbing to cause some vibration and it loosened right up. > The time window of these posts is days broader than the time it takes for a > reaction to take place, whether it be transesterification or saponification. > If you really screwed up you'd know it in 24 hours or less. The > transesterification takes only a fraction of that time. It seems that it did not go south on me, although that is still a preliminary report :) > If, as you imply, the reaction is still liquid, then you ended up with > biodiesel with perhaps a higher fraction of soap. Give it a full 24-48 hours > for the glyc cocktail to settle and then conduct two very gentle washes that > amount only to a "light swirl" to prevent the excess soaps from binding up as little fuel as possible. Ah, I love it when I come to right conclusion and have it confirmed by people with more experience than I. Thanks for your help Todd. Luc > Todd Swearingen > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Biofuel mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Biofuel mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Biofuel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
