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From: "alex burton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 4:27 AM
Subject: [Biofuel] Pre heating with Solar heating ?
Hello
Has anyone used solar pre heating to raise the temp of the oil in any
way ?
In california they have solar powered water heaters, so why not ?
(I may be waisting my time but i dont want to use only LPG gas to
preheat my oil)
I live in sunny Australia
You should no probs pre-heating with solar, thing is to devise a method.
Any info or advice. I am very happy to listen to. if this is a silly
concept please tell me Know.
Far from a "silly" concept, it is a good one, however the process may be
time consuming unless you plan on setting up PV panels and using the
electrical output to power an element of some kind, as in an immersion
heater ect...
I use an immersion heater and 115V electrical, but Oz is already hooked up
to 240V continuous so use that or a solar variant of the same.
Another potential method would be to pre-heat using the glycol by-product as
many do, however they will be in a better position to give you the details
and hazzards than I.
I must tell you i have only made one full scale batch of BD and i have
so much to lern
The learning curve is half the fun, and very empowering, as you can see the
progress you are making and it is something atainable. Anyone suffering from
inaptitude should get into biodiesel production as therapy :-)
I have only just sold my old petrol (GAS) ute and yet
to buy a Diesel. the exelent advice i have recived stopped me from
buying the only diesel that was in my price range. But in the new year
i hope to be able to buy a diesel for now i just want to set up for
production of a average of 100Litres a week(thats more than i need but i
want to provide it to friends as well and convert them)
Wisdom is the better part of valour, and from what I understand the Aussie
government wants it's share of taxes on BD, so either look into that or be
sure they are really friends, ha ! Here off-road fuel is not subject to fuel
taxes, but it IS subject to sales tax, and the grey area is found in
bartering; I give you this and you give me that in exchange...
Luc
Regards Alex.B
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