mention that paper fuel filters should not be used for methyl esters. Can anyone verify this?
To my knowledge..most folks out there have a final fuel filter made with paper elements (the metal can spin on units). People running biodiesel (unmodified, non WVO/SVO) seem to usually use standard diesel fuel filters onboard...and most of these are paper, correct?
Even the WVO/SVO folks running Racor filters (Greasel), Webb/Racor Vormax Filters (Neoteric), and Greasecar's VW filter element...are these not all paper internally as well?
At 09:49 PM 1/12/2005, you wrote:
Hello Andy, My experience w/ acusorb beads has been good and bad. The beads were exhausted rapidly, however, I was using them without any pre treatment or serious filtering beforehand. Before they were exhausted. I produced 400 gallons of beautiful biodiesel. My opinion is still up in the air. Since I did not use them as instructed I can hardly complain about the short life span. I think that the best use for them is to remove the last traces of water from well filtered and mostly dewatered oil. I have recently begun to use the .5 micron prefilter and it does remove a good bit of water. Once it is properly set up, I will report on how the beads progress. Bill Clark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Cunningham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 6:46 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Bill Clark and Acusorb Beads Hi, I have read about Bill Clark's use of the beads and would like see how they are doing now. I am wondering if they are acting in an ion exchange manner and get exhausted overtime. I have read many people suggest that the beads are one material or another, but does anyone know what they are for sure? I doubt they are silica gels or activated alumina since neither of those two turn black at 350F. Someone suggested that they are superabsorber polymers, but have found little information to sway me one way or another on that possibility. I found reference to Sorbeads and wonder if these are them, once again Ð not enough information. I would love to get a sample analyzed and determine what they are really made out of·. Bill or anyone willing to send me a small sample? Andy _______________________________________________ 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/
