Fox, What rate of salt do you use? & how many washes containing salt do you use per batch.
I only ask because I can get WVO / animal fats mixed, by the barrel but shyed away from it because of soaps & gelling probs in winter. Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of fox mulder Sent: 31 January 2005 09:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Biofuel] water wash emulsification --- anibal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello!!!!! > thanks again for the wonderful support.! > i just did a batch of Bio.... from a thick paste and > solid fats from fast > food restaurant.. > the reaction came out well , with a little layer of > soap on the top.... > is this because the oil has water? or was it a bit > too much catalyst? > > anywyays i scooped the soap on top , and proceeded > to water wash the bio.... > when i add water the once clear biodiesel becomes > like an > emulsification...an d you can't se through it.. > > how can solve this ? > would boiling the biodiesel solve anything? > has anybody thrown some not very clear biodiesel in > an engine..? > what do ou recommend i do with my 10 liter batch of > not clear biodiesel...? > best > and thank you very much!!! > anibal >>> hi anibal emulsification occurs because of soap- formation. especially if you have a lot of animal fat. add salt to the water i. e. wash with salty water. this should form scum with the soap and deposit. fox _______________________________________________ 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/
