Thanks Steve, quite a smogasbord of oils, I'll dig out the european study. It would have been one of the references that Kieth posted. The WVO we get would take some cleaning up to use without conversion so we haven't looked at that. I intend to get back to the Dalby guys, if they are into alcohol from sorgum they may be interested eventually in commercial bio from canola or sunflower. I'd be relying on your advice for the appropriate oilseed to grow on the Downs. Chemtech seem to use a similar formulation for biocide. Something lives in Tony's fuel tank, you wouldn't believe the amount of algae that grows overnight. He cleaned the tank after the last episode, either he didn't get it all or his diesel supplier has a problem. What costs/ton do you estimate for your home grown oil? The problem with selection for the most suitable cultivars, as I see it, is that you need ready access to a LG chromatograph or similar equipment to determine the FA composition. I'd like to have a go at that, I still have an unused tissue lab sitting here. Anyone got some Jatropha seed to send me? Please excuse the typing, I'm not wearing my glasses, and can't read what I'm writing.Regards from Harry. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Steven Hobbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'day Harry, the FA analysis I posted was made with cold pressed sunflower > oil. I have got my hands on a few hundred kilos of Canola which I will crush > in a couple of weeks time (when cropping is out of the way) and process into > BD, and hopefully will have up to a tonne of Mustard in August to try. I have > planted some Canola (Pioneer 47CO2) which will be grown and stored on farm to > be crushed for BD and I will also try running some as a SVO conversion in my > trusty old ute. I purchased a Vege-therm from Edward (looks well made) and > Iwill make up a SVO kit. Have you played around with SVO Harry? Your comments > would be appreciated. > Oh, by the way, the FA analysis you have of the European BD would be > interesting to see...if you don't mind....and no, I haven't tried my BD in > the freezer yet. > Your biocide sounds interesting...and I guess you don't buy it from a > hardware shop!! > > gjkimlin wrote: > > > Hi Steve, I compared the FA composition that you posted with some in > > the european literature. What strain are you growing? The European > > crop specifically grown for bio seems to be called "OO" or"00" > > probably because it has zero 22C FAs. Have you cooled your bio to > > determine the cloud or pour point? I would be interested. The stuff > > we make from the WVO is variable, some cafes use cottonseed, some > > palm oil and some a mysterious "blend" that could even be re- refined > > WVO though I suspect that this is supposed to be exported to China. > > Either way we have to winterise, it being winter and all. > > A sorgum based ethanol plant is being constructed in Dalby, hopefully > > they will be an affordable source of fuel grade ethanol for mixing > > with the bio. The stuff that we use for a biocide is an ester between > > butyl and ethyl alcohols, 2-butoxy ethanol or butyl glycol ether. Its > > probably used as a winterizer in higher amounts. Its used as a grease > > cutter in truck wash and I suspect that its a solvent for cellulose. > > One hell of a solvent, wouldn't want it in the creek. > > > > > > Biofuels at Journey to Forever > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel at WebConX > > http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm > > List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: > > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > 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/
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