I have discovered a source here in Chicago for Soy Methyl Esters that I can purchase to amend my Fuel. The manufacturer recommends a 20% addition to my tank. I am new to this. Is there something I can do to use this as straight fuel? Can I amend it with something besides diesel fuel? I want to go to 100% reused oil if possible but I'm not understanding how to begin the process for myself. It seems so complicated to an unhandy person such as myself but I want to stop using petroleum products. Help! I have a 1987 Mercedes Diesel 300 TD. As I understand it I have to change the rubber hoses of the fuel system and I'm good to go. Suggestions?
Christine Nye [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 11:48 AM To: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuels-biz] Digest Number 326 Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.dns2go.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] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There are 5 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. Re: do you want to publish? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. Re: Re: do you want to publish? From: "john paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3. Re: do you want to publish? From: "Craig Pech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4. Re: Re: hi ffa feed stocks From: Michael Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5. EREN Network News -- 08/28/02 From: EREN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (by way of Keith Addison) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 20:17:05 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: do you want to publish? Hi Orion, I've been making biodiesel here in western Massachuisetts for 5 years. I was the first small producer to try to register federally, and was shot down by the EPA. Now I make biodiesel degreaser, rather than fuel. My product is Yellow Brand. I am also working towards writing a book, but it is at least 2 years off in the future. If I can participate in your tale, I would be pleased. Tom Leue Homestead Inc. In a message dated 8/24/02 8:19:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Hello fellow biodiesel heads, I am publishing a book on biodiesel called "A Biodiesel Handbook" and I really want to have a chapter dedicated to peoples stories with biodiesel. I am looking for submissions under... A good biodiesel road trip story Pictures of biodiesel Processors, cars, with people or without. Troubleshooting If you want to get your story or pictures of you and your processors published please reply to this email or call me at 360-647-3434 thank you Orion >> ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:42:57 -0700 From: "john paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re: do you want to publish? Hi Tom, I would love it if you would help with the story. It is really important to show that people all over the country are makeing their own fuel. I am looking for biodiesel road trip stories and songs. Pictures of cars and processors. Battles with the government. Today I have been drawing up a few passive solar oil heater designs, and a passive solar distiller. I believe that it is important to use as much of the sun's energy as we can in producing bidiesel. I would love to talk with you, My number is 360-647-3434 I will be gone till sept 6th. Or you can email me your number and I'll call you. Thanks Orion Care2 make the world greener! Your Actions Can Help! Support Strong Environmental Protections http://www.care2.com/go/z/2532 ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 20:02:25 -0500 From: "Craig Pech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: do you want to publish? Can you tell us more about your EPA registration attemp? Who do we need to talk to? Cost? What needs to be done? Why would they not let you have a permit? Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 7:17 PM Subject: Re: [biofuels-biz] do you want to publish? > Hi Orion, > > I've been making biodiesel here in western Massachuisetts for 5 years. I was > the first small producer to try to register federally, and was shot down by > the EPA. Now I make biodiesel degreaser, rather than fuel. My product is > Yellow Brand. I am also working towards writing a book, but it is at least 2 > years off in the future. If I can participate in your tale, I would be > pleased. > > Tom Leue > Homestead Inc. > > > > In a message dated 8/24/02 8:19:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << Hello fellow biodiesel heads, > > I am publishing a book on biodiesel called "A Biodiesel > Handbook" and I really want to have a chapter dedicated to > peoples stories with biodiesel. > > I am looking for submissions under... > > A good biodiesel road trip story > > Pictures of biodiesel Processors, cars, with people or > without. > > Troubleshooting > > If you want to get your story or pictures of you and your > processors published please reply to this email or call me > at 360-647-3434 > > thank you > Orion > >> > > > Biofuels at Journey to Forever > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Biofuel at WebConX > http://www.webconx.dns2go.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/ > > ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 00:00:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re: hi ffa feed stocks Dear Marco, > I have plent of Palm Oil. When you mentioned that > you used Straight > Palm Oil you hadn't transerterificate the oil? That is correct. The first stage of our program was to demonstrate that oil-palm growers could run their farm machinery on straight palm oil (SPO)by making simple engine modifications. The overall aim of the program is to stabilise oil prices for oil-palm growers. That means that we are looking at all aspects of palm-oil use. Incidentally, with respect to the high free fatty acid feeds, the limit to the amount of FFA possible is probably related to the formation of water in Alek's first stage esterification using sulfuric acid as the catalyst. Thus 5%FFA in the oil means that 4mls of water are produced for every litre of oil. This water increases soap formation in the second stage (which is catalysed by sodium hydroxide). Alek Kak's method (http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_aleksnew.html) reduces this impact by using 95% pure sulfuric acid which has a strong affinity for water. He also recommends about 9 times the amount of methanol theoretically needed to react with the FFA. This also has the effect of reducing the water concentration. So, for high(er) FFA, more methanol and more sulfuric acid should be beneficial. However, that means more sodium hydroxide to neutralise the acid and some form of methanol recovery system. We use a simple condenser connected to the reactor to grab the methanol. We can either recycle this to the next batch or operate the reactor under total reflux. This makes it possible to operate the reactor at a higher temperature and so accelerate the rate of the separate reactions. Hope this gives you some useful ideas Regards Michael Allen > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Michael Allen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear David, > > > > We did extensive work last year on heated Straight > > Palm Oil (SPO) in two-wheeled tractors and fishing > > boat motors. We had field trials by local farmers > of > > four commercial tractors and did test-bed work > with > > three others. Crude palm oil caused erosion of the > > pistons by late ignition but refined palm-oil (of > the > > grade used for cooking oil) worked well. But we > never > > got around to using it in a locomotive. > > > > This year we have been trying a range of reactor > > designs to optimise methyl ester production from > > refined oil. We are now moving back through > various > > forms of oil "refinement" towards the crude palm > oil > > (CPO). And yes, we are currently using the Aleks > Kak > > two-stage process. And yes it is currently at > > atmospheric pressure (although the reactor was > > designed to handle 200 kPa mainly as a safety > feature. > > Even so, some enthusiastic welders have > > "overpressurised" it twice now through forgetting > to > > flood (and then drain) it with water before > modifying > > the unit). > > > > The locomotive I mentioned is running on a B50 > blend: > > It uses esters from a one stage > trans-esterification > > reaction of methanol with the stearin and palmitin > > which has separated from the CPO. This waxy stuff > is > > probably quite comparable with the good Scottish > lard. > > > > Lots of luck! > > > > Michael Allen > > > > --- Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Thanks for your response, prof. Allen. I'll > > > formulate an inquiry to > > > >Mohammed Farid as you suggest. You mentioned > Thai > > > railway application. I > > > >saw somewhere that German railways are using > SVO in > > > some of their shunting > > > >engines. > > > > > > > > > http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,53591,00.html > > > Choo-Choo Trains on Energy Crunch > > > > > > >The encouraging part of your message is you are > > > reacting at 60C and that > > > >this is near methanol boiling point. That > implies > > > you are succeeding at > > > >atmospheric pressure. Do you use conc. > sulphuric > > > acid first stage? I agree > > > >meth recovery is so simple that using excess is > not > > > really a problem. > > > > > > > >David T. > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > > http://finance.yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 19:27:15 +0900 From: EREN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (by way of Keith Addison) Subject: EREN Network News -- 08/28/02 ================================================= EREN NETWORK NEWS -- August 28, 2002 A weekly newsletter from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN). <http://www.eren.doe.gov/> ================================================= Featuring: *News and Events Renewables Cause Controversy at World Summit Deregulation Paves Way for Renewables, Study Says Energy Secretary Abraham Visits Michigan Fuel Cell Plant *Site News National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition *Energy Facts and Tips Drought Drains Power *About this Newsletter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS AND EVENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Renewables Cause Controversy at World Summit As 60,000 delegates kick off the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa this week, wrangling over the best ways to implement solutions to the world's most dire problems is in full swing. At issue is whether the summit's implementation plan--addressing energy, biodiversity, food security, clean water and health care--will carry specific targets and timetables. Monday, the U.S., Saudi Arabia and other oil states lobbied for voluntary goals in place of a proposed specific target that calls for nations to increase worldwide production of renewable energy to 15 percent of total energy production by 2010. Currently in the U.S., strictly speaking, renewables provide one percent of the nation's power. However the language in the summit implementation plan allows hydropower and wood burning to be counted as renewable energy. Using this definition of renewable energy, 14 percent of world power is supplied by renewables. To meet the target proposed for the implementation plan, production of renewables world-wide would need to increase by one percent. While developed nations debate the targets, participants seem to agree that in the short term the two billion people in developing nations who lack access to electricity or liquid fuels stand to gain most from the widespread deployment of renewables. For daily coverage of the Summit, see the United Nations World Summit Web site at <http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/> Renewable energy was not even on the agenda at the Rio summit ten years ago, but a Worldwatch Institute policy briefing prepared for the Johannesburg summit points out how energy markets have transformed. Renewable energy markets have seen growth rates averaging more than 30 percent annually in the last five years. Worldwatch Institute says renewable energy represents roughly the same share of overall energy supply--and the same prospect for future growth--as petroleum did a century ago. In 1902 petroleum accounted for about two percent of the total, but was growing fast. See Worldwatch's policy brief: "From Rio to Johannesburg, Renewable Energy for the 21st Century" on their Web site at: <http://www.worldwatch.org./worldsummit> Deregulation Paves Way for Renewables, Study Says A new state-by-state analysis of electricity markets released August 22nd by Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture) found consumers pay less for energy and have greater access to cleaner energy than in 1996, prior to deregulation. The study found that states with the most competitive markets pay the least for energy and have the most access to clean energy. According to the report, clean energy policies are in place in 17 restructured states, and only 2 monopoly states. Such policies include creating state funds for renewable energy development and requirements that electricity companies produce increasing ratios of clean energy. The report concludes that deregulation is a misnomer: "Typically electricity restructuring is a combination of increased use of wholesale and retail competitive markets with continued regulation and public policy interventions." PennFuture is an advocacy organization that advances policies to protect and improve Pennsylvania's environment and economy. Copies of the PennFuture report are available on the organizations Web site at: <http://www.pennfuture.org/> Energy Secretary Abraham Visits Michigan Fuel Cell Plant Fuel cells received some recognition earlier this week when Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham toured the fuel cell/hydrogen storage technology manufacturing plant of Energy Conversion Devices (ECD), Inc in Rochester Hills, Michigan. ECD researches hydrogen storage technologies and hydrogen refueling infrastructure, which will be required for automotive fuel cell technology. "President Bush has encouraged the department to undertake public-private technology partnerships in pursuit of a cleaner, more sustainable energy future that is ultimately independent of foreign sources of energy, " Secretary Abraham told the Detroit-area audience, adding, "The automotive industry must be one of the most important partners in this effort." See the August 23rd press release at: <http://www.energy.gov/press/sub/hqreleases.html> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SITE NEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition <http://www.e85fuel.com/> The National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition promotes the use of 85 percent ethanol as a renewable alternative transportation fuel to enhance agricultural profitability, advance environmental stewardship, and promote national energy independence. Its Web site features a newsletter on E85, as well as information on flex-fuel vehicles, and E85 refueling locations across the country. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ENERGY FACTS AND TIPS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Drought Drains Power As of the end of July, moderate to extreme drought affected 49 percent of the 48 contiguous states, according to the National Climatic Data Center, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Significant below-average rain fell in 27 states in July, and drier than average conditions have persisted in some parts of the country for several years. The average temperature in July for the contiguous United States was 76.4 degrees, 2.2 degrees above average for the period 1895-2001. That made it the fifth warmest July since national records began in 1895. The effects of the drought are far-reaching, causing more than 75 Percent of range and pasturelands in five Western states to be classified by the Department of Agriculture as poor or very poor. The lack of water has also had dramatic impacts on energy, most obviously in the area of hydropower, but fossil-fueled and nuclear power plants also use huge volumes of water to cool steam pipes, boilers and other power generation equipment. Low water levels in the Piedmont section of North Carolina and South Carolina, for example, have caused Duke Power to reduce its reliance on hydroelectric generation by as much as 70 percent and close access to the lakes it manages. Since hydropower is Duke's least expensive source of fuel, consumers may soon be paying more. Duke Power is one of the nation's largest electric utilities and provides electricity to approximately two million customers in North Carolina and South Carolina. For more information about Duke' s hydro operations and water restrictions, see the August 14th news release in the News Center at: <http://www.duke-energy.com> For detailed temperature and precipitation trends for the United States, see the National Climatic Data Center, the "world's largest archive of weather data," at: <http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html> Elsewhere in the southeast, Delaware has instituted mandatory residential and commercial water usage restrictions, and drought- stricken University of Delaware took measures to conserve water and energy. Installing Maytag Commercial Neptune high-efficiency washers in the campus laundry facilities will save 8,000 gallons of water a day on the campus, adding up to a savings of 3.5 million gallons of water a year. For more information on the Neptune see Maytag's Web site at: <http://www.maytagcommerciallaundry.com.> The Neptune is an Energy Star rated appliance. Energy star qualified washers use 35-50 percent less water and 50 percent less energy per load. Using less water also means less energy is needed to heat the water. For more information see the Energy Star Web site at: <http://www.energystar.gov/products/clotheswashers/> For tips on water and energy use during a drought, see the Alliance to Save Energy Web site at: <http://www.ase.org/> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can subscribe to this newsletter using the online form at: <http://www.eren.doe.gov/news/subscribe/>. This Web page also allows you to update your email address or unsubscribe to this newsletter. The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) home page is located at <http://www.eren.doe.gov/>. 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