I wonder what leaving the extra methanol does to the low temperature flow characteristics of BioDiesel? Could this be an asset during winter?
Greg H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Provost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 18:59 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] washing? > on 8/11/05 4:56 PM, the skapegoat at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > His main argument seemed to be against losing the > > energy in the methanol that was washed out. > > > The "energy" does you no good if your particular > thermodynamic cycle can't take advantage of it. > What is the cetane rating of methanol? > > > > I'm just wondering if Tickell is so worried about > > wasting the methanol by washing it out if there is a > > better way of retrieving it. > > > Not much MeOH left in the biodiesel. Most goes into the > glycerol phase, particularly if you do a water addition > to the glycerol. Best to retrieve it from there. > > -K > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
