I'm a chemist. Has any one written anything about the details of the chemistry in making biodiesel.
Looks like you are doing a transesterification to replace glycerine with methanol. This would drop the molecular wight and thus the viscosity. adding a little bit of an surfactant (soap) would form miscells which might help with the reaction i.e. run reaction at lower temp. does anyone know the details of the reaction? has an one considered taking the glycerine and reacting with acetic acid (vinegar) forming the tri-ester (glyceryl triacetate bp 258 C, specific gravity 1.156, soluble in ether) and adding that back into the fuel. _______________________________________________ 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/
