Sock filters are relatively cheap and a head can be bought for them from http://www.mcmaster.com/ ,search for "filter head" ,allowing you to pump through the filter makeing it last much longer and go faster. I would think setteling would be good enough before processing, but once processed I would pump it through a sock filter bringing it down to at least 30 microns. The filters should be under 5 dollars each and do several hundred gallons of processed fuel per a filter. The head is under 20 dollars from them. Then use a clearwater pump for about 30 dollars and you will pump fast and have clean fuel for your vehicle. Oh remember polypropylene filters not polyester. They hold up much better with biodiesel.
Logan Vilas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Filtering - was Re: Vegtable oil sources... > Keith, > You wrote: > "So I'm also interested in what folks might have to say about filtering, > and > not filtering." > > I filtered my WVO when I was doing small - 1L, 5L, 15L batches - but > found it to be too time and energy-consuming when I began to run larger > (91L) batches. > Before upscaling my process, I had already set up sources for WVO, and > was getting far more WVO than I was processing. Cubies of WVO were filling > up my shed. > I got a few 55 gal drums to store the oil in and found that after settling > in the cubies for a few weeks, the oil was very clear. I now rely on > gravity/settling and do not filter my WVO. > I allow the WVO to settle in cubies for a week. I then pour the top > 80% > of each cubie into a barrel and consolidate the bottoms of 5 cubies into > 1. > Most of this will be ready for the barrel the next week. I have 4 WVO > barrels. One is settled and is used for processing, two are settling, and > one is being filled. I pump WVO out of the settled barrel from the top > 3/4. > This oil is very clear and requires very little drying. > Tom > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 6:00 AM > Subject: [Biofuel] Filtering - was Re: Vegtable oil sources... > > >> Hi Jesse and all >> >>>Mike.... >>>Yup, I too want to know this, please? We are still fumbling toward our >>>co-op. Naturally, I should just look at Keith's archives and SEE IT >>>ALL!!! >>>Jesse >> >> I'm not sure what all is in the archives, maybe not any definitive >> answers. There's nothing about filtering at JtF. I've been sort of >> sporadically working on a section covering filtering, as well as >> collection and so on, for SVO as well as biodiesel, and I'd like to >> finish it and get it uploaded. >> >> So I'm also interested in what folks might have to say about >> filtering, and not filtering. >> >> Best >> >> Keith >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
