I have some Jatropha seeds. Butremember, Jatropha grows in tropical and subtropical countries. It doesn't stand frost.
Reinhard "gjkimlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > 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/ > > > > 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! 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