Biodiesel that I've used was smoky, burns weakly Fish and chip smell or whatever oil you use You can use ethanol ( if you can get it pure enough) and Potassium hydroxide in place of the methanol as a catlyst Mixing a higher flashpoint fuel will help a little if you manage to get too hot Catch you at the burn and korero
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:16:54 +1300From: [email protected]: [email protected]: Re: Tonight (13th Jan) - BiofuelsWhere were you looking for kero? If you go back and need to find some, let me know as it's easy to come buy there. Much easier than white gas (coleman's). The lamp oil makes the white gas burn longer. The only issue with it is depending where you are performing, some places won't let you use the lamp oil due to the residue it will leave. On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Myles White <[email protected]> wrote: in the states I could not get kero.... so I blended lamp oil (won't burn good) and colmans (burns too good)The same could be done with old oil from fish n chip shop cooking oil (cheaper than chips) and fuel light/ colemans. On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Jez Weston <[email protected]> wrote: I'd be keen to find out more about the biofuels for spinning. Making bio-diesel from waste oil is pretty easy, though it does involve using methanol (nasty) and sodium hydroxide (not very nice either).If it's just for spinning, not for putting it in a car, then you haven't got to worry so much about fuel quality, water content, all that palarver. Still, diesel burns pretty hot and I've seen varying reports about whether spinning with biodiesel is a good idea or not.Biokerosene is probably what we're after, but all the work that I've seen on biokerosene has been about making fuel for planes, where they're far more worried about really, really, really high quality and reliability, not about making it cheap as chips and easy to do at home.But yeah, if someone's got a way to make something that burns slower and colder than diesel, I want to find out more.Jez_________________________________________________________________ Time for a change? SEEK and you shall find. http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fmsn%2Eseek%2Eco%2Enz%2FID%5FSEEKNZMAIN%5FUSR%2FPages%2Falliance%5Fhomepage%2Eascx%3FComeFrom%3Dmsnnz%26tracking%3Dsk%3Atl%3Asknz%3Amsnnz%3A0%3Ahottag%3Aflirt&_t=757263783&_r=SEEKNZ_tagline&_m=EXT --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Wellington Fire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wellington-fire?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
