Re: [Biofuel] Purity of KOH

2005-10-24 Thread Joe Street
I think so also.  The biodiesel process is not a thing to be undertaken 
in a casual way.  I don't think the JtoF site should be written as an 
Idiot's guide to homemade fuel , And I am not insinuating that anyone 
who struggles with it is an idiot either.  It is not a trivial thing.  
The JtoF site rocks!

Joe

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I for one am grateful for all of the information JTF is providing us FREE OF
CHARGE. It is so easy to be critical and it takes a little effort and
perhaps you might have to massage a few brain cells in order to appreciate
everything JTF is giving us here.
I don't have any problems following the instruction.
Thanks Kieth for a wonderful web site...
Rob

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Hi everyone
My wife and I worked on titration until pretty late last night,
  



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Re: [Biofuel] Purity of KOH

2005-10-23 Thread bio
Your suggestion sounds great, however I have no idea how to do that. 
I have Lye and PH papers and Phenolphthalein, can I use these items to check
it?

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Most KOH is in the proximity of 90-92%.

The suggestion would be to titrate, adjust for approximately a 10% 
purity loss, then conduct a bracket titration to see how close your 
calculations are to reality.

Use the process as a calibration for the balance of the bag's contents.


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I have a 50# bag of KOH and have no idea what the purity is. Is there any
way to tell how much of this KOH to use or what the purity is? I get a
really good buy on it from a local soap making company.



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Re: [Biofuel] Purity of KOH

2005-10-23 Thread Appal Energy
See Basic Titration at
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#titrate

See Better Titration at
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#titrate

See More About Lye (and KOH) at
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#lye

and in general see
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html
and
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html


Your suggestion sounds great, however I have no idea how to do that. 
I have Lye and PH papers and Phenolphthalein, can I use these items to check
it?

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Most KOH is in the proximity of 90-92%.

The suggestion would be to titrate, adjust for approximately a 10% 
purity loss, then conduct a bracket titration to see how close your 
calculations are to reality.

Use the process as a calibration for the balance of the bag's contents.


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I have a 50# bag of KOH and have no idea what the purity is. Is there any
way to tell how much of this KOH to use or what the purity is? I get a
really good buy on it from a local soap making company.



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Re: [Biofuel] Purity of KOH

2005-10-23 Thread Brian Rodgers
Hi everyone
My wife and I worked on titration until pretty late last night, at
least late for me. I am a morning person and I pruned and thinned a
massive area of Piñon  Cedar wood and then loaded it prior to
beginning our first titration of WVO. I say this because I'd rather
not have people telling me I am not tip-top with my labwork. Tired is
all. Anyway, yesterday evening we finally had all of the equipment and
chemicals in place. Saturday morning, I did some test runs using the
TI-83  Vernier  LabPro Data logger. It is the Vernier Data Logger
that is the most useful of the two for our needs. It has a USB
interface and the data logger software was easy enough to figure out.
I started out with the stainless-steel temperature sensor as we have a
decent thermometer to check against. Very nice readout on the screen
and easy to understand. I then removed the pH sensor from its soaking
bath bottle. We set it in tap water first and got a pH reading of 7.5,
rinsed it in distilled water and gently cleaned it with a paper towel,
next dipping the sensor end in fresh distilled water, pH 7.

With readings of that which we could expect, we then moved on to basic
titration. If you all will bear with me a moment, I do have some
questions. I will intertwine my questions right into the JtF web site
directions for basic titration. Our hope is to clarify these
directions for ourselves and for other newbies as well. We believe
that there are several statements found here and in the email list
which are contradictory at best.
Basic titration
An electronic pH meter is best, but you can also use pH test strips
(or litmus paper), or phenolphthalein solution (from a chemicals
supplier).
I suggest sorting the test equipment according to preference. We were
ridiculed for using litmus paper. Why list it second if it is
preferred as a third choice? Phenolphthalein sounds very interesting.
Why not give more information on the setup and use of this test? Yes
we followed the links.

Dissolve 1 gram of lye in 1 liter of distilled or de-ionized water
(0.1% w/v lye solution).
Here, according to JtF, we are in the absolute most important first
step Titration, which a newbie is going to perform! Standard procedure
in all technical writing as far as I am aware it to define all
abbreviations Why throw out a statement like: (0.1% w/v lye
solution) and not simply define (w/v?) This is making an already
completely new process unnecessarily cloudy in the mind of the
newbies.  Ok, this is the second sentence in a half page description
of how to do the most important step in making biodiesel.

In a smaller beaker, dissolve 1 ml of dewatered WVO oil in 10 ml of
pure isopropyl alcohol. Warm the beaker gently by standing it in some
hot water, stir until all the oil dissolves in the alcohol and the
mixture turns clear. Add 2 drops of phenolphthalein solution.
Smaller beaker than what? WVO oil is redundant. Again, if the pH Meter
is the best tool and listed first in the sentence above, why are we
jumping back to phenolphthalein? If this is the preferred test, why
not say so in the first sentence?

Using a graduated syringe, add the 0.1% lye solution drop by drop to
the oil-alcohol-phenolphthalein solution, stirring all the time. It
might turn a bit cloudy, keep stirring. Keep on carefully adding the
lye solution until the solution stays pink (actually magenta) for 15
seconds.
See above. We are using a continuous readout pH meter. What is the pH
we are looking for here! Yes Keith, layered information is great, but
why push it when it is unnecessary? We are jumping all over the place
in order to do one simple step. Different methods are combined in the
same paragraph. This could be the reason newbies are confused.

Take the number of milliliters of 0.1% lye solution you used and add
3.5 (the basic amount of lye needed for virgin oil). This is the
number of grams of lye you'll need per liter of oil.
Sheesh, I am sorry, but I have a question about every sentence in this
basic titration. Take the number of milliliters of 0.1% lye solution
you used and add 3.5 ?? This is sloppy writing. Are you saying add a
number of milliliters to 3.5 grams?  If it took 1.6 mL of lye solution
then are we supposed to add 1.6 g to 3.5 g? I don't think so. How
about a formula here? It would be clearer if you stated all of the
proper terms, weight, volume, etc. No wonder so many questions appear
on the email list about titration.

With a pH meter or test strips, use the same procedure without adding
the phenolphthalein. Add the 0.1% lye solution drop by drop as before
until the pH reaches 8.5.
Duh! Why not just add this value to the sentence above to aid the
newbies who are learning the procedure and keep them from jumping
around. Also, please be consistent with the numbers throughout the
directions. A pH of 8.5 is mentioned and then a pH of 8-9 is
mentioned. This leads one to believe it does not really need to be
exact.
I know it is difficult for many folks to take 

Re: [Biofuel] Purity of KOH

2005-10-23 Thread bio
I for one am grateful for all of the information JTF is providing us FREE OF
CHARGE. It is so easy to be critical and it takes a little effort and
perhaps you might have to massage a few brain cells in order to appreciate
everything JTF is giving us here.
I don't have any problems following the instruction.
Thanks Kieth for a wonderful web site...
Rob

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Rodgers
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 12:07 PM
To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Purity of KOH

Hi everyone
My wife and I worked on titration until pretty late last night, at
least late for me. I am a morning person and I pruned and thinned a
massive area of Piñon  Cedar wood and then loaded it prior to
beginning our first titration of WVO. I say this because I'd rather
not have people telling me I am not tip-top with my labwork. Tired is
all. Anyway, yesterday evening we finally had all of the equipment and
chemicals in place. Saturday morning, I did some test runs using the
TI-83  Vernier  LabPro Data logger. It is the Vernier Data Logger
that is the most useful of the two for our needs. It has a USB
interface and the data logger software was easy enough to figure out.
I started out with the stainless-steel temperature sensor as we have a
decent thermometer to check against. Very nice readout on the screen
and easy to understand. I then removed the pH sensor from its soaking
bath bottle. We set it in tap water first and got a pH reading of 7.5,
rinsed it in distilled water and gently cleaned it with a paper towel,
next dipping the sensor end in fresh distilled water, pH 7.

With readings of that which we could expect, we then moved on to basic
titration. If you all will bear with me a moment, I do have some
questions. I will intertwine my questions right into the JtF web site
directions for basic titration. Our hope is to clarify these
directions for ourselves and for other newbies as well. We believe
that there are several statements found here and in the email list
which are contradictory at best.
Basic titration
An electronic pH meter is best, but you can also use pH test strips
(or litmus paper), or phenolphthalein solution (from a chemicals
supplier).
I suggest sorting the test equipment according to preference. We were
ridiculed for using litmus paper. Why list it second if it is
preferred as a third choice? Phenolphthalein sounds very interesting.
Why not give more information on the setup and use of this test? Yes
we followed the links.

Dissolve 1 gram of lye in 1 liter of distilled or de-ionized water
(0.1% w/v lye solution).
Here, according to JtF, we are in the absolute most important first
step Titration, which a newbie is going to perform! Standard procedure
in all technical writing as far as I am aware it to define all
abbreviations Why throw out a statement like: (0.1% w/v lye
solution) and not simply define (w/v?) This is making an already
completely new process unnecessarily cloudy in the mind of the
newbies.  Ok, this is the second sentence in a half page description
of how to do the most important step in making biodiesel.

In a smaller beaker, dissolve 1 ml of dewatered WVO oil in 10 ml of
pure isopropyl alcohol. Warm the beaker gently by standing it in some
hot water, stir until all the oil dissolves in the alcohol and the
mixture turns clear. Add 2 drops of phenolphthalein solution.
Smaller beaker than what? WVO oil is redundant. Again, if the pH Meter
is the best tool and listed first in the sentence above, why are we
jumping back to phenolphthalein? If this is the preferred test, why
not say so in the first sentence?

Using a graduated syringe, add the 0.1% lye solution drop by drop to
the oil-alcohol-phenolphthalein solution, stirring all the time. It
might turn a bit cloudy, keep stirring. Keep on carefully adding the
lye solution until the solution stays pink (actually magenta) for 15
seconds.
See above. We are using a continuous readout pH meter. What is the pH
we are looking for here! Yes Keith, layered information is great, but
why push it when it is unnecessary? We are jumping all over the place
in order to do one simple step. Different methods are combined in the
same paragraph. This could be the reason newbies are confused.

Take the number of milliliters of 0.1% lye solution you used and add
3.5 (the basic amount of lye needed for virgin oil). This is the
number of grams of lye you'll need per liter of oil.
Sheesh, I am sorry, but I have a question about every sentence in this
basic titration. Take the number of milliliters of 0.1% lye solution
you used and add 3.5 ?? This is sloppy writing. Are you saying add a
number of milliliters to 3.5 grams?  If it took 1.6 mL of lye solution
then are we supposed to add 1.6 g to 3.5 g? I don't think so. How
about a formula here? It would be clearer if you stated all of the
proper terms, weight, volume, etc. No wonder so many

Re: [Biofuel] Purity of KOH

2005-10-23 Thread Keith Addison
I for one am grateful for all of the information JTF is providing us FREE OF
CHARGE. It is so easy to be critical and it takes a little effort and
perhaps you might have to massage a few brain cells in order to appreciate
everything JTF is giving us here.
I don't have any problems following the instruction.
Thanks Kieth for a wonderful web site...
Rob

Why thankyou Rob, you made my day (and I was just thinking it got spoiled...).

:-)

Best wishes

Keith


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Hi everyone
My wife and I worked on titration until pretty late last night, at
least late for me. I am a morning person and I pruned and thinned a

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Re: [Biofuel] Purity of KOH

2005-10-23 Thread JJJN
Brian,
Sorry about your difficulties but I really do not agree with your 
assessment of JtF and the fine resource it offers.  Last July I was just 
as Newbie as it gets and after I had my first crashes I started to pay 
attention to what I read.  If I could not get what was presented I 
researched it a bit and it came clear. (requires work)  As I look back I 
really can't imagine how I would have learned it if it wasn't for JtF.

If you really want to learn this; become the student not the teacher.  
Before you can lead men you must learn to follow.

Sorry but I truly think your statement here is unfair and unwarranted 
criticism of JtF. If you find JtF so clumsy try some of the other 
sites.  As for me I think JtF is the one that offers exceptional help 
and it is also well put together professionally.

Wisdom

Jim

Brian Rodgers wrote:

Hi everyone
My wife and I worked on titration until pretty late last night, at
least late for me. I am a morning person and I pruned and thinned a
massive area of Piñon  Cedar wood and then loaded it prior to
beginning our first titration of WVO. I say this because I'd rather
not have people telling me I am not tip-top with my labwork. Tired is
all. Anyway, yesterday evening we finally had all of the equipment and
chemicals in place. Saturday morning, I did some test runs using the
TI-83  Vernier  LabPro Data logger. It is the Vernier Data Logger
that is the most useful of the two for our needs. It has a USB
interface and the data logger software was easy enough to figure out.
I started out with the stainless-steel temperature sensor as we have a
decent thermometer to check against. Very nice readout on the screen
and easy to understand. I then removed the pH sensor from its soaking
bath bottle. We set it in tap water first and got a pH reading of 7.5,
rinsed it in distilled water and gently cleaned it with a paper towel,
next dipping the sensor end in fresh distilled water, pH 7.

With readings of that which we could expect, we then moved on to basic
titration. If you all will bear with me a moment, I do have some
questions. I will intertwine my questions right into the JtF web site
directions for basic titration. Our hope is to clarify these
directions for ourselves and for other newbies as well. We believe
that there are several statements found here and in the email list
which are contradictory at best.
Basic titration
An electronic pH meter is best, but you can also use pH test strips
(or litmus paper), or phenolphthalein solution (from a chemicals
supplier).
I suggest sorting the test equipment according to preference. We were
ridiculed for using litmus paper. Why list it second if it is
preferred as a third choice? Phenolphthalein sounds very interesting.
Why not give more information on the setup and use of this test? Yes
we followed the links.

Dissolve 1 gram of lye in 1 liter of distilled or de-ionized water
(0.1% w/v lye solution).
Here, according to JtF, we are in the absolute most important first
step Titration, which a newbie is going to perform! Standard procedure
in all technical writing as far as I am aware it to define all
abbreviations Why throw out a statement like: (0.1% w/v lye
solution) and not simply define (w/v?) This is making an already
completely new process unnecessarily cloudy in the mind of the
newbies.  Ok, this is the second sentence in a half page description
of how to do the most important step in making biodiesel.

In a smaller beaker, dissolve 1 ml of dewatered WVO oil in 10 ml of
pure isopropyl alcohol. Warm the beaker gently by standing it in some
hot water, stir until all the oil dissolves in the alcohol and the
mixture turns clear. Add 2 drops of phenolphthalein solution.
Smaller beaker than what? WVO oil is redundant. Again, if the pH Meter
is the best tool and listed first in the sentence above, why are we
jumping back to phenolphthalein? If this is the preferred test, why
not say so in the first sentence?

Using a graduated syringe, add the 0.1% lye solution drop by drop to
the oil-alcohol-phenolphthalein solution, stirring all the time. It
might turn a bit cloudy, keep stirring. Keep on carefully adding the
lye solution until the solution stays pink (actually magenta) for 15
seconds.
See above. We are using a continuous readout pH meter. What is the pH
we are looking for here! Yes Keith, layered information is great, but
why push it when it is unnecessary? We are jumping all over the place
in order to do one simple step. Different methods are combined in the
same paragraph. This could be the reason newbies are confused.

Take the number of milliliters of 0.1% lye solution you used and add
3.5 (the basic amount of lye needed for virgin oil). This is the
number of grams of lye you'll need per liter of oil.
Sheesh, I am sorry, but I have a question about every sentence in this
basic titration. Take the number of milliliters of 0.1% lye solution
you used and add 3.5 ?? This is sloppy writing. Are you saying add a
number of 

Re: [Biofuel] Purity of KOH

2005-10-23 Thread garutek
Just started this weekend.
HEY, Thanks Keith and Everybody!
Good night  Good weekend.
Gary

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I for one am grateful for all of the information JTF is providing us FREE OF
CHARGE. It is so easy to be critical and it takes a little effort and
perhaps you might have to massage a few brain cells in order to appreciate
everything JTF is giving us here.
I don't have any problems following the instruction.
Thanks Kieth for a wonderful web site...
Rob

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Rodgers
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 12:07 PM
To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Purity of KOH

Hi everyone
My wife and I worked on titration until pretty late last night, at
least late for me. I am a morning person and I pruned and thinned a
massive area of Piñon  Cedar wood and then loaded it prior to
beginning our first titration of WVO. I say this because I'd rather
not have people telling me I am not tip-top with my labwork. Tired is
all. Anyway, yesterday evening we finally had all of the equipment and
chemicals in place. Saturday morning, I did some test runs using the
TI-83  Vernier  LabPro Data logger. It is the Vernier Data Logger
that is the most useful of the two for our needs. It has a USB
interface and the data logger software was easy enough to figure out.
I started out with the stainless-steel temperature sensor as we have a
decent thermometer to check against. Very nice readout on the screen
and easy to understand. I then removed the pH sensor from its soaking
bath bottle. We set it in tap water first and got a pH reading of 7.5,
rinsed it in distilled water and gently cleaned it with a paper towel,
next dipping the sensor end in fresh distilled water, pH 7.

With readings of that which we could expect, we then moved on to basic
titration. If you all will bear with me a moment, I do have some
questions. I will intertwine my questions right into the JtF web site
directions for basic titration. Our hope is to clarify these
directions for ourselves and for other newbies as well. We believe
that there are several statements found here and in the email list
which are contradictory at best.
Basic titration
An electronic pH meter is best, but you can also use pH test strips
(or litmus paper), or phenolphthalein solution (from a chemicals
supplier).
I suggest sorting the test equipment according to preference. We were
ridiculed for using litmus paper. Why list it second if it is
preferred as a third choice? Phenolphthalein sounds very interesting.
Why not give more information on the setup and use of this test? Yes
we followed the links.

Dissolve 1 gram of lye in 1 liter of distilled or de-ionized water
(0.1% w/v lye solution).
Here, according to JtF, we are in the absolute most important first
step Titration, which a newbie is going to perform! Standard procedure
in all technical writing as far as I am aware it to define all
abbreviations Why throw out a statement like: (0.1% w/v lye
solution) and not simply define (w/v?) This is making an already
completely new process unnecessarily cloudy in the mind of the
newbies.  Ok, this is the second sentence in a half page description
of how to do the most important step in making biodiesel.

In a smaller beaker, dissolve 1 ml of dewatered WVO oil in 10 ml of
pure isopropyl alcohol. Warm the beaker gently by standing it in some
hot water, stir until all the oil dissolves in the alcohol and the
mixture turns clear. Add 2 drops of phenolphthalein solution.
Smaller beaker than what? WVO oil is redundant. Again, if the pH Meter
is the best tool and listed first in the sentence above, why are we
jumping back to phenolphthalein? If this is the preferred test, why
not say so in the first sentence?

Using a graduated syringe, add the 0.1% lye solution drop by drop to
the oil-alcohol-phenolphthalein solution, stirring all the time. It
might turn a bit cloudy, keep stirring. Keep on carefully adding the
lye solution until the solution stays pink (actually magenta) for 15
seconds.
See above. We are using a continuous readout pH meter. What is the pH
we are looking for here! Yes Keith, layered information is great, but
why push it when it is unnecessary? We are jumping all over the place
in order to do one simple step. Different methods are combined in the
same paragraph. This could be the reason newbies are confused.

Take the number of milliliters of 0.1% lye solution you used and add
3.5 (the basic amount of lye needed for virgin oil). This is the
number of grams of lye you'll need per liter of oil.
Sheesh, I am sorry, but I have a question about every sentence in this
basic titration. Take the number of milliliters of 0.1% lye solution
you used and add 3.5 ?? This is sloppy writing. Are you saying add

[Biofuel] Purity of KOH

2005-10-22 Thread bio
I have a 50# bag of KOH and have no idea what the purity is. Is there any
way to tell how much of this KOH to use or what the purity is? I get a
really good buy on it from a local soap making company.



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Re: [Biofuel] Purity of KOH

2005-10-22 Thread Appal Energy
Most KOH is in the proximity of 90-92%.

The suggestion would be to titrate, adjust for approximately a 10% 
purity loss, then conduct a bracket titration to see how close your 
calculations are to reality.

Use the process as a calibration for the balance of the bag's contents.


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I have a 50# bag of KOH and have no idea what the purity is. Is there any
way to tell how much of this KOH to use or what the purity is? I get a
really good buy on it from a local soap making company.



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