Hi Joey,
Keith's inspiring work on "JourneytoForever\Vegetable Oil Yields" lists the
quality standard (RKQualitatsstandard) for rapeseed oil as being between
900 and 930 kg/m^3 and later, on the same e-page, he quotes "Waste
Vegetable Oil as a Diesel Replacement Fuel" by Philip Calais as saying
Canola oil has a density 920 kg/m^3. (They are, of course, the same oil: It
is just that a "PR-savvy" marketeer in the US thought that the US-housewife
might well resist anything to do with "rape")
Our palm-oil here in Thailand normally has a density of about 910 kg/m^3.
Now because the US still doggedly clings to British Imperial Units with
some curious local variations, you will need to know that 1 ton US only
gets you 907.1847 kgs. So one US ton of palm oil has a volume of
907.1847/910 which is pretty close to 1 cubic metre and is very easy to
remember. Of course, if you really want to use the quaint US volume
measurements too, then 1 cubic metre is about 264.17 US gallons or 6.29
barrels (bbl). A "typical" oil drum holds about 200 litres (52.8 US galls
or 44 ancient UK gallons) so you might expect to get 5 drums of cooking oil
to weigh just about 1 US ton.
However you look at it,
1) 5000 US tons a year would be about 500 drums a week and
2) The SI system of units has much to commend it.
Regards
Michael Allen
> Although I have earnestly read each article to pass through biofuels-biz,
> this is my first post; SO, I'd like to quickly thank everyone for
> contributing such essential information as we strive to convert a once
> whimsical substitution into a full-blown industry. Keith, you're an
> absolute monster and an inspiration, keep truckin'. Special thanks to Ed
> Beggs for being a master.
>
> Now, does anyone have a remote clue on how to convert Weight in tons to
> Volume in Gallons with vegetable oil as the medium? For example, if one
> metropolitan center in the U.S. accumulates 5,000 tons of vegetable oil
> in
> one year's time, is there any reliable way of determining the volume of
> such?
>
> As well, in certain waste-processing-oriented reports and papers, greases
> and fats are referred to by color. I think that the term used for
> vegetable
> oil and like substances is "Yellow" grease or oil. Is anyone aware of
> the
> type or quality of "yellow" in such documents? Would this be isolated
> vegetable oils, or impure mixtures?
>
> Thanks everyone.
>
> PS. I'm working on a project that'll get everyone giddy, I'll keep you
> posted.
>
> Joey Hundert
> Transcendental Ventures Inc.
> Edmonton, AB Canada
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