Re: [biofuels-biz] Digest Number 230

2002-05-15 Thread steve spence

Stay tuned for a babington powered steam co-generator soon.


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> I've been doing several postings on that other web site on this topic, so
> here is my input on this topic. The Babington burner works great for raw
oil,
> ugly biodiesel, or other fluids, but it will not burn glycerol in
> concentrations greater than about 20 or 25%. It seems that this stuff is
> water based and just doesn't have all of the energy needed to sustain a
> flame. I had considerable success last winter in burning it on a wood
fire,
> but by itself it would only burn the volatile part and then leave a
> substantial vegetable gum residue that did not burn.
>
> My current plan is to build a masonry burner that maintains the 1000
degree
> temperature needed for complete combusion. The Babington will keep up the
> temperature using raw oil and the glycerine will be dribbled into a pan
where
> it should burn cleanly, leaving a mild residue ash.  All of this is
theory,
> but I have hope this system will work after 2 years of efforts.
>
> Tom Leue @ Homestead Inc.
>
>
>
> In a message dated 5/14/02 5:17:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << >Chuck wrote:
> >"What to do with all the Glycerin?  Egads!  BURN IT!  many, many BTU's
> >there.
> >Wait a minute...maybe we should pump it back into the ground where all
the
> >oil came from to prevent earthquakes =:-O"
> >
> >I agree, but how to do it safely and in a way that the useful heat can be
> >recovered.  I am experimenting with this, starting with a 'Mother Earth'
> >waste oil furnace design (which you can get to from Keith's site).  It
would
> >be of interest to many here if anyone has experience of burning glyc.
The
> >problems are to ensure a uniformly high temperature to dissociate ALL the
> >acrolein and to either avoid or easily handle the 'coke'.
> >
> >Any takers?
> >
> >David T.
>
>
> Hello David
>
> No takers here, no, unfortunately (circumstances forbid), but a very
> interested bystander hoping you'll get takers elsewhere. I'm glad
> you're taking this on, please keep us posted.
>
> MOTHER's Waste Oil Heater is here, by the way:
> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me4.html
> Mother Earth: Waste Oil Heater
>
> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me5.html
> Mother Earth: Waste Oil Heater 2
>
> Regards
>
> Keith
>  >>
>
>
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Re: [biofuels-biz] Digest Number 230

2002-05-15 Thread steve spence

Hey tom, great article in Homepower.

Nice to see that Keith and I got mentioned in the additional info section.

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> I've been doing several postings on that other web site on this topic, so
> here is my input on this topic. The Babington burner works great for raw
oil,
> ugly biodiesel, or other fluids, but it will not burn glycerol in
> concentrations greater than about 20 or 25%. It seems that this stuff is
> water based and just doesn't have all of the energy needed to sustain a
> flame. I had considerable success last winter in burning it on a wood
fire,
> but by itself it would only burn the volatile part and then leave a
> substantial vegetable gum residue that did not burn.
>
> My current plan is to build a masonry burner that maintains the 1000
degree
> temperature needed for complete combusion. The Babington will keep up the
> temperature using raw oil and the glycerine will be dribbled into a pan
where
> it should burn cleanly, leaving a mild residue ash.  All of this is
theory,
> but I have hope this system will work after 2 years of efforts.
>
> Tom Leue @ Homestead Inc.
>
>
>
> In a message dated 5/14/02 5:17:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << >Chuck wrote:
> >"What to do with all the Glycerin?  Egads!  BURN IT!  many, many BTU's
> >there.
> >Wait a minute...maybe we should pump it back into the ground where all
the
> >oil came from to prevent earthquakes =:-O"
> >
> >I agree, but how to do it safely and in a way that the useful heat can be
> >recovered.  I am experimenting with this, starting with a 'Mother Earth'
> >waste oil furnace design (which you can get to from Keith's site).  It
would
> >be of interest to many here if anyone has experience of burning glyc.
The
> >problems are to ensure a uniformly high temperature to dissociate ALL the
> >acrolein and to either avoid or easily handle the 'coke'.
> >
> >Any takers?
> >
> >David T.
>
>
> Hello David
>
> No takers here, no, unfortunately (circumstances forbid), but a very
> interested bystander hoping you'll get takers elsewhere. I'm glad
> you're taking this on, please keep us posted.
>
> MOTHER's Waste Oil Heater is here, by the way:
> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me4.html
> Mother Earth: Waste Oil Heater
>
> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me5.html
> Mother Earth: Waste Oil Heater 2
>
> Regards
>
> Keith
>  >>
>
>
>
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Re: [biofuels-biz] Digest Number 230

2002-05-15 Thread David Teal

Tom's reply is very interesting.  I have been looking at the Babington stuff
too, and now realise that it would ideal for co-firing glyc. with bottled
propane.  The propane gas could be fed directly into the ball instead of
compressed air, inter-alia saving the need for a compressor.  I've not had a
chance to try this, but suspect that some air would be needed as well to get
the right balance of atomisation and heating value.  So long as the gas
pressure remains above the air pressure, it should be simple enough to meter
gas into the air line.  I intended to apply for a research grant on glyc.
burning, and this new idea might be just the thing to hang the application
on.  What is the patent position?

Going back to the Mother Earth drip-feed design, I hope to dilute the heated
glyc with about 5% water, in the expectation that flash boiling of water in
the droplets on contact with the hot plate will burst them into a finely
atomised mist.

David T.

Tom wrote:
"I've been doing several postings on that other web site on this topic, so
here is my input on this topic. The Babington burner works great for raw
oil,
ugly biodiesel, or other fluids, but it will not burn glycerol in
concentrations greater than about 20 or 25%. It seems that this stuff is
water based and just doesn't have all of the energy needed to sustain a
flame. I had considerable success last winter in burning it on a wood fire,
but by itself it would only burn the volatile part and then leave a
substantial vegetable gum residue that did not burn.

My current plan is to build a masonry burner that maintains the 1000 degree
temperature needed for complete combusion. The Babington will keep up the
temperature using raw oil and the glycerine will be dribbled into a pan
where
it should burn cleanly, leaving a mild residue ash.  All of this is theory,
but I have hope this system will work after 2 years of efforts.

Tom Leue @ Homestead Inc."






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Re: [biofuels-biz] Digest Number 230

2002-05-14 Thread Tilapia

I've been doing several postings on that other web site on this topic, so 
here is my input on this topic. The Babington burner works great for raw oil, 
ugly biodiesel, or other fluids, but it will not burn glycerol in 
concentrations greater than about 20 or 25%. It seems that this stuff is 
water based and just doesn't have all of the energy needed to sustain a 
flame. I had considerable success last winter in burning it on a wood fire, 
but by itself it would only burn the volatile part and then leave a 
substantial vegetable gum residue that did not burn.

My current plan is to build a masonry burner that maintains the 1000 degree 
temperature needed for complete combusion. The Babington will keep up the 
temperature using raw oil and the glycerine will be dribbled into a pan where 
it should burn cleanly, leaving a mild residue ash.  All of this is theory, 
but I have hope this system will work after 2 years of efforts.

Tom Leue @ Homestead Inc.



In a message dated 5/14/02 5:17:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

<< >Chuck wrote:
>"What to do with all the Glycerin?  Egads!  BURN IT!  many, many BTU's
>there.
>Wait a minute...maybe we should pump it back into the ground where all the
>oil came from to prevent earthquakes =:-O"
>
>I agree, but how to do it safely and in a way that the useful heat can be
>recovered.  I am experimenting with this, starting with a 'Mother Earth'
>waste oil furnace design (which you can get to from Keith's site).  It would
>be of interest to many here if anyone has experience of burning glyc.  The
>problems are to ensure a uniformly high temperature to dissociate ALL the
>acrolein and to either avoid or easily handle the 'coke'.
>
>Any takers?
>
>David T.


Hello David

No takers here, no, unfortunately (circumstances forbid), but a very 
interested bystander hoping you'll get takers elsewhere. I'm glad 
you're taking this on, please keep us posted.

MOTHER's Waste Oil Heater is here, by the way:
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me4.html
Mother Earth: Waste Oil Heater

http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me5.html
Mother Earth: Waste Oil Heater 2

Regards

Keith
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Re: [biofuels-biz] Digest Number 230

2002-05-14 Thread steve spence

And don't forget the babington burner as well.

http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/2000/biofuel/babington/

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> >Chuck wrote:
> >"What to do with all the Glycerin?  Egads!  BURN IT!  many, many BTU's
> >there.
> >Wait a minute...maybe we should pump it back into the ground where all
the
> >oil came from to prevent earthquakes =:-O"
> >
> >I agree, but how to do it safely and in a way that the useful heat can be
> >recovered.  I am experimenting with this, starting with a 'Mother Earth'
> >waste oil furnace design (which you can get to from Keith's site).  It
would
> >be of interest to many here if anyone has experience of burning glyc.
The
> >problems are to ensure a uniformly high temperature to dissociate ALL the
> >acrolein and to either avoid or easily handle the 'coke'.
> >
> >Any takers?
> >
> >David T.
>
>
> Hello David
>
> No takers here, no, unfortunately (circumstances forbid), but a very
> interested bystander hoping you'll get takers elsewhere. I'm glad
> you're taking this on, please keep us posted.
>
> MOTHER's Waste Oil Heater is here, by the way:
> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me4.html
> Mother Earth: Waste Oil Heater
>
> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me5.html
> Mother Earth: Waste Oil Heater 2
>
> Regards
>
> Keith
>
>
>
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Re: [biofuels-biz] Digest Number 230

2002-05-14 Thread Keith Addison

>Chuck wrote:
>"What to do with all the Glycerin?  Egads!  BURN IT!  many, many BTU's
>there.
>Wait a minute...maybe we should pump it back into the ground where all the
>oil came from to prevent earthquakes =:-O"
>
>I agree, but how to do it safely and in a way that the useful heat can be
>recovered.  I am experimenting with this, starting with a 'Mother Earth'
>waste oil furnace design (which you can get to from Keith's site).  It would
>be of interest to many here if anyone has experience of burning glyc.  The
>problems are to ensure a uniformly high temperature to dissociate ALL the
>acrolein and to either avoid or easily handle the 'coke'.
>
>Any takers?
>
>David T.


Hello David

No takers here, no, unfortunately (circumstances forbid), but a very 
interested bystander hoping you'll get takers elsewhere. I'm glad 
you're taking this on, please keep us posted.

MOTHER's Waste Oil Heater is here, by the way:
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me4.html
Mother Earth: Waste Oil Heater

http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me5.html
Mother Earth: Waste Oil Heater 2

Regards

Keith


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Re: [biofuels-biz] Digest Number 230

2002-05-14 Thread David Teal

Chuck wrote:
"What to do with all the Glycerin?  Egads!  BURN IT!  many, many BTU's
there.
Wait a minute...maybe we should pump it back into the ground where all the
oil came from to prevent earthquakes =:-O"

I agree, but how to do it safely and in a way that the useful heat can be
recovered.  I am experimenting with this, starting with a 'Mother Earth'
waste oil furnace design (which you can get to from Keith's site).  It would
be of interest to many here if anyone has experience of burning glyc.  The
problems are to ensure a uniformly high temperature to dissociate ALL the
acrolein and to either avoid or easily handle the 'coke'.

Any takers?

David T.








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Re: [biofuels-biz] Digest Number 230

2002-05-13 Thread steve spence

Earthquakes induced by human activity have been documented in a few
locations in the United States, Japan, and Canada. The cause was injection
of fluids into deep wells for waste disposal and secondary recovery of oil,
and the use of reservoirs for water supplies. Most of these earthquakes were
minor. The largest and most widely known resulted from fluid injection at
the Rocky Mountain Arsenal near Denver, Colorado. In 1967, an earthquake of
magnitude 5.5 followed a series of smaller earthquakes. Injection had been
discontinued at the site in the previous year once the link between the
fluid injection and the earlier series of earthquakes was established.
(Nicholson, Craig and Wesson, R.L., 1990, Earthquake Hazard Associated with
Deep Well Injection--A Report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:
U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1951, 74 p.)

Don't put it back in the ground.

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> What to do with all the Glycerin?  Egads!  BURN IT!  many, many BTU's
there.
> Wait a minute...maybe we should pump it back into the ground where all the
> oil came from to prevent earthquakes =:-O
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: [biofuels-biz] Digest Number 230

2002-05-13 Thread Chuck Ranum

What to do with all the Glycerin?  Egads!  BURN IT!  many, many BTU's there.
Wait a minute...maybe we should pump it back into the ground where all the
oil came from to prevent earthquakes =:-O





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