Re: [biofuel] Straight WVO question (hydrogen comment)

2001-09-18 Thread Z41534EUS
adrian just a hint in alaska during korean war our deisle would solidify we used to add 15 gal kerosene per 100 gallons fuel usually kept it liquid and fired units right up Original Message Subj:[biofuel] Straight WVO question (hydrogen comment) Date: 9/18/2001 9:45:54 PM

Re: [biofuel] Re: Hydrogen Question

2001-09-18 Thread Z41534EUS
lol greg don't they might get hurt if they are that numb Original Message Subj:Re: [biofuel] Re: Hydrogen Question Date: 9/18/2001 1:22:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (greg) Reply-to: biofuel@yahoogroups.com To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com perhaps we s

[biofuel] Going back to making biodiesel

2001-09-18 Thread Ken
Hi all, I was reading something on the net about oleochemicals and had something about free fatty acids. it says when we try to make methyl ester with alot of free fatty acids, what happens is the free fatty acid reacts first with the sodium methoxide and form a soap. This soap forms an emulsio

Re: [biofuel] How do you convert a fuel injected vehicle?

2001-09-18 Thread robert luis rabello
Someone whose name I can't recall wrote: > "Unfortunately, all of my vehicles are fuel injected. If they weren't > I'd be drilling out carburetor jets for ethanol. As it is I'm trying > to figure out how to remap their fuel injection systems to deal with > ethanol. I know it's more expens

[biofuel] SUNSHINE FARM

2001-09-18 Thread Bill Porter
The 25th anniversary issue of the Land Report recently published by the Land Institute featured this article. Its rather long so here is the URL: http://www.landinstitute.org/texis/scripts/vnews/newspaper/+/ART/2001/03/28/ 3accb0712?inarc=1 There is some interesting data in the tables comparing

[biofuel] Straight WVO question (hydrogen comment)

2001-09-18 Thread Aidan Wilkins
Hello, I have a quick question about installing a SVO/biodiesel tank. I own a 1990 VW Jetta which has a large space (10L +) available under the hood on the passenger side. I plan on having a stainless steel tank made which will fit there. What I would like to know is if I will need to h

Re: [biofuel] Hydrogen Question

2001-09-18 Thread steve spence
I wait with baited breath (now where did those cats some from?) Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com Mirror Site http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (212) 894-3704 x3154 - voic

Re: [biofuel] Re: Hydrogen Question

2001-09-18 Thread steve spence
we don't have enough low cost energy to free the hydrogen from the water. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com Mirror Site http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (212) 894-370

Re: [biofuel] (unknown)

2001-09-18 Thread steve spence
I've had good luck as low as 38F, and mix with kerosene at lower temps. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com Mirror Site http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (212) 894-3704 x315

[biofuel] Re: Ethanol from cellulose

2001-09-18 Thread k5farms
Hey Ted, What kinda lingo- would this be?? and would it have anything to do with the States $.40/gal ethanol support?? By DALE WETZEL, Associated Press Writer BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Rather than corn or barley, North Dakota's newest ethanol project might rely on coal. Dakota Gasification Co.,

[biofuel] (unknown)

2001-09-18 Thread Pip J. Patton
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Re: [biofuel] Re: Hydrogen Question

2001-09-18 Thread greg
perhaps we should tell them it`s in water, and we will never run out of that. greg m - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 10:14 AM Subject: [biofuel] Re: Hydrogen Question > No one on this list, that I know of, has suggested supplies of h

Re: [biofuel] Hydrogen Question

2001-09-18 Thread Z41534EUS
Steve when you see hoe the lash boiler works you will wonder why didnt you do this with a pickup truck and steamengine like stanley did. Ans to dangerous Original Message Subj:Re: [biofuel] Hydrogen Question Date: 9/18/2001 6:56:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: [EMAIL

[biofuels-biz] Dave's calculations....

2001-09-18 Thread Jan Sur—wka
Hi Dave, Your calculations are OK. All the others, please give the attention of the ratio of apparent heat to latent heat latent heat is always a huge amount. jan thermo-dynamics specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at W

[biofuels-biz] Re: drying waste oil

2001-09-18 Thread ester11uk
Check out http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/ This shows: the following specific heat capacities: # Water 4.19 kj/kg/deg C # Oil, vegetable 1.68 kj/kg/deg C Water then needs another 2257 kj/kg to convert it into steam at the same temperature (latent heat of evaporation). I've

[biofuel] Email duplication malfunction

2001-09-18 Thread new_energy444
Sorry, but I didn't intend to send my last email in twice and I don't believe I actually did. The send function was acting screwy. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> The Nissan Sentra Everything but compact http://NissanDriven.com http://us.click.yahoo.com

[biofuel] Re: Hydrogen Question

2001-09-18 Thread new_energy444
No one on this list, that I know of, has suggested supplies of hydrogen are locked to the supply of fossil fuels, but a surprising number of people are under that impression. Hydrogen from electrolysis is expensive now, but don't be so sure it will remain so. The Phoenix Project is just one exa

[biofuel] Re: Hydrogen Question

2001-09-18 Thread new_energy444
No one on this list, that I know of, has suggested supplies of hydrogen are locked to the supply of fossil fuels, but a surprising number of people are under that impression. Hydrogen from electrolysis is expensive now, but don't be so sure it will remain so. The Phoenix Project is just one exa

Re: [biofuel] Nuclear Terrorism, Nuclear Safety

2001-09-18 Thread Appal Energy
Sanity at its finest...! Todd Appal Energy http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11514 AlterNet -- Nuclear Terrorism, Nuclear Safety Harvey Wasserman, AlterNet September 17, 2001 Though few are now talking about it, atomic power is high on the list of realities forever transformed by the

Re: [biofuel] Re: Hydrogen Question

2001-09-18 Thread Appal Energy
Bob, I don't quite see how you can lay the all encompassing claim that "at best biofuels [will be] an interim energy source." How long do you believe this interim to be? By sound reckoning, it would take a century or better for all societies to achieve economic parity to the degree that they ca

[biofuel] How do you convert a fuel injected vehicle?

2001-09-18 Thread Fischmann
"Unfortunately, all of my vehicles are fuel injected.Ê If they weren't I'd beÊ drilling out carburetor jets for ethanol. Ê As it is I'm trying to figure out how to remap their fuel injection systems to deal with ethanol. Ê I know it's more expensive than gasoline for urban dwellers like me, but I

Re: [biofuel] Re: To all in the US.

2001-09-18 Thread Pedro M.
Elabore caseramente biodiesel para su actual motor de gasoil petrol’fero La soluci—n a sus problemas energŽticos. http://sitio.de/energia http://journeytoforever.org/energiaweb/ - Original Message - From: "Alan S. Petrillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "biofuel" Sent: Tuesday, Septemb

[biofuel] Nuclear Terrorism, Nuclear Safety

2001-09-18 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=11514 AlterNet -- Nuclear Terrorism, Nuclear Safety Harvey Wasserman, AlterNet September 17, 2001 Though few are now talking about it, atomic power is high on the list of realities forever transformed by the terrorist nightmare of September 11. Despit

[biofuel] Alternative Energy

2001-09-18 Thread Pedro M.
Biofuels are secure alternative energy to nuclear. The nuclear centers are unprotected against terrorist attacks. Tuesday, september the 18th. 2001 EFE Press Agency. The old construction nuclear centers are not

Re: [biofuel] Re: Hydrogen Question

2001-09-18 Thread steve spence
I'm not sure where you heard that hydrogen would run out when fossil fuels do. Cheap hydrogen will run out when fossil fuels get expensive, as hydrogen from electrolysis is extremely expensive, comparatively speaking, due to energy conversion losses. Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy

Re: [biofuel] Hydrogen Question

2001-09-18 Thread steve spence
why not batteries? or use the grid as your battery? Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com Mirror Site http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (212) 894-3704 x3154 - voicemail/fax W

Re: [biofuel] Ethanol from cellulose

2001-09-18 Thread steve spence
http://www.webconx.com/sawdust_ethanol.htm Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com Mirror Site http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (212) 894-3704 x3154 - voicemail/fax We do not i

Re: [biofuel] Ethanol from cellulose

2001-09-18 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Todd Try the first one. From Ethanol resources on the Web: Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/ethanol_link.html Ethanol from cellulose "Wood-Ethanol Report: Technology Review", Environment Canada 1999 -- good overview of the problem and the current solutions on offer. http://w

[biofuel] Re: To all in the US.

2001-09-18 Thread Alan S. Petrillo
robert luis rabello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > > I was in Baltimore, Maryland for a conference when the tragedy struck, and > I just made it home this afternoon. (It's Sunday.) Aside from feeling > unspeakable rage at what has been done to my country, I can't help but feel > that

[biofuel] Ethanol from cellulose

2001-09-18 Thread Appal Energy
Don't suppose any rocket scientists here can point a soul to an in depth site or two on ethanol from ligno-cellulosic material and destructive distillation? Had an inquiry and an itch. Todd Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ---

[biofuel] HempCar hits 10,000 miles

2001-09-18 Thread Appal Energy
September 17, 2001 HempCar, the world's first transcontinental journey fueled by biodiesel derived solely from industrial hemp seed oil (cannabis sativa l.), reached the 10,000 mile mark in Roswell, New Mexico, this Saturday past. True to form, no sooner had HempCar passed through Roswell than

Re: [biofuel] Hydrogen Question

2001-09-18 Thread Andrew Layton
In a thermodynamic sense: yes, a net loss. However, consider that the input solar energy is essentially free. If that energy is serving no other rational purpose (i.e., not being captured as some other usable form) then, I believe, it is better to store the energy as gaseous hydrogen than not at

Re: [biofuel] Hydrogen Question

2001-09-18 Thread Andrew Layton
Hi All. I remember doing hydrolysis in 9th grade - Mr. Fallon's class, 3rd period. I don't remember the "cracking" rig, but I remember using a small amount of sulfuric acid (H2 SO4) as a catalyst. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK