Re: [biofuel] Drying using concentrated salt solutions

2003-06-02 Thread martin
I believe the mechanics of the process would introduce a problem with the oil coating the surface of the material you are attempting to use, disallowing the water to be absorbed. I could be wrong, but that's what I think - Original Message - From: "kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tu

RE: [biofuel] Drying using concentrated salt solutions

2003-06-02 Thread kirk
How about quicklime? (CaO) Less corrosive than Calcium chloride hydrate. Kirk -Original Message- From: Terry Lohnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 9:01 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] Drying using concentrated salt solutions Christopher

RE: [biofuel] Drying using concentrated salt solutions

2003-06-02 Thread kirk
pressure to speed the flow and a plate the water freezes to -- or a "sieve" Just ideas Kirk -Original Message- From: Terry Lohnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 9:00 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] Drying using concentrated salt solutions I

Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: U.S. must cut auto greenhouse gases, says research group

2003-06-02 Thread Hakan
Hello Keith, Easy, we are not "friends of George", we would actually suggest something that they had to do now. This would disturb the new world order and probably qualify us for a vacation on Cuba instead. LOL Hakan At 12:06 PM 6/3/2003 +0900, you wrote: >Hello Hakan > >So why don't they give

[biofuel] Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: U.S. must cut auto greenhouse gases, says research group

2003-06-02 Thread Hakan
Hello Keith, Easy, we are not "friends of George", we would actually suggest something that they had to do now. This would disturb the new world order and probably qualify us for a vacation on Cuba instead. LOL Hakan At 12:06 PM 6/3/2003 +0900, you wrote: >Hello Hakan > >So why don't they give

Re: [biofuel] Drying using concentrated salt solutions

2003-06-02 Thread Terry Lohnes
Thanks, I have some silica gel too. I'll try it. Terry - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 6:44 PM Subject: RE: [biofuel] Drying using concentrated salt solutions Hallo friends, I think silica-gell and C

Re: [biofuels-biz] Drying methods

2003-06-02 Thread Terry Lohnes
Kevin, I found a salt that may work. You know that stuff you may use to salt your driveway in the winter, or the pellets in those little closet dehumidifiers you see at the hardware store? Well, that is made primarily of calcium chloride, which has the same love for water that lithium bromide

[biofuels-biz] Re: U.S. must cut auto greenhouse gases, says research group

2003-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Hakan So why don't they give all that money to you instead? (And also me?) :-) regards Keith >Keith, > >I can promise to cut it in half to 2030, without doing anything, >it is a sure bet and I cannot understand why they spend money >suggesting this stuff. Like it or not, the fuel consum

[biofuel] Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: U.S. must cut auto greenhouse gases, says research group

2003-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Hakan So why don't they give all that money to you instead? (And also me?) :-) regards Keith >Keith, > >I can promise to cut it in half to 2030, without doing anything, >it is a sure bet and I cannot understand why they spend money >suggesting this stuff. Like it or not, the fuel consum

Re: [biofuel] Drying using concentrated salt solutions

2003-06-02 Thread Terry Lohnes
Christopher, I found a salt that may work. You know that stuff you may use to salt your driveway in the winter, or the pellets in those little closet dehumidifiers you see at the hardware store? Well, that is made primarily of calcium chloride, which has the same love for water that lith

Re: [biofuel] Drying using concentrated salt solutions

2003-06-02 Thread Terry Lohnes
I suppose, but how do you get the ice out? That and oil flows REALLY slowly at freezing temperatures, making it hard to filter. - Original Message - From: kirk To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 6:10 PM Subject: RE: [biofuel] Drying using concentrated sa

RE: [biofuel] Drying using concentrated salt solutions

2003-06-02 Thread supranto
Hallo friends, I think silica-gell and CuSO4 (cuprisulphate) can be used to dry used oil. Those silica-gell and CuSO4 are very higroscopic. Regard, Supranto > This is a shot in the dark -- but-- freezing is a less energy intensive > way of "distilling" water. Would it work for drying oil? > > Kirk

RE: [biofuel] Follow up:How much MeOH to use/Glycerol VolumeYield

2003-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Chris >It's good to hear from you, Kieth. :-) Bit erratic these days, sorry... >I use very little excess in my trials. Using the value from journey to >forever of 121.52 mL for soy and add 60% excess, we 194.43 mL. I don't >think our values differ at all. You got it right using experimenta

Re: [biofuel] Off Topic (National ID Card)

2003-06-02 Thread Appal Energy
You mean the art criminal...ehh...I mean artist? :-) - Original Message - From: "Bryan Brah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 12:05 PM Subject: [biofuel] Off Topic (National ID Card) > Does anyone see the irony in the name on this card? > > > > http://www.popsci.com

[biofuel] Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: U.S. must cut auto greenhouse gases, says research group

2003-06-02 Thread Hakan
Keith, I can promise to cut it in half to 2030, without doing anything, it is a sure bet and I cannot understand why they spend money suggesting this stuff. Like it or not, the fuel consumption year 2030 will be cut in half anyway, as a function of price and availability. The likelihood that it

Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: U.S. must cut auto greenhouse gases, says research group

2003-06-02 Thread Hakan
Keith, I can promise to cut it in half to 2030, without doing anything, it is a sure bet and I cannot understand why they spend money suggesting this stuff. Like it or not, the fuel consumption year 2030 will be cut in half anyway, as a function of price and availability. The likelihood that it

[biofuel] Re: U.S. must cut auto greenhouse gases, says research group

2003-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
Only by half?? Dream on! http://ens-news.com/ens/may2003/2003-05-29-06.asp How to Halve U.S. Transport Emissions by 2050 ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 29, 2003 (ENS) - By using a set of existing technologies and policies and building on them, it is possible to reduce U.S. carbon emissions from trans

[biofuels-biz] Re: U.S. must cut auto greenhouse gases, says research group

2003-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
Only by half?? Dream on! http://ens-news.com/ens/may2003/2003-05-29-06.asp How to Halve U.S. Transport Emissions by 2050 ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 29, 2003 (ENS) - By using a set of existing technologies and policies and building on them, it is possible to reduce U.S. carbon emissions from trans

RE: [biofuel] Drying using concentrated salt solutions

2003-06-02 Thread kirk
This is a shot in the dark -- but-- freezing is a less energy intensive way of "distilling" water. Would it work for drying oil? Kirk -Original Message- From: Christopher Tan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 8:34 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [biofuel]

Re: [biofuel] Off Topic (National ID Card)

2003-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
>Does anyone see the irony in the name on this card? > > > >http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,335428-1,00.html Heh! But that was 19 years ago... or was it? Best Keith >-BRAH Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Get A Free Psychic Readin

Re: [biofuel] more quality control ironies

2003-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Mark >Ironically enough, in Monday's training, the unknown, "poor quality" >sample is going to be this commercial fuel. Homebrewers testing >commercial fuel to see if we think it's actually safe to use, if it >would need to be reprocessed, and otherwise passing judgement on >it... is all ki

RE: [biofuels-biz] Drying methods

2003-06-02 Thread Biodiesel
I too am on the beginning edge of making biodiesel. I would be very interested in this. Have you tried it or is this a thought you've had? Assume for a moment that it works fine. The cost of biodiesel from WVO is currently around .60 to .65 cents per gallon, depending on factors. How much woul

Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: [biofuel] Bad quality at World Energy? what's that again about homebrewers???

2003-06-02 Thread Levent Yuceer
Hi Keith and Mark, I think I did not express my points clearly in my previous post (sorry for my English). I am not against home brewing at all. I cannot claim that home brewers are producing bad fuels, especially in USA.( I have never been in USA). But making a bad biodiesel is possible if someo

[biofuel] Off Topic (National ID Card)

2003-06-02 Thread Bryan Brah
Does anyone see the irony in the name on this card? http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,335428-1,00.html -BRAH [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading!

[biofuel] Data on BioDiesels!!

2003-06-02 Thread ray_b2002in
I am a student working on a research project on "BioDiesel Fuels" project at the IIT Kanpur, India. I need a little help from you. I want to know the viscosity, surface tension , solubility and density values for Monoglycerides, Diglycerides and Triglycerides at the operating temperature of our b

RE: [biofuel] Follow up:How much MeOH to use/Glycerol VolumeYield

2003-06-02 Thread Christopher Tan
It's good to hear from you, Kieth. I use very little excess in my trials. Using the value from journey to forever of 121.52 mL for soy and add 60% excess, we 194.43 mL. I don't think our values differ at all. You got it right using experimentally derived amout of excess. I just went around the

Re: [biofuel] Particulates

2003-06-02 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc
James: 50% reduction for Canola SVO, compared to PREMIUM Canadian diesel fuel. About the same as new soy biodiesel, and Canola WVO VW Jetta. "Renewable Oil Fuels and Diesel Engines as Components of Sustainable System Design" M.Sc. thesis E. Beggs (c'est moi) See: Figure 4.4, Page 128 http:

RE: [biofuel] Drying using concentrated salt solutions

2003-06-02 Thread Christopher Tan
Hello Terry, I am also new to the group. I have no idea how much those salts cost. If they will cost less than the energy needed to dry used oil, I guess that's an idea worth trying. Do you have any information regarding their disposal? or, will they just be reheated to remove the water?

Re: [biofuel] Follow up:How much MeOH to use/Glycerol VolumeYield

2003-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Chris 18-19% stoichiometric quantity for soy and corn? That's 6-7% more than other estimates, and would mean that none of us is using sufficient methanol excess - which we are doing, judging from the results and the tests we subject the product to. We wouldn't be getting near completion

Re: [biofuel] Particulates

2003-06-02 Thread Keith Addison
Hello James >I'm trying to find out if there is any definitive info on >particulate reductions >resulting from the use of 100% SVO. I've looked quite hard and so far don't >have a conclusion. The ACREVO study? http://www.nf-2000.org/secure/Fair/F484.htm >I understand that there is now diesel e

RE: Any Questions?? Was: [biofuel] War Profiteers Card Deck

2003-06-02 Thread kirk
Obviously you and I see it clearly. So why are most of the population like the "coppertops" in Matrix? It was obvious to me decades ago that you have to drop out if you wish to terminate slave status. Then I became a Christian and read "Come out of her my children". Struck a real chord with me. BT

[biofuels-biz] Drying methods

2003-06-02 Thread lohnestd
Hello, This is my first submission, and I'm just getting started in biodiesel, but have a strong industry and chemicals background. Has anyone ever used concentrated salt solutions (like Lithium Bromide or Lithium Chloride) to dry WVO or finished biodiesel? I've done quite a bit of looking w

[biofuel] Drying using concentrated salt solutions

2003-06-02 Thread lohnestd
Hello, This is my first submission, and I'm just getting started in biodiesel, but have a strong industry and chemicals background. Has anyone ever used concentrated salt solutions (like Lithium Bromide or Lithium Chloride) to dry WVO or finished biodiesel? I've done quite a bit of looking w

Re: Any Questions?? Was: [biofuel] War Profiteers Card Deck

2003-06-02 Thread csakima
Well, you've gotta remember, a slave is a valuable manufacturing piece of equipment ... similar to a wave soldering machine, robot automobile welder, or weaving loom. Doctoring costs simply represent a "repair cost" to that piece of equipment. Unless of course, the "repair" ..oops .. I mean do

[biofuel] Particulates

2003-06-02 Thread milliontc
I'm trying to find out if there is any definitive info on particulate reductions resulting from the use of 100% SVO. I've looked quite hard and so far don't have a conclusion. I understand that there is now diesel exhaust technology that removes particulates completely from petrodiesel exhaus