Viscosity - was Re: [biofuels-biz] Fuel Quality Test for Small Producers

2003-11-14 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Tom Nice to hear from you again. I hope you're fully recovered now after your accident. Randall, I've been producing biodiesel for the past 6 years, until recently. I have a scientific peer reviewed paper that shows an almost complete correlation between the quality (completeness) of

Re: [biofuels-biz] Degumming WAS Re: [biofuel] diesel or hybrid? Why not Both!!]

2003-11-14 Thread Keith Addison
G'day Steven Did you get any solid results with the ethanol blend - any tests done on the motor or emissions? I presume you were using ACREVO's 9% of 95% ethanol? Good news that you've been having success with crude canola, undegummed. I hope you'll monitor it closely so that the beginnings

Re: [biofuels-biz] Fuel Quality Test for Small Producers

2003-11-14 Thread Appal Energy
Jim, 4. The test profile is there for a reason -- you do not truly have biodiesel unless it passes the test. You may have a compound which will burn, but to mis-lable it as biodiesel would be illegal. Civil liability could follow. That's a bit of a mis-correlation. I sure wouldn't want to put

Re: [biofuels-biz] Fuel Quality Test for Small Producers

2003-11-14 Thread Rajendra Sharma
Tom Request you to puit this peer reviewed paper on web . Our experience is that viscosity is not a good indicaator of quality as severl sets of compositions can give the same visocity whereas their properties will be quite different rpsharma From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:

Re: [biofuels-biz] Fuel Quality Test for Small Producers

2003-11-14 Thread Jim Miller
Todd: My comment about testing was taken from a conversation with Dr. Charles Peterson, Director of the BioFuel Lab at U of Idaho, Moscow. Dr. Peterson flatly stated that the key issue for small biofuel producers was the need to test each batch, that small producers could not, typically,

[biofuel] Questions from a newbe

2003-11-14 Thread shawn
Hello all, is it possible to run bio diesel in fuel oil furnace and water heater without any modifications to the units?what is the shelf life of the biodiesel?am looking at buying a diesel car and using this fuel as i go thru about 40 gallons of gas a week at 25 mpg. thanks in advance

[biofuel] Biodiesel 'In Person'- upcoming events in SF Bay Area

2003-11-14 Thread skillshare
Workshops! Biodiesel Events in the San Francisco Bay Area: For more information and updates, see www.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcal-biodiesel-events November 22 10 am ~ 4 pm BIODIESEL HOMEBREW HOW-To A Hands On WORKSHOP Instructor: Steve Bash At 8047 Dorian Way Fair Oaks, CA (Steve's Home)

[biofuel] (Press Release) Methanol Powered Scooter - DMFuel Cell

2003-11-14 Thread murdoch
http://www.parker.com/CorpCommJeff/Vectrix/Vectrix%20EVS-20%20release.doc Media Release: November 15, 2003 Contact:Andrew MacGowan, Chairman of the Board and President (401) 848-9993 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vectrix Unveils the Worldâs

Re: [biofuel] Diesel - electric hybrids more likely than fuel cells, to at least 2020

2003-11-14 Thread murdoch
It's perhaps good thought to err on the side of repeating some of these things. We've had some good discussion over the last few months here in this group and elsewhere as to hybrids, EVs, diesels, and the pros and cons of combinations. Over the years one of the roadblocks I've run into is that

[biofuel] Gas Tax Proposal In California

2003-11-14 Thread murdoch
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Re: [biofuel] Diesel - electric hybrids more likely than fuel cells, to at least 2020

2003-11-14 Thread Keith Addison
Hi MM It's perhaps good thought to err on the side of repeating some of these things. Definitely - my purpose was to draw attention to the previous discussion, not that it erred. Best Keith We've had some good discussion over the last few months here in this group and elsewhere as to

[biofuel] biodiesel, profit and patents

2003-11-14 Thread Handel
Hiya all, I just recently started thinking about waysthat biodiesel can help poor communities earn an income. But if I think about that, I think I should also be thinking about whether biodiesel has any patents or copyrights atttached to it. Would it be illegal to makie diesel for profit?

[biofuel] US BioEnergy Wind Hybrids

2003-11-14 Thread MH
I was doing some reading about the US gov't agricultural biofuel wind hybrid programs highlighted briefly below or in outline form if anybody's interested. RESEARCH THEMES - ARS Research in Biobased Products BioEnergy http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/themes/biopande.htm As the

[biofuel] Bridging UPSs or inverters

2003-11-14 Thread eric12856
This may be a bit off topic, but I have an inverter question: I have a couple of APC SmartUps's (computer uninterruptible power supply). I was wondering if the output of these can be linked in parallel (assuming correct polarity and initially sync'ed to grid frequency) to add additional

Re: [biofuel] Bridging UPSs or inverters

2003-11-14 Thread Martin Klingensmith
I do not believe they can be paralleled without modifying the electronics to synchronize the 60 hz inverter. Inverters designed for grid-intertie have a lot more protection built in, and automatically synchronize with the line frequency. -Martin Klingensmith This may be a bit off topic, but I

[biofuel] If you thought corporations were grabbing your tax dollars, you're right.

2003-11-14 Thread Appal Energy
REAL CYNICAL by Molly Ivins If you thought corporations were grabbing your tax dollars, you're right. http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/9385 [snip] If you think that's a loverly bunch of coconuts, wait'll you see the energy bill! Holy pig, what a staggering piece of pork this

Re: [biofuel] Bridging UPSs or inverters

2003-11-14 Thread desertstallion
Hi, I believe you need some sort of master controller to keep them in sync - otherwise, I believe, they will drift out of sync over time. Derek This may be a bit off topic, but I have an inverter question: I have a couple of APC SmartUps's (computer uninterruptible power supply). I was