[biofuel] Biodiesel in aircraft

2003-08-07 Thread Darren Hill
Just ran into this Biodiesel Jet Fuels Cleaner, greener jet fuels made from formulas that contain part soybean oil could clean up the air and give added profits to the nation's 400,000 soybean growers. Related Resources ð Biomass Index Now that biodiesel fuel is being used in ground tra

[biofuel] Sustainable Fuels Report - Introduction of biofuels

2003-08-12 Thread Darren Hill
74page acrobat file Nov 02 - Extensive Swedish study by Ecotraffic http://www.vv.se/publ_blank/bokhylla/miljo/2002_144/2002_144.pdf. Report considers well to wheel for all the main alternatives for transportation fuels. Well worth a read. Darren Yahoo! Groups Spon

[biofuel] Das ist ein Hammer-Big DIs on SVO

2003-08-13 Thread Darren Hill
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.salatoelbomber. de%2F&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools Check out SVO twin tank DI trucks with big mileages. Engine strip down photos etc. Darren Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---

RE: [biofuel] UPDATE: Use of vegetable oil in a diesel engine

2003-08-28 Thread Darren Hill
Detrick, I just compiled this list for somebody else, I know you have seen Ed Beggs thesis already but here are the other sources I could think of. For SVO emission data try:- http://bengal.missouri.edu/~pavt0689/Review_Utilization_of_Rapeseed_Oil. pdf This is a good sou

RE: [biofuel] SVO emissions

2003-08-30 Thread Darren Hill
Thor and Mark The Missouri study is a nastily formatted .pdf, would be nice if someone could print it out and scan it in again. As it stands it is not possible to cut and paste text from it (which would make a summary a lot easier and allow easier access) This 1996 report is a s

[biofuel] UK and Ireland SVO progress

2003-09-02 Thread Darren Hill
Lots going on http://www.examiner.ie/pport/web/opinion/Full_Story/did-sgeLEiJmv7Axosga dLjt5C321I.asp http://www.eilishoils.com/ http://www.vegoilmotoring.com/ Can you download tonights newsnight. Excellent veg oil item, I missed the beginning. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/news

[biofuel] Biofuels on BBC newsnight and other recent UK & Ireland media attention

2003-09-02 Thread Darren Hill
Long item on BBC newsnight tonight http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/newsnight/newsnight.ram Talk of hydrogen, biodiesl, SVO, biomass, ethanol and blends. I had seen a press release some weeks ago posted on the vegoil-diesel yahoo group about the lands end to john

[biofuel] Titration alternatives?

2003-09-11 Thread Darren Hill
Found this on the German Forum at http://fmpo.de/poelforum/index.php They were discussing suitable acid no's for WVO for use in SVO systems. I guess it loses a bit with translation but and I have no experience with such matters but it looks to me as if there are some different methods of titrat

RE: [biofuel] Veg-Oil Emissions...

2003-09-13 Thread Darren Hill
Todd I have been discussing the oxygenated fuel issue with an experienced European pure plant oil (PPO) advocate. The discussion followed me questioning the statement: "The natural content of oxygen in both Biodiesel and Pure Plant Oil compensates partly or completely for the r

[biofuel] WVO and coated steel

2003-10-30 Thread Darren Hill
HCII has posted about his experiences with WVO effecting steel coatings causing waxy deposits that block the filter. He has found this with coatings on steel fuel filters and Mercedes fuel tanks.. I have read a recent report of an American having similar problems with a 1987 300D Mercedes tank.

[biofuel] UK Biofuels Taxation

2003-10-31 Thread Darren Hill
Murdoch, The tax for 'biodiesel' is set at 20 pence below that of ultra low sulphur diesel. This rate was determined to be sufficient to encourage production of 'biodiesel' from recycled fats and oils but not large enough to promote production from fresh oils. There was a desire not to

Plastic Piping and hose RE: [biofuel] biodiesel storage

2003-11-02 Thread Darren Hill
I've been looking into clear plastic suitable for use in SVO systems, where it may well contact diesel, biodiesel and both waste and fresh vegetable and animal oils and fats. Using clear pipe for spotting and locating air leaking into the fuel system is a clear (sorry) advantage. There is the po

[biofuel] Diesel / Electric Hybrid Golf

2003-11-17 Thread Darren Hill
http://kozmik.guelph.on.ca/gtdproject/ Links at bottom of page to scans of book detailing modified (mark 1?) golf. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 14/11/2003

[biofuel] Price of Rapeseed Oil

2003-11-24 Thread Darren Hill
http://www.carmen-ev.de/dt/energie/bezugsquellen/pflaoelpreise.html page that tracks the price of rapeseed oil --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 14/11/2003 -

[biofuel] Biogas in Fuel Cells

2003-11-24 Thread Darren Hill
http://www.carmen-ev.de/en/aktuelles/nawaros/nawaros2003/nawa1003.html "In February 2002, the joint research project "Biogas in Fuel Cells" was started. The object of research is the treatment of biogas for the use in fuel cells. On September 17th, 2003, the interim results were presented in the

[biofuel] Update to Online Report : Vegetable Oil as a Fuel

2004-04-17 Thread Darren Hill
I've started updating the report at my website. More text and added images http://www.vegburner.co.uk/dieselengine.html I'm hoping to soon update other pages of the report. Darren Yahoo! Groups Sponsor -~--> Buy Ink Cart

[biofuel] NOx, injection timing and injection/combustion sensors

2004-04-18 Thread Darren Hill
I understand that the increase in NOx when burning biodiesel/SVO is thought to be largely due to the compressibility of the fuel and an effective advancement of the timing as the fatty fuels will not compress as much as diesel fuel. I have for sometime wondered if the injector m

RE: [biofuel] FW: Co-opet conference on energy issues in transport, Brussels, 25-26 May 2004

2004-04-27 Thread Darren Hill
Klaus Elsbett is speaking on the use of pure plant oils in vehicles at the Sunday workshop (he shares an hour and a quarter slot with two others) Price 121 Euros for the Sunday workshop. Saturdays free. Best Darren > -Original Message- > From: Pelkmans Luc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >

RE: [biofuel] Re: 78 mercedes 300d

2004-05-04 Thread Darren Hill
igher pressures? I've not heard of this before and I have done a fair amount of research into such things. Best Darren Hill www.vegburner.co.uk > -Original Message- > From: Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 April 2004 23:24 > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com

RE: [biofuel] Re: 78 mercedes 300d

2004-05-05 Thread Darren Hill
igher pressures? I've not heard of this before and I have done a fair amount of research into such things. Best Darren Hill www.vegburner.co.uk > -Original Message- > From: Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 April 2004 23:24 > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com

RE: [biofuel] Bio-D as a chainsaw bar&chain lube?

2004-06-15 Thread Darren Hill
Sorry for the delayed reply, just started catching up with a few weeks worth of posts. I think it was the Weinstephan University in Germany (those of rape oil fuel quality standard fame) who did testing of cold pressed rapeseed oil for chainsaw oil. There is/was a .pdf file of the report somewhe

RE: [biofuel] Risks of running WVO?

2004-06-26 Thread Darren Hill
A while back (24/5/2004) Keith Wrote:- > There's been some discussion of it before, here and elsewhere, which I > guess could be summed up as scepticism. Eg.: > > >>Sounds almost to good > > > >Um, yes. It was discussed recently at the veg-oil diesel list, with > >general scepticism. Paddy

RE: [biofuel] Re: SVO/biodiesel blend /WVO the best way

2004-06-28 Thread Darren Hill
I've got some information about fuel blends in the report at www.vegburner.co.uk/blends.htm Darren Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.ya

RE: [biofuel] Re: SVO/biodiesel blend /WVO the best way

2004-06-28 Thread Darren Hill
I have got some information about blends in the report at www.vegburner.co.uk/blends.htm Darren Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yah

[Biofuel] Examination of Pure Plant Oil as a Transportation Biofuel – Experiences and Potentials

2005-04-06 Thread Darren Hill
I put this document together for a Department of Transport consultation. I think it would be of interest. Available online at http://www.vegburner.co.uk/examppo.htm Best Darren --- Examination of Pure Plant Oil as a Transportation Biofuel – Experiences and Potentials Pure pl

[biofuel] The future of biofuels in the UK and the part of SVO

2004-07-13 Thread Darren Hill
Sorry if this is a repeat post. As far as I can tell, the last two times I posted it didn't get out. Darren > -Original Message- > From: Darren Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 July 2004 01:30 > Subject: The future of biofuels in the UK and the part of SVO

[Biofuel] Phosphor in Vegetable Oil Fuels (SVO and Biodiesel) - Long

2004-10-03 Thread Darren Hill
This all started when my interest was sparked by Niels Anso posting a thoughtful response to the Ricardo Study of SVO emissions. In his response he mentioned the effects that phosphor in the fuel could have on combustion. This was the first time I had seen this discussed and I had since

RE: [Biofuel] Alternative Cities Footprint

2004-11-26 Thread Darren Hill
I > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of MH > Sent: 20 November 2004 16:59 > Subject: [Biofuel] Alternative Cities Footprint SNIP > A British environmental group BioRegional is being credited > for laying the foundations for this novel

RE: [biofuel] Petrol/WVO blend

2003-12-31 Thread Darren Hill
James I have not got any personal experience but there has been a fair amount of discussion at both the Infopop and the Goat Industries forums - linked from http://www.vegburner.co.uk/links.html - do a search at the forums. From what I've read it appears less petrol is required compared to

RE: [biofuel] Semi tractors & bio or SVO

2004-03-12 Thread Darren Hill
Brett, I visited a WVO company in Switzerland during January. They had converted a number of vehicles for local haulage companies. The Swiss Scania main dealer was supportive of their work as they had converted a number of Scanias using twin tank systems. In total they had converted 25

RE: [biofuels-biz] Emissions of micro emulsions of vegetable oil

2003-08-07 Thread Darren Hill
Steven, Good to hear you are having good experiences with this. My main concern would be with material compatibility with the ethanol and fuel system components. Are you aware of the problems encountered early this year with the VP44 Bosch Injector Pumps? Do you find this blend

[biofuels-biz] Sustainable Fuels Report - Introduction of biofuels

2003-08-12 Thread Darren Hill
74page acrobat file Nov 02 - Extensive Swedish study by Ecotraffic http://www.vv.se/publ_blank/bokhylla/miljo/2002_144/2002_144.pdf. Report considers well to wheel for all the main alternatives for transportation fuels. Well worth a read. Darren Yahoo! Groups Spon

[biofuels-biz] Das ist ein Hammer-Big DIs on SVO

2003-08-13 Thread Darren Hill
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.salatoelbomber. de%2F&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools Check out SVO twin tank DI trucks with big mileages. Engine strip down photos etc. Darren Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---

[biofuels-biz] Biofuels on BBC newsnight and other recent UK & Ireland media attention

2003-09-02 Thread Darren Hill
Long item on BBC newsnight tonight http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/newsnight/newsnight.ram Talk of hydrogen, biodiesl, SVO, biomass, ethanol and blends. I had seen a press release some weeks ago posted on the vegoil-diesel yahoo group about the lands end to john

[biofuels-biz] Titration alternatives?

2003-09-11 Thread Darren Hill
Found this on the German Forum at http://fmpo.de/poelforum/index.php They were discussing suitable acid no's for WVO for use in SVO systems. I guess it loses a bit with translation but and I have no experience with such matters but it looks to me as if there are some different methods of titrat

[biofuels-biz] WVO and coated steel

2003-10-30 Thread Darren Hill
HCII has posted about his experiences with WVO effecting steel coatings causing waxy deposits that block the filter. He has found this with coatings on steel fuel filters and Mercedes fuel tanks.. I have read a recent report of an American having similar problems with a 1987 300D Mercedes tank.

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

2003-11-09 Thread Darren Hill
Keith, You wrote:- > Some studies have found that, others not. Some users have found that > too, others not. It also depends on the oil being used, some > polymerize much more easily than others. (Biodiesel made from those > oils will also polymerise, but not as quickly.) It's something

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

2003-11-11 Thread Darren Hill
Kieth > >I have recently read a paper > > > >PURIFICATION OF COLD PRESSED RAPESEED OIL TO USE AS A FUEL > >FOR ADAPTED DIESEL ENGINES > >E. Remmele 1 , B. Widmann 2 > >12th European Conference on Biomass for Energy, Industry and Climate > >Protection, 17-21 June 2002, Amsterdam, The Netherlands >

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

2003-11-13 Thread Darren Hill
Steven, Nice to hear some first hand experiences. What ratio was your ethanol/SVO emulsion and what engine is in your Ute? What would be the tax implications for you if you added a cetane improver such as 2-ethyl hexyl nitrate, a suitable fat based nitrate or a suitable peroxide - ditertiary bu

[biofuels-biz] Price of Rapeseed Oil

2003-11-24 Thread Darren Hill
http://www.carmen-ev.de/dt/energie/bezugsquellen/pflaoelpreise.html page that tracks the price of rapeseed oil --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 14/11/2003 -

[biofuels-biz] Biogas in Fuel Cells

2003-11-24 Thread Darren Hill
http://www.carmen-ev.de/en/aktuelles/nawaros/nawaros2003/nawa1003.html "In February 2002, the joint research project "Biogas in Fuel Cells" was started. The object of research is the treatment of biogas for the use in fuel cells. On September 17th, 2003, the interim results were presented in the

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

2003-11-24 Thread Darren Hill
> >I'll > >try and find more details about the refining processes used in the > >German mills. > and so I did nothing, but stumbled upon this... http://www.pflanzenoel-motor.de/Flottenv.pdf Google translated excerpts "the fleet attempt with 60 Mer cedes Benz car showed that the pre-chamber