Re: [Biofuel] Burning glycerol for heat / Acrolein

Thanks Keith, Well I have a few thoughts on the burning... I WAS hoping I could burn it in a Turk style (perhaps scaled up) burner, to heat water for various process uses..but I am concerned with the emissions... Another idea is to offload it to someone already in the pollution business (jus

Re: [Biofuel] Burning glycerol for heat / Acrolein

ok so this thread has drifted quite far from my original inquiry. I was looking for specific, or even close estimates, of the acrolein emissions from glycerol burning in an open flame boiler/burner unit..not for its use as a motor fuel, or its combination with nitrogen. -Rob At 01:58 PM 7/

[Biofuel] Burning glycerol for heat / Acrolein

Hello all, I am considering the use of my glycerol coproduct as a burner fuel for process heat generation (indirect via boiler). My glycerol generated while running 20% methanol is of very low viscosity (mostly likely due to the excess methanol), and seems quite usable. This may be more advant

Re: [Biofuel] Glycerine as fuel

Any concerns to possible toxic emissions...as with the concern of some SVOers? I have heard that some nasty toxins are produced by the burning of crude glycerin..although I have no data on it. Perhaps it is temperature (of combustion) related..and hence not an issue with a gasifier? At 10:13

Re: [Biofuel] Dewatering WVO with vacuum and heat

I built up a vac/boiler from a 40 gallon water heater. http://www.zerotec.com/vegenergy/dewater/ Added the option to introduce dry air (nitrogen is what I happen to have a few tanks of) via the dip tube, to help agitate. Right now it runs down to around 23.5" vac, and you can hear the boilin

Re: [Biofuel] Dewatering WVO with vacuum and heat

The 40 gallon electric water heater held 26" of vacuum all afternoon. Will post details of actual dewatering soon. -Rob ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeyt

[Biofuel] Dewatering WVO with vacuum and heat

considering a combined heat/vacuum system. I have been wondering if a standard electric water heater vessel can handle a vacuum of ~24" of mercury vacuum...anyone tried this yet? The boiling point of water is around 140degF at ~24" of mercury... In this way...: 1. Fill water heater with filt

Re: [Biofuel] Biodiesel/SVO filtration

Biodiesel filtration unit. It does have applications for both. The unit has an internal electric heater that is thermostatically set to operate up to 110degF, in addition to in internal coolant loop. I have one of these units on my converted 1994 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins and am very pleased with

Re: [Biofuel] Re: Drying WVO - Is there a simple way?

I have found that gravity will take most of the free water out in time. Warming the oil to about 140degF speeds up the process. The use of a centrifuge speeds it up even further (but can be costly unless you stumble into a good deal on one). I know some folks are using some vacuum setups to

[Biofuel] Locally grown food greener than organic

<http://grist.org/cgi-bin/forward.pl?forward_id=4459> YOU SAY TOMATO, I SAY HIDDEN COSTS OF TRANSPORT Locally grown food greener than organic, British study says Though organic farming is relatively easy on the environment, buying locally gr

Re: [Biofuel] "End of Suburbia"

I wasn't talking about the film, and this below was a quote from a previous message: My bad..sorry for the bit of confusion on my part. As you say, more sensible behaviour will simply become unavoidable. Perhaps above all else, humans as a species are good at adapting, and adapt we wil

Re: [Biofuel] "End of Suburbia"

The film is not predicting "die-off", it is predicting/describing a probable coming change. Are they starving? No. This has been going on for quite a while now, but nobody seems to have noticed. Or very few anyway. So much for "die-off" at the end of Big Oil. As I assume (yikes! ..pardo

RE: [Biofuel] "End of Suburbia"

- De: Ken Provost [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: Jueves 24 de Febrero de 2005 1:01 PM Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: [Biofuel] "End of Suburbia" on 2/24/05 8:18 AM, R Del Bueno at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There is a great film out now called "The

Re: [Biofuel] "End of Suburbia"

(not solution) is that a possible trouble with moving further out is that unless you can provide all of your own goods/services (which most can not), the increased distance will require MORE not less transportation (and hence more energy). High density living facilitates a reduction/concentrat

[Biofuel] Was: Kyoto- nothing but... "End of Suburbia"

and the collapse of the American Dream" http://www.endofsuburbia.com/ Matthew Simmons is featured in the film quite a bit. Everyone should see this film. There is a good article at http://www.simmonsco-intl.com click on "Our research" then on "Speeches" then on "The Status of Future Ener

[Biofuel] Magnesol XL ?

http://www.rti-inc.com/magnesol.htm I noticed they now run an ad in "Biodiesel Magazine" February 2005, Page 44 "Reduce or eliminate water wash Eliminate Emulsions ..etc" I am actually more curious of its application for cleaning WVO for direct WVO usage. -Rob ___

Re: [Biofuel] Corporate biofuel is a reality

down with most independent (non corporate franchise) restaurant owners and convince them why partnering with a local biofuel co-op is better for all. Get yourself (or your co-op, or your small biofuel company) set up as a legal hauler, and take the time to establish legal collection accounts.

[Biofuel] micro-scale -was: World Energy and Dow Chemical

Lets hope that they are too blinded by their outlook on petroleum long enough for the co-ops and local interests to take hold. I think "micro-scale" will always be workable, and possibly have economic advantages. In the US, there are some regulatory expenses that currently hinder small sc

[Biofuel] World Energy and Dow Chemical Sign Biodiesel Production Agreement

(It is my understanding, but I may be mistaken, that World Energy, who evidently controls around 75% of the US biodiesel market, is owned by Gulf Oil) World Energy and Dow Chemical Sign Biodiesel Production Agreement World Energy and Dow Haltermann Custom Processing (DHCP) have joined into a

[Biofuel] 86 Ford Ranger TD - was B100 TDI cold start

had to purchase anything for it other than fuel filters, oil filters, air filters, etc. I am not aware of the availability of the components you mentioned. So far so good. My only reservation is the weight capacity of the Ranger itself...I think I may sell it soon in order to upgrade to a full

[Biofuel] B100 TDI cold start in a pinch exhaust tip

drop to around 24 degF, which caught a few B100 folks by surprise this morning. A friend of mine who had 1/2 a tank of b100 in his 2005 Jetta TDI wagon hopped in his car, drove about a block, and stalled out. No way that solid block of fuel was moving. So... I met him with 5 gallons of petrod

[Biofuel] polyacrylamide / superabsorbers

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[Biofuel] Acusorb Beads simply polyacrylamide?

gardening and AG markets? http://www.watersorb.com Polyacrylamide is sold under many different names: Terra-Sorb ¨ , Hydrosource ¨, Hydro-mulch, water crystals, PAM, copolymer, Moist Soil¨, Aquasorb ¨, Agrosoke¨, Smart Soil ¨, Aquacrystalsú, Bioplexú, Agro-diamonds ¨, At 09:49 PM 1/1

[Biofuel] was Acusorb Beads...Paper elements

mention that paper fuel filters should not be used for methyl esters. Can anyone verify this? To my knowledge..most folks out there have a final fuel filter made with paper elements (the metal can spin on units). People running biodiesel (unmodified, non WVO/SVO) seem to usually use standard d

Re: [Biofuel] Ford Synus Diesel Urban concept car shows at Detroit

At 06:15 PM 1/8/2005, you wrote: http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/01/fordrsquos_syns.html Synus? I guess the reduced PM of B20, etc. will be good for the sinuses! --- "Biomass diesel"? The use of that term is in itself interesting. Let alone the little armored car thing. Shows they're

Re: [Biofuel] Estimating WVO Volume

It is a tradable commodity primarily used by the rendering and feed industry. The value of this "waste" is demonstrated by its trading value currently around 16.5 cents per pound ..translating into over $1.20/gallon (granted this is with a certain amount of pre-treatment). The price will proba

Re: [Biofuel] student seeking info on conducting Feasability Studies...part of Thesis

feasibility study for GA not to long ago. A .pdf of the report can be found at: http://www.agecon.uga.edu/~caed/biodieselrpt.pdf -Rob At 06:33 PM 1/7/2005, you wrote: Dave, With a little bit of research on the Journey To Forever website you will find most of your answers. I am sure you w

Re: [Biofuel] New Car

Over the past 2 years I have seen the quality of this fuel vary greatly. The vehicles that seemed most prone to having issues with the variable fuel quality where the 2004/2005 VWs. In 2004 evidently VW started using a high pressure common-rail direct injection fuel system, which provides a bit