Re: [biofuel] Colour of latest batch

2004-08-07 Thread eldenrice
I often have fuel that takes four or five washes. Water content seems low, but I have upped the methanol to almost 25 percent to assure complete reaction. Also, is it 3.1 or 3.5 grams per liter? How much can mono and diglycerides hurt the engine? Surely WVO must contain some fractured

Re: [biofuel] fire safety and biodiesel regulations

2004-08-06 Thread eldenrice
Hi Mark, The city and fire department came out to find out what was going on at my house and I got a cease and desist order from the city. Upon pointed questioning, they could not give me any specific violation other than my residence was not zoned for making biofuels I asked them if it was

[biofuel] Extending storage life of biodiesel

2004-07-24 Thread eldenrice
Anyone had any experience using some inert gas such as nitrogen to prevent oxidation of stored biodiesel? Perhaps some sort of oxygen absorber? If there isn't any oxygen in contact with the biodiesel perhaps it would increase storage life.How might this affect algae growth? Lurch

Re: [biofuel] Lube oil tests - was Re: New to the group

2004-07-19 Thread eldenrice
Hello everyone, I use the single stage process from WVO that I collect from local restaurants.. Currently I use neat biodiesel in three vehicles, a 2001 Excursion (powerstroke engine) and a VW pickup with a 1997 Jetta engine which is a new, not remanufactured 1.9 liter with about 3000 miles

[biofuel] New to the group

2004-07-17 Thread eldenrice
Hello, I recently joined the group. I have been making biodiesel for about one year, have some formal training in chemistry and some automotive mechanical experience as a shadetree mechanic. Currently I am running a little experiment using bypass filtration and synthetic oil (using