Re: [Biofuel] biodiesel polymerization

2006-05-26 Thread harlan hamlow
co2 and water --- Joe Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any hazardous combustion byproducts? > > harlan hamlow wrote: > > > Hydroquinone has long been used as a > polymerization > > inhibitor in chemicals containing "unsaturation". > An >

[Biofuel] biodiesel polymerization

2006-05-26 Thread harlan hamlow
Hydroquinone has long been used as a polymerization inhibitor in chemicals containing "unsaturation". An example is vinyl acetate where 10 ppm seems to prevent it. Has anyone tried it in biodiesel? Its fairly cheap and used mainly in photography. __

Re: [Biofuel] de-polymerizing cellulose not practical at this point

2005-08-14 Thread harlan hamlow
Hi Brian, Why not use the cellulose and convert it to methane using anerobic fermentation. The residue is fertilizer and the products are CO2 and methane gas. One glucose molecule gives you 3 parts methane and 3 parts(molecules) CO2. Burn the methane directly in the generator. Separating the methan