Re: [Biofuel] What's Wrong With This Picture

2007-12-11 Thread tanuki
Hello all! Has anyone checked them out and find out what's in that secret formulation they've got and what it really does to the waste vegie oil? I'm just curious. best regards, Ken Hallo, Check out this website if you want to see how well some folks talk out both sides of their mouths.

Re: [Biofuel] What's Wrong With This Picture

2007-12-11 Thread tanuki
Hello all! Yup! Chris is right. When I read Gustl's reply and read gasoline, I just about laughed my head off. I grew up in a motor shop with my grandfather fixing all kinds of engines, and yes, we mixed gasoline with vegie oil for quickie fixes when we run out of diesel at the shop. Quickie

Re: [Biofuel] Crude fatty acid distillate

2007-01-26 Thread tanuki
Jan / James, You've been good help!! I'm going to do some tests this coming week. Thanks so much!! Any other inputs are still welcome!! best regards, Ken - Original Message - From: JAMES PHELPS [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:53

Re: [Biofuel] Crude fatty acid distillate

2007-01-24 Thread tanuki
Thanks again Jan. Its 71.8% FFA. But doing acid esterification twice? Do you finish with a base transesterification after the two acid esterification? Please pardon my ignorance. Can you expound a bit. First time to hear about acid esterification twice. Appreciate very much your help on the

Re: [Biofuel] Crude fatty acid distillate

2007-01-23 Thread tanuki
Thanks Jan, So you are saying that Aleks Kac's two stage process is the way to go on this one? Start with the acid-based stage and finish with the base-based stage. That's doing it twice right? Am doing small batches on the single stage base process (about 100 liters veg. oil). Will blending

Re: [Biofuel] Crude fatty acid distillate

2007-01-22 Thread tanuki
Hi everyone, I sent this out a few days ago. I was told by someone in the oil mill that crude fatty acid distillate is just a fancy name for their seconds or reject oils, which soap factories take from them and make into soap. Anyone has any experience with this kind of stock being made into

[Biofuel] Crude fatty acid distillate

2007-01-17 Thread tanuki
Hi everyone, An oil mill has just told me that they have excess of crude fatty acid distillate which they can give me with the following specifications : Free Fatty Acid (As Lauric) - 71.8% Iodine Value mg I/g - 10 Total Fatty Matter- 96% Moisture Impurities

Re: [Biofuel] biodiesel in the Philippines

2006-09-03 Thread tanuki
Hi Steve, I'm here in the Philippines and have been looking into biodiesel for some time. BTW, there are a couple of large commercial groups already producing biodiesel here. You can reply to my email or through posts here. I check everyday. best regards, Ken - Original Message

Re: [Biofuel] test please

2006-08-10 Thread tanuki
got through ken - Original Message - From: root [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 7:10 AM Subject: [Biofuel] test please please reply if this gets through, i changed email clients, and now i keep getting rejected emails from [EMAIL

Re: [Biofuel] fraudulent emails claiming to be from Keith

2005-12-18 Thread tanuki
I protest too!!! Hey Keith!! Where's my video? You promised Paris Hilton and Mike Tyson!!! Isn't the internet a fun place to be? I've promised to passed on the clips for beer money myself!! .. .. .. But, seriously, people on the list ought to know what is and what is not. - Original

Re: [Biofuel] Local to Global

2005-12-06 Thread tanuki
I agree with being local. That is the way to change things. One little block at a time. Of course, how big your local is, is dependent on how extensive your resources are. Here in the Philippines, I am up against two or three big giants trying to push biofuels in a big way but unfortunately,

Re: [Biofuel] Test Batches

2005-10-17 Thread tanuki
test batch yesterday. It that a reflection or something? best regards, Ken Uy (tanuki) - Original Message - From: Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 3:09 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Test Batches I have made a few test batches

[Biofuel] first test batches

2005-10-17 Thread tanuki
What is that phenomenon? best regards, Ken Uy (tanuki) ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html S

Re: [Biofuel] E10 experience here in Manila

2005-10-07 Thread tanuki
Hi Louie / Ramon, Well, I also do have something in the works. But it will be along the lines of commercial production. If you can direct me to that PCA manager in Zambo who wants to do something commercially, I may be able to help. However, I have a different concept than what the two

[Biofuel] biodiesel in the Philippines

2005-09-23 Thread tanuki
in a few weeks some experiments, will keep it posted here. Hi Tanuki, You may want to partner with Seaoil Philippines. They are a minor oil player here. I don't think there's someone who's doing homebrewing let me just put it this way.. I feel that majority of the biodiesel users here

[Biofuel] biodiesel in the Philippines

2005-09-20 Thread tanuki
I would like to link up with people in the Philippines who are interested in the small scale biodiesel production. Had previously posted here because I noted a spot of Filipinos responding here. Anyone doing homebrewing in the Philippines? ___

[Biofuel] biodiesel in the Philippines

2005-09-19 Thread tanuki
I noted a Franklin del Rosario cited in our web pages. How can we get in touch with him? I have been looking for someone to link up with here in the Philippines to look into doing bio-diesel. The Philippines is a strange situation. The government wants BIG biodiesel plants and is discouraging