Re: [Biofuel] (Biofuel) First real post, help w/ large scale production

2005-08-22 Thread Joe Street
Warning many people who are not experienced working with HV have killed themselves poking around in a microwave oven.  Also the neon transformers may be able to produce several kilovolts but the patent refers to currents of 500mA or more and voltages that range from 800V to several kV.  At an a

Re: [Biofuel] (Biofuel) First real post, help w/ large scale production

2005-08-20 Thread des
Rumen Slavov wrote: > Dear Friends, > As an electrician I wold propose to use a HV > > >>transformer for neon lighting /you can see a lot of >> >> >it > > >>over allmost any restorant entrance/ and a simple HV >>diodes to make HV into DC. The transformer supply >> >> >3000 > > >>t

[Biofuel] (Biofuel) First real post, help w/ large scale production

2005-08-20 Thread Rumen Slavov
Dear Friends, As an electrician I wold propose to use a HV >transformer for neon lighting /you can see a lot of it >over allmost any restorant entrance/ and a simple HV >diodes to make HV into DC. The transformer supply 3000 >to 5000 volts.To avoid forming an ark,the electrodes must be kept ap

Re: [Biofuel] First real post, help w/ large scale production

2005-08-18 Thread des
Joe Street wrote: Ahh ok that makes sense. I thought it must be some exotic type of caustic used in this radical new process! I still think it would be less confusing to just say 'methanol' though ;> I am thinking about how I could do a quick test to see what happens. I am guessing that the

Re: [Biofuel] First real post, help w/ large scale production

2005-08-18 Thread Joe Street
H stands for MEthane with an OH group attached. It's shorthand for methanol.   Tom From: Joe Street [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:05:40 -0300 Subject: Re: [Biofuel] First real post, help w/ large scale production

Re: [Biofuel] First real post, help w/ large scale production

2005-08-18 Thread Tom Irwin
Hi All,   For those who don't know MeOH stands for MEthane with an OH group attached. It's shorthand for methanol.   Tom From: Joe Street [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.orgSent: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:05:40 -0300Subject: Re: [Biofuel] First real post, help w/ l

Re: [Biofuel] First real post, help w/ large scale production

2005-08-18 Thread Joe Street
The following US patent offers making biodiesel by adding 15% MeOH What does this mean? There is no such compound as MeOH because there is no element with the symbol Me. Are you talking about methoxide? If so could you just say methoxide to avoid confusing people in future please. an

Re: [Biofuel] First real post, help w/ large scale production

2005-08-18 Thread Keith Addison
Clark: With those volumes I would want to build a continuous system. The following is a repeat of a recent post Aug 9 (with the additional note that the end product was said to have 2% more energy per unit than dino diesel. The cost is reduced even further by eliminating soduim hydroxide all to

Re: [Biofuel] First real post, help w/ large scale production

2005-08-18 Thread ings . group
Clark: With those volumes I would want to build a continuous system. The following is a repeat of a recent post Aug 9 (with the additional note that the end product was said to have 2% more energy per unit than dino diesel. The cost is reduced even further by eliminating soduim hydroxide all to

[Biofuel] First real post, help w/ large scale production

2005-08-17 Thread clark creamer
I hate to mail the whole list like this...but I feel like I've been lurking long enough to ask a legitimate question. I work with the public, specifically school children and their families, in a very low income segment of a very poor state. My specialty is policy, marketing, and management. I have