Re: [Biofuel] hydrogen and biodiesel

2006-04-27 Thread bob allen
Howdy Randall. This sounds interesting, do you have a reference? My guess would be that the hydrogen just dissolves in the oil, the result of which is a mixture with a lower viscosity and higher heat of combustion. I can't imagine a chemical reaction, unless one does metal catalyzed hydrogenat

[Biofuel] hydrogen and biodiesel

2006-04-27 Thread Randall Phelps
I was reading a research paper that indicated that loading vegetable oil with Hydrogen would have much the same effect as using an acid for transesterfication. If this is the case, would it be more cost effective to use Hydrogen? It seems steps could be eliminated or made simpler. Does anyo