Re: [Biofuel] methanol recovery from fuel stock?

2005-11-07 Thread Keith Addison
Thankyou Ken, succinctly put, as ever. Best Keith >On Nov 4, 2005, at 10:11 PM, Ken Dunn wrote: > > > > > > I'm still a bit confused. > > > > What is the trick to evaporating the methanol > > without reversing the process? > > >Very simple -- you can't boil off methanol when both >biodiesel an

Re: [Biofuel] methanol recovery from fuel stock?

2005-11-07 Thread tanuki
al Message - From: "Ken Provost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 11:45 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] methanol recovery from fuel stock? > > On Nov 4, 2005, at 10:11 PM, Ken Dunn wrote: > > > > > > I'm still a bit confused

Re: [Biofuel] methanol recovery from fuel stock?

2005-11-05 Thread Ken Provost
On Nov 4, 2005, at 10:11 PM, Ken Dunn wrote: > > > I'm still a bit confused. > > What is the trick to evaporating the methanol > without reversing the process? Very simple -- you can't boil off methanol when both biodiesel and glycerine are present without shifting the equilibrium backwards to

Re: [Biofuel] methanol recovery from fuel stock?

2005-11-05 Thread Ken Dunn
Hey Keith, I'm still a bit confused. On 11/5/05, Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most convenient would be to > reclaim it all at once right at the end of the process before > removing the by-product while it's still hot and near the boiling > point of methanol, but that throws the rea

Re: [Biofuel] methanol recovery from fuel stock?

2005-11-05 Thread Keith Addison
>I have pondering this for some time but figured I should get some >success with making fuel first. > >Since alcohol is added from time to time to storage tanks so it will >mix with the water and thus the blended alcohol water mixes with the >fuel. > >This being the said, I wondered if the wash

Re: [Biofuel] methanol recovery from fuel stock?

2005-11-05 Thread Derick Giorchino
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 7:55 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] methanol recovery from fuel stock? do youu guyss knolw hte bioling point of methanol is 149 f. and i dont know what the boilling point of diesel is but itw way below the boiling point of water a

Re: [Biofuel] methanol recovery from fuel stock?

2005-11-05 Thread Derick Giorchino
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JJJN Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 7:32 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] methanol recovery from fuel stock? Hi Derick, I too am curios about this, but isnt 275 deg F on the

Re: [Biofuel] methanol recovery from fuel stock?

2005-11-05 Thread Buck Williams
what the boilling point of diesel is but itw way below the boiling point of water at 212,, buck >From: JJJN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >Subject: Re: [Biofuel] methanol recovery from fuel stock? >Date: Fri,

Re: [Biofuel] methanol recovery from fuel stock?

2005-11-05 Thread JJJN
Hi Derick, I too am curios about this, but isnt 275 deg F on the edge of the envelope Bio? I would like to try this as well but instead use a vacume to keep the temp down. how much ethanol did you recover? That alone may make it worth while. Jim Derick Giorchino wrote: > I have pondering th

[Biofuel] methanol recovery from fuel stock?

2005-11-05 Thread Derick Giorchino
I have pondering this for some time but figured I should get some success with making fuel first. Since alcohol is added from time to time to storage tanks so it will mix with the water and thus the blended alcohol water mixes with the fuel. This being the said, I wondered if the wash co