Re: [biofuel] De-saturation of Animal Fats for better cold starting

2003-09-06 Thread mark schofield
Bob Can it be achieved though and by which route? Mark Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk Yahoo! Groups Sponsor

Re: [biofuel] De-saturation of Animal Fats for better cold starting

2003-09-05 Thread Bob Allen
Chemically speaking, it would be much more difficult than the reverse reaction, hydrogenation, which is exothermic. mark schofield wrote: > Robin, Todd, Keith and All > > Has any one thought of de-saturating animal fats > to keep them liquid at room temp? The energy > content will be less with

[biofuel] De-saturation of Animal Fats for better cold starting

2003-09-05 Thread mark schofield
Robin, Todd, Keith and All Has any one thought of de-saturating animal fats to keep them liquid at room temp? The energy content will be less with the evolution of double bonds but cold starting properties would be much better. Regards Mark _