any questions you have about biodiesel should be answered by http://www.webconx.com/
if not, just ask me, i'll be happy to answer. -- Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com Palm Pilot Pages - http://www.webconx.com/palm X10 Home Automation - http://www.webconx.com/x10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (212) 894-3704 x3154 - voicemail/fax We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. -- ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@egroups.com> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 3:13 PM Subject: [biofuel] Interesting site...biodiesel must be a good investment! > I've put both stoves, the Backpack stove and the > > Hobo stove, on our website, linked from here: > > http://journeytoforever.org/edu.html#stove > > This is neat, I never knew this could be done. Has anyone seen the > VW bus on Ripley's Believe it or not? Said the guys used veggie oil > to power it. It showed how they did extensive modifications to the > stock gasoline engine, but I am guessing this was to convert it to > diesel cycle to run the veggie oil as biodiesel. Also showed them > scurryin' round to get the oil, and how they converted it, but the > conversion explanation was too brief to understand. > > I am actually going to try this...following the intructions exact. > What happens if the solution of sodium methoxide is not stirred? > > On with the O3 stuff. It remains fact that humans cannot breathe > much ozone or their lungs will turn into jelly, from the oxidation. > The same could be true when talking about diesel fuel. Even if it > oxidizes it on contact with out heat, it is still valid because the > diesel is injected after top dead center, so the diesel cycle is > enhanced! Since O3 takes up less space (speaking of volumetric air > intake) than O2, more air can be used thus reducing diesel > consumption. Less soot too. > > However I do not know what we should do about the sulphur in the > petrodiesel fuels. > > It's easy to build an O3 converter...use two or more automotive coils > connected to a signal generator through an amplifier. Input voltage > into the coils is 12VAC, and output is around 100 000 VAC, converted > to full wave DC with a bridge rectifier. This intense voltage and > fequency is fed into a nichrome mesh grid in the intake plenum. > Layers can be used for a more effective ionization of the air. The > layers would alternate, one positive from the coils and the next > negative grounded to the car, pos., neg., and so on. Spacing, > ideally, would be half the maximum length of the arc..eg, if the arc > is 1" max, then space mesh layers 1/2" apart. Logical stuff. > > Putting one of these same setups in the exhaust would capacitate a > near zero-emission diesel engine, as the plasme would eliminate > hydrocarbons and soot with air injection on the side. > > Any feedback on this? Please do speak... > > JI > > > > Did you have a look at the Kelly Kettle, by the way? > > http://www.y2k-millennium-supplies.co.uk/wood_burn/index.html > > > > >Yes it was his Stove. Man is his drawing hard to follow. I did > learn > > >something from his drawing though.. He preheats the intake air. > Air goes > > >down between two hot cans(at least one really hot can) where it is > > >preheated. This way it is already hot when it hits the wood. Made > a big > > >difference for me. Now if I can just get that gas air mixture > thing right.. > > >Seems like it needs more air then I can get to it.. > > > > > > > > >---Bryan > > > > I also liked his two hot cans scheme - that bit at least is clear! > > Haven't tried it yet though. > > > > Tom Reed says this: "Natural convection is a great free blessing - > > but doesn't cut it in cooking. If you want to burn efficiently, > burn > > intensely for more rapid heating (and thus fuel saving), burn > > cleanly, you need forced convection." His Turbo stove has a powered > > fan. "You should see the little blue jets that a pressure of 0.1 > inch > > water column generates!" > > > > Keith Addison > > Journey to Forever > > Handmade Projects > > Tokyo > > http://journeytoforever.org/ > > > > > > > > > > Backpack stove > > > > > > > > Here's how to make a camping stove for your backpack that > weighs just > > > > about nothing and takes up hardly any space. > > > > > > > > These little stoves are great -- they're fun to make and it only > > > > takes a few minutes. Not just a toy -- they really work! They > put out > > > > a hot ring of blue flame like a gas stove and hold enough fuel > for > > > > about 15 minutes -- so if you're cooking something that takes > longer > > > > than that, better make two so you can alternate them to keep up > the > > > > heat. > > > > > > > > All you need is a couple of aluminium soft-drink cans, some > perlite, > > > > a wire coat-hanger and a bottle of denatured alcohol (spirits, > > > > usually dyed purple). > > > > > > > > Inventor: "Unknown". Construction directions by LaMar Kirby: > > > > http://www.uvol.com/scouts/stove/stove.htm > > > > > > > > See also: > > > > The Hobo Stove > > > > http://forums.cosmoaccess.net/forum/survival/prep/hobostv.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > >To unsubscribe, send an email to: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> Get FREE long-distance phone calls on Tellme! 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