Thank you that helps. If I use 95% Ethanol can I get useable fuel, but in a reduced amount or does it not make anything useable?
I would still use Ethanol even if it results in lower yeilds providing that I can get potassium hydroxide.. Thanks, Daniel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 8:28 PM Subject: [biofuel] Re: BioDesel question! HELP > >I'm really not the right person to answer this, because I have > >neither made nor run a car on biodiesel, so someone PLEASE correct me > >if I misspeak. I'll take this as an oportunity to see if I have my > >facts straight. > > > > >From my readings on this list and elsewhere: > > > >1)clogging of fuel injectors may be a problem when running straight > >veggie oil, but is solved by starting your engine on diesel > > or biodiesel. > > >and > >switching over and then switching back before shutting it off. There > >is also lots of mention of biodiesel being a better solvent than > >petroleum based diesel and loosening up deposits in your tank and > >fuel system when you first convert over. This seems to be solved by > >using a cheap extra inline fuel filter for awhile when you first > >switch to biodiesel to catch all the garbage. > > > >2) There are people out there who have been running the stuff for > >years if not decades. Common perception seems to be that the higher > >lubricity and general "cleanness" of biodiesel results in LESS engine > >wear than with petroleum diesel. > > Especially compared with low-sulphur petroleum diesel. > > >3)Water I think is a problem because it makes soap in the reaction, > >rather than diesel and glycerol. People talk about throwing out their > >batch of "jelly" that didn't work. The poeple who know say this is > >avoidable by being religious about no water. > > That's right, get rid of the water content first. Instructions here: > http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_mike.html > Biodiesel recipe from Mike Pelly > > >4) With Ethanol you need a different hydroxide (sodium instead of > >potassium? or the other way around?) You also have water problems > >with homemade hooch since it's 95% at best. > > Biodiesel is usually made with methanol - methyl esters. The methanol > must be 99%+ pure. It would be nice to make it with ethanol - ethyl > esters - because, unlike methanol, ethanol isn't toxic and you can > easily make it yourself. But ethyl esters, like methyl esters, > requires anhydrous alcohol - 99%+ pure ethanol, which cannot be > achieved with a still. There are ways of drying it but we haven't > found a good one for small-scale use yet. Ethyl esters biodiesel is > made with potassium hydroxide (KOH) as a catalyst, not sodium > hydroxide (NaOH). There is a method for ethyl esters biodiesel here - > see "Optimization of a Batch Type Ethyl Ester Process": > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library.html > > >5 > > Different - see above. > > >&6) ?????? > > > >Hope that helped, and agian, hope someone corrects me if I misspoke. > > > >-Andrew > > > >--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Daniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Please, can anyone answer this!?! > > > > > > I have heard many bad and good reports. > > > > > > 1) Does it clog fule injectors? > > > 2) Is it ok to run over a long period of time? > > > 3) So what if there is some water; that means less produced fuel > >but useable > > > fule, right? > > > 4) Can I, or can I not use lye and grain alcohol? You know the home > > > home-made from sugar and yeast stuff.. > > > 5) If you can use home brew alcohol, what is the process if > >different? > > > 6) Can biofuels be distilled? > > Fuel-grade ethanol can be distilled. > > > > Thanks, > > > Dan > > You'll find a lot of useful information here: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > and here: > http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm > > Best wishes > > Keith Addison > Journey to Forever > Handmade Projects > Tokyo > http://journeytoforever.org/ > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-~> eGroups is now Yahoo! Groups Click here for more details http://click.egroups.com/1/11231/0/_/837408/_/982337307/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
