----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 6:55 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] soybean oil press/extractor to process soybeans for bio-diesel
> >Sam, > > <snip> > > >You will also need to contend considerably with the high volumes of glycerin > >byproduct. There are outlets for $0.08 - $0.10 a pound crude glycerin, > >making it worthwhile to store and transport in bulk. > > > >Todd Swearingen > >Appal Energy > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi Todd, Sam and all > > Someone suggested using the glycerin by-product as a binder for > making sawdust pellets, which seems like a good idea to me. Any > thoughts? > > There's really a need to find better uses for the glycerin, and this > might be a way of bringing it back into the process as an energy > source, or part-energy source. I saw a web page a little while ago of two guys who claimed to be able to extract the glycerin as a food quality product. As such it was said to be a very valuable side product. This was obviously for commercial scale production and what was involved I don't know. Malcolm ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-~> Make good on the promise you made at graduation to keep in touch. Classmates.com has over 14 million registered high school alumni--chances are you'll find your friends! http://us.click.yahoo.com/l3joGB/DMUCAA/4ihDAA/FZTVlB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
