Dennis Bundy wrote: > Hi I'm new to this forum. I've become very interested in biodiesel >processing as I have a excellent way to filter used oils to less >than 1 micron at very high volumes (180 gallons per minute). My >system is a vacuum diatomaceous earth filter system >which is referred to as a diafilter system. My company builds water >reclamation systems to recycle industrial waste water for many >industries. We are planning to build a 500 gallon per day biodiesel >system in the near future. We use air sparging stones to distribute >and transfer ozone and oxygen into water. I liked that idea of >biodiesel washing. There are other methods that can be employed as >well that may accelerate the washing process. We plan to experiment >and will advise as to our progress. Thanks
Hello Dennis, using a DE filter for WVO sure makes sense to me. I used them for water filtration in the past when I was involved in aquaculture systems. They do an excellent job. Recently I have also been thinking of using a DE filter for filtering WVO, except that in my case the filter would be mounted on a diesel pickup which shall be modified to run on straight WVO. A DE filter might be a better alternative to some of the other filter types available, but I need to be certain that no DE powder escapes into the fuel system. In the aquaculture systems this did not much matter, but hard, sharp bits of silicon going through the diesel injectors and cylinders sounds like trouble for sure. Could you provide any pointers per the complete elimination of DE from the filter outflow in a mobile setup? -- ...Warren Rekow 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/
