I think you are on the right track. Keith, any thoughts on this? what do you do with your glyc's? I just buried the stuff, never tried composting.
>From: "Dick Carlstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> >Subject: [biofuel] glycerol >Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 02:16:01 -0300 > >1) i find that glycerol, after the excess alky evaporates, makes a passable >soap. wonder if anybody in the list has tried filtering, neutralizing, >coloring, and scenting it, for use as 'liquid soap' ? (i must try this >someday !!) > >what would be the pros and cons ? > >tickell mentions turning glycerol into glycerin soap, by adding more naoh, >etc, etc. would a liquid form of the soap be easier than tickell's >suggested 'hard soap' transformation ? > >glycerin soap is a premium soap, and i would imagine that a 'hand made' >liquid version of it would also be a premium soap of sorts. > >2) read somewhere that glycerol can be used as a soil improver. can't >remember exactly if that was as an additional nutrient, or as an additional >carbon source (ie, organic content). if so, couldn't it be mixed with an >inert medium allowing for easy application ? what would happen if glycerol >gets added to a compost pile, or to a methane biodigestor ? or mixed with >chips and used as a sort of 'super mulch' ? > >3) will glycerol disolve into another fuel/solvent, making the end product >easier and safer to use as a substitute for heating fuel ? > >4) could glycerol be used as a gasoline/alcohol/dinodiesel additive, adding >lubricity ? > >5) how innocuous is glycerol ? (neutralized and no free alky) could it be >used as an intimate lubricant ? (:-D) > >6) what about floating wick glycerol candles ? sort of like the old tallow >lamps ? > >7) is glycerol edible ? could it be mixed with starch, fermented, and >distilled into a potent brew ? or mixed into animal fodder ? glycerol >wheaties, anyone ? > >8) could glycerol be mixed with another tensioactive product, and made into >a 'new generation biodegradable detergent' ? anybody try using it in the >clotheswasher, or dishwasher (my wife would give me a full bobbit, so count >me out...), either at 100 %, or mixed with regular gunk ? > >9) will red worms 'process' glycerol, turning it into a very saleable 'worm >compost' ? (big market for this...) > >hmmmmmmmmmmmm.......................... > >(nothing beats lateral thinking, methinks !!!) > >cheers, dick. > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com 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/
