Hi David C, Went to town this afternoon and dug out the books on Glyceryn. Couldnt find one of the ones I wanted but found the other which is excellent and I would recommend, Dug out 4 books, 2 on Glycerine, and 2 on Fatty acids or Fatty Alcohols, which are related topics, especially when it comes to Biod. Titles: 1) The Manufacture of Soaps, Other Detergents and Glycerine by Edgar Woolatt. (formerly Development Manager of Lever Brothers). Published by Ellis Horwood Ltd, and Halstead Press, div of John Wiley and Sons 1985, ISBN 0-85312-567-8 (EHL) and ISBN 0-470-20234-3. An excellent and thoroughly authoritive text. 2)Glycerine by S.W. Koppe Translated from the German. Published by Scott, Greenwood & Son, London 1915 A really old book I normally would not have bothered with but has some interesting chapters titled: Compounds and decomposition products of Glycerine, The production of Glycerine, The Production of Pure Glycerine, and Various applications of Glycerine. Had not seen it before as it was down in the basement so will at least have a quick scan of it.
3) Industrial Fatty Acids and their Applications edited by E. Scott Pattison, and published by Reinhold Publishing Corp 1959 Some good photos and line drawings of commercial operations in the States 4)Fatty Alcohols, Raw Materials, Methods, Uses. Published by Henkel, Dusseldorf, Germany 1982 Some good compositional data of various oils etc. The first one is the one I would look for and you should learn a lot from it. I believe the successful design and manufacture of a small mobile plant is one of the answers to making biodiesel a feasible product worldwide and making it viable from an economic point of view. There is a world wide demand for high quality glycerine which fetches good prices. Prices for the glycerine could be used to offset shifts in the base raw materials costs. If a small mobile plant could be put out at realistic cost there would be a fairly reasonable demand for it. The secret is a cheap energy source as to distill glycerine you need temperatures in the range of 500 to 600 degrees and you can imagine how consumptive and expensive this can quickly become at this temperature range. I have looked into this before and it is beyond me on a personal level as it needs a reasonable amount of input and also a reasonable cash input. I believe the answer is design input from half a dozen people or more and also financial input from others. Anyone out there interested in forming a design team and anyone interested in becoming a financial backer?. Hope this is of some help to you and others. The answers are out there, the solution is digging them out and then combining with others to achieve your goal. Keith, Steve, Aleks, Todd, Ed, and others who add their two cents everyday and are getting the word out there have moved this industry forward a long way already but it still has a long way to go. B.r., David 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/