Is trap grease safe to burn in a vehicle engine? WVO is one thing but trap grease is the worst sludge I've ever seen. I've smelled some pretty noxious things in my life but grease traps are up there for me. I mean thinking about it. This device is designed to settle out the grease from all the grey water drains in the restaurant. I dont know if you've ever worked in a restaruant but a variety of things go down the drain and into the trap including cleaning chemicals.
For instance chlorine bleach is regularly used in alot of restaurants dishwashing machines as a sterlizing agent that dishwashwer in turn dumps the water down into the grease trap where it mixes with the grease and/or water. Bleach and lye make a lovely gas great for ridding your home of pesky humans. I am by no means a chemistry whiz, I know enough to be dangerous and my knowledge mainly specializes in chemicals mixing of the pyro nature. (special efx, big booms, fireworks, etc.) I do know what not to mix and grease trap remnants take massive amounts of energy to produce anything worthwhile. Not that I'm discouraging anyone, but I would be carefull what is pulled out of traps, wierd things go down the drains in restaurants, I hate to see some one get hurt because of residual chems. in trap grease. I've never done an analysis of trap grease, but if someone else has some experience with this I woud love to hear it. cheers, cordain dulles,va From: Ed Beggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [biofuel] zeolite - Digest Number 489 Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 18:08:23 -0700 Pacific mentions their "grease processor" that was designed with help from U Idaho folks, but I don't know any more about it - it would be nice to use the stuff; we have not gotten that far yet. Would like to though. Anybody else using trap grease with success? BTW, saw mention somewhere of use of skimmed wastewater grease in Europe. Ed B. > From: "michael dorman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 21:16:22 +0100 > To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [biofuel] zeolite - Digest Number 489 > > Hi Ed- I haven`t produced any biodiesel but I have done several experiments > boiling off the water and filtering etc. and have produced a clear yellowey > oil that I am sure is of some value- indeed it will burn away an its own > once I get it ignited with a light yellow flame. > Anyway, from a feedstock/cost point of view, trap waste has to be a good > option- as the restaurant pays you to take it away! > With the proper separation the food sludge can be composted, water goes to > drain and the fat,oil,grease (FOG) can be recovered, assuming the water in > oil can be removed at a reasonable cost. > There must be a way of removing this water without high energy(cost) input. > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
