Dana, I realize that you are trying to avoid heating the fuel tank, but on the subject of heating the tank: I don't like the idea of a coolant loop inside the tank - the possibility of intermixing of coolant and SVO scares me. So I'm having a stainless tank built with a false bottom approx. 1" deep x the footprint of the tank, to be filled with coolant (and pressure-tested for leaks at the welds between the "two tanks" - where the false bottom welds inside the tank.)
The coolant will fill and exit the false bottom via welded-in threaded stainless fittings I got from McMaster-Carr, with 1/2" pipe threads, then I'll adapt to Earl's Perform-O-Flex stainless braided protected hose for coolant in and out. The electrical immersion heater that Stephen Helbig posted to the group earlier - made by Webb - might also warm the SVO enough if you positioned it near the outlet. You'd still have to drop the tank, but no coolant loop necessary. Craig you wrote: > Craig and Wookie, > > I believe one still needs to heat some SVO in the > tank...the pocket of liquefied SVO I proposed would > be sufficient would be in the tank...I just don't > think the whole tank needs to be heated...only a small > area around the SVO outlet/fuel line pick up point. <snip> > This is of course just my opinion as I stated earlier > and mainly due to rethinking the huge coolant loop I > currently have in my SVO tank. If you feel you must > heat the whole tank I would at least consider > concentrating the loop around the SVO tank pick up > point to speed liquefication of the SVO that will be > used first. > > Dana > > _ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Stop Smoking Now Nicotrol will help http://us.click.yahoo.com/2vN8tD/_pSDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
