----- Original Message ----- From: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 1:19 PM Subject: [biofuel] Digest Number 799
> 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] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > There are 2 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. electro-lipid engine > From: "F. Marc de Piolenc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2. Re: glycerol > From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 18:06:24 +0800 > From: "F. Marc de Piolenc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: electro-lipid engine > > "Students: Terence Fong, Elliott Owen > Coach: Rani Takhar > Electro-Lipid Propulsion System. > This hybrid combustion/electrical engine uses lipids (namely glycerol) > instead of gas to create a powerful engine that reuses half of its > explosive > force and requires fewer cylinders. The accompanying electric motor is > recharged by the engine." > > Glycerol is of course not a lipid. Kinda makes you wonder about the > validity of the rest of this alleged technical miracle. > > Marc de Piolenc > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 18:31:05 +0900 > From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: glycerol > > Interesting page, Manolo, thanks. This bit is tantalising - ferment > it to yield butanol and ethanol: > > "Glycerin is capable of undergoing fermentation under certain > conditions. A. Fitz (1877) obtained, by the action of a certain class > of fungi, called Schizomycetes, from glycerin diluted with twenty > times its bulk of water, large quantities of normal butylalcohol. and > normal butyric acid; also ethyl alcohol, capronic acid, hydrogen, and > carbonic acid." > > Keith Addison > Journey to Forever > Handmade Projects > Tokyo > http://journeytoforever.org/ > > > > > >I've found this page: > > > >http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/eclectic/kings/glycerinum.html > > > >read this on the tests and uses section: > > > >"Dr. Goddard has given a formula for a very adhesive glycerin paste, > >suitable for fixing paper labels to glass and other surfaces, and > >which keeps well; it is to dissolve 1 ounce of gum Arabic in 2 fluid > >ounces of boiling water, add 2 fluid drachms of glycerin, and strain > >if necessary. This forms a valuable paste for druggists, chemists, > >and others. A glycerin jelly is prepared by intimately mixing half a > >drachm of soft soap with 2 fluid drachms of pure honey, then > >gradually adding 5 ounces of clear olive oil, stirring without > >intermission until all the oil is taken up. Care must be taken not to > >add the oil too fast. Or it may be prepared by rubbing and mixing > >well together half an ounce of powdered gum Arabic, and 4 ounces of > >simple syrup, then add the yolks of 3 eggs, and when well mixed, add > >gradually 4 ounces of olive oil, and 2 ounces of glycerin, previously > >mixed together. The ordinary dose of glycerin is 1 drachm, though > >from 2 to 4 drachms night and morning may be used. > >" > > > >cheers > > > >Manolo Rolan > >Valencia, Spain > > > > > > > >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/ > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/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/
