----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 12:16 Subject: [biofuel] Re: BSE not in the USA
> RE: thermal cracking. I have been looking at the process of producing > biodiesel from a medium sized produder point of view. If someone could spend > $4,000,000 to make 1500 gal of biodiesel an hour with little additional > inputs besides heat, it could be something. Biomass heat or parasitic load > could provide the 735 F temperature. > > You and I chatted briefly about this process regarding waste motor oil. I > think it works for that. Now I am considering the economics of it for > biodiesel. I thought that heating tallow, for example, would make soap but > apparently it makes biodiesel. > Just a couple of things: 1) Is there URL that I can find more info. on useing thermal cracking to make BD? 2) Are you aware that the operating temp. / waste heat of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell is around 700 to 1000 deg.? This might be a nice little go around, Electricity and BD in one operation. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/iZp8OC/4m7CAA/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/
