Keith writes:
>.....Personally (actually not just me, rather wide reservations >have been expressed) I'm not very keen on the idea of sodium >methoxide at 350 deg C at a pressure of 30 MPa (296.077 atmo- >spheres, 2.176 tons/square inch). Not exactly something for >the kitchen. The ONE nice thing about this method is you don't need to use sodium methoxide (or any other catalyst). The unusual conditions at supercritical state cause the reaction to proceed quickly with just alcohol and oil (plus a solvent in some versions). Still need big excess of alcohol to drive the equilibrium -- even more than we do because the glycerine doesn't drop out. The safety thing is still a concern, certainly in ones garage, just because of the high T and P. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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/
