I have just tried to make a 1 litre batch of biodiesel using ethanol (200 proof IDAA denatured ) using the instructions on Journey to forever. I titrated the oil to 3.7g and used the recommended 7 g/l as a start point before titration.
I did ask myself why would you use 7 grams, when 3.5 is normal and the alcohol should make no real difference. Anyway the predicatable happened, with 10.7 grams of Naoh and 300 ml of ethanol I now have 1 litre of jelly. This is usual for a situation with too much NaOH. I strongly suspect 7 grams per litre as a start point may be wrong, can anyone advise on this, and if they had success. I would like to try this out for the methanol safety reasons. I was given 1 litre of this ethanol and I do not want to waste it at 30% usage per litre of oil as it will not go far. Many thanks, Matt 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/
