hrmm, in re-reading kavitha post It sounds like something else. Maybe just a partially reacted batch. I wonder if a re-reaction w/ 3.5gm/L of lye would have pushed the reaction to completion.
James On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, girl mark wrote: > no it doesn't > mark > > > At 12:21 PM 2/12/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >sounds like GLOP!! Have you done the tirtations for the oil? tell us a > >little about the oil your using. > > > >James Slayden > > > >On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, kavitha palaniappan wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have dropped the idea of using acid catalyst and I started > preparing > > > biodiesel with ethanol and KOH. But, even now, I face the same > > > problem. I just don't get two layers! I get a uniform mass of > biodiesel > > > which is orangish brown in color and its viscosity is reduced to a > > > considerable extent when compared to that of raw oil. I tried with > > > different oil:ethanol ratios and the result is the same! And then, I > > > tried water washing to separate the glycerol and the result was even > more > > > disappointing! The whole mass turned into a thick, creamish white > > > liquid! I allowed it to settle overnight and no change! > > > > > > I didn't come across any such problems when I used methanol and NaOH > with > > > the same oil. I clearly got two layers, one biodiesel and another > > > glycerol. In fact, then, I did not even go for water washing as I > felt > > > that it was a pretty good separation! > > > > > > Why is this process not working out with ethanol? I'm also sure > about > > > the quality of ethanol that I am using, as it is a laboratory > reagent. > > > And, KOH was also completely soluble in ethanol unlike NaOH. So, no > > > problem with ethanol and KOH. Finally, where is the mistake lying? > Can > > > anybody help me? > > > > > > Kavitha. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > > > ><http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.h > ml > > > > > > Biofuels list archives: > > > <http://archive.nnytech.net/>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 the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > > > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > ><http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel. > tml > > > >Biofuels list archives: > ><http://archive.nnytech.net/>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 the > ><http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > 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 the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > 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/
