Comments? Kirk
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew White Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 4:31 PM To: kirk Subject: Re: Iowa Grain Quality Initiative Why the hell dont the Canadian simply add a few percent castor oil to their diesel as in addition to having a good high vaporisation temperature it also behaves well at low temperatures? ----- Original Message ----- From: "kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Aergo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 4:14 PM Subject: Iowa Grain Quality Initiative > Chokecherries? I know people make syrup and wine from them but I don't > think of them as a heavy yielding crop. > Kirk > > > http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Pages/grain/news/newsarchive/02igqinews/020 > 926igqinews4.html > September 26, 2002 > > Biofuel touted as remedy for poor Canadian diesel > > By Sean Pratt > > Source: The Western Producer > > Canada has poor quality winter diesel but that's not necessarily a bad thing > for farmers, says an Agriculture Canada researcher. > > It presents a prime opportunity for canola-based fuel additives, Martin > Reaney told the Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference 2002, a > Saskatoon event that drew 400 delegates from 27 countries. > > During his presentation, the scientist showed an overhead comparing > lubricity levels of diesel fuels manufactured in different countries around > the world. Canada's winter diesel was the worst of the lot by a country > mile. > > "This is not something to be proud of," said Reaney. > > Poor lubricity causes wear in the top rings of the pistons on a diesel > engine. Research has shown that problem can be resolved by adding one > percent canola-based biodiesel to existing diesel fuels. > > The source of the problem with Canadian winter diesel is twofold. Molecules > in the fuel have to be broken up so they won't freeze in the tank during > harsh cold, and that results in lower viscosity and less lubrication. That > problem has been exacerbated by a move to lower sulfur content, which made > the fuel lighter so it doesn't protect the engine as well. > > 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/
