On Tue, 20 May 2003 11:44 pm, Appal Energy wrote: > The only place that we've ever achieved a white precipitate is in the wash > cycle. This has (or had) been tentatively calculated to be a metal stearate > (potassium or sodium) due to it's appearance after the introduction of the > caustic(s) and the removal of alcohol (solvent) in the first wash cycle, > plus its non-solubility at low water temps.
I would be surprised to see either Na of K soaps precipitate in water as they are both highly soluable in water (continuous singel phase field in fact). If there were a source of Ca or Al, then it could be a salt of one of these, but this is speculative. does it only occur in BD from WVO or from fresh oil too? with the filtered material you have com=llected - what is its consistancy like - is it crystalline, greasy, waxy or cheesy? -- Dr Paul van den Bergen Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures caia.swin.edu.au [EMAIL PROTECTED] IM:bulwynkl2002 "And some run up hill and down dale, knapping the chucky stones to pieces wi' hammers, like so many road makers run daft. They say it is to see how the world was made." Sir Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well 1824 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/aM1XQD/od7FAA/uetFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
