I am determined to get cost to the absolute minimum. I live in the boonies and have plenty of wood to heat the oil directly or with a heat exchanger in the oil tank. What about heating the water with raw WVO mixed with a little processed biofuel or heat the oil directly using WVO and BIO?
Appal Energy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > You can Buy a Wrap aroud heater that is made for 55 Gal drums. They > > have a temp control and > > setting so you can control temp. they cost about 200. Good investment > > for person that dosn't have time or no how to build one out of old > > parts. Jim Allen Really need a good circulator with these. Always run them on their low amperage setting to prevent boiling wherever the band contacts the drum. And there is the distinct disadvantage of them shorting out in a spectacular fashion. Not a pretty thought in the presence of combustibles. I've used them for a little over ten years on 30 gallon drums filled with beeswax for candle making - 155* to 190*F and they can get much hotter. I think I'd first recommend a hot water circulating pump and copper-tubed heat exchanger plumbed into a residential hot water supply (or a well removed tank of water with a natural gas or propane burner under it). About the same cost for a pump, copper, a few gate valves and a backflow valve a foot or so before the cold water intake into the H20 heating tank. Todd Swearingen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Petrillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 8:23 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Re: oil transfer pump, 55 gal processor > J Allen wrote: > > You can Buy a Wrap aroud heater that is made for 55 Gal drums. They > > have a temp control and > > setting so you can control temp. they cost about 200. Good investment > > for person that dosn't have time or no how to build one out of old > > parts. Jim Allen > > Good point. > > Got a link? > > > AP > > > > > 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/ > > > Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT 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. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LIdGAA/qnsNAA/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/
