Hello Kieth and Jay et al. First an introduction: I am an organic chemist with a long time interest in environmental issues, particularly resource conservation. In the past I have organized and operated a community recycling center, served on the Arkansas State Alternative fuels commission, and generally "beat the drum" in any venue available to me. A few years ago I began very small scale production of biodiesel as a demonstration in my organic labs (about 20 ml at a time- ironically the demonstration was to show large scale production relative to the amounts of stuff my students usually handle.)
Somewhere along the way I thought I should "walk the talk", so last spring I bought a 81 MB 300SD This summer I made a few one gallon batches from virgin oil, and am currently operating on the same scale with used fry oil from the food service here on campus- about 140 gallons a week available for the taking. One interest in particular is the issue of waste disposal/utilization, the strongly alkaline glycerol remainder in particular. What do both small and large producers do? I guess large producers can give/sell the stuff off but I can't imagine much of a market for a gallon or two at a time. So here is my idea- more fuel. One ought to be able to react the "left overs" with dimethyl sulfate or maybe a methyl halide to form a product- 1,2,3-trimethoxy propane which ought to serve as an oxygenated gasoline additive. Lots of ought to's and maybes, but hey its research. boy, this is a busy list... later. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Allen, Professor of Chemistry http://ozarker.org/bob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Some scientists claim that Hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than Hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe." - Frank Zappa --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] ------------------------ 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/
