Hi Aaron, welcome I believe you should be able to find the answers to nearly all your questions in the list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel
That should include similar projects by other colleges. What's not in the archives you'll find at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/ Re heating, a closed-loop heat exchange from a wood stove, sure, but you should also look at using the by-product to heat the process, either using something like a Turk burner (see archives) or mixing it with sawdust in 1-litre milk cartons, which you can burn like logs in your wood stove (burns much hotter than wood). The woodstove should keep your shed warm and if not the Mother Earth waste oil heater will, burning WVO: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me4.html Safety isn't a problem if you take some basic precautions, use closed processors, premix the methoxide (see "Methoxide the easy way" at Journey to Forever) and transfer it by air pump. Follow the advice in many archives posts. There aren't any hazardous wastes - there aren't any wastes, period. >so, i have questions. Go ahead and ask. Best Keith >hi, >(introduction: >My name is Aaron Wieler, i live in VT and MA, and study technology and >systems for ecological sustainability on small scales. I'm mostly doing >transportation and design for energy efficiency in architecture and >mechanical systems of residences. pleased to mee you.) > > >i'm starting up a project on my college campus, Hampshire College, in >Amherst, MA, USA. the goal is to take WVO from the dining commons, make >biodiesel from it in the SAFEST and most-hands-off process possible, use >the diesel in the tractor that turns the compost that fertilizes the >fields that grow the fuel for our farm (that feeds us students through the >CSA (community supported agriculture) program. sounds cool, for sure, but >the big trick will be convincing the administration that it's safe and not >going to get the school in trouble with the EPA, OSHA, state or town >government, etc. > >we're also interested in doing it off the electric grid as well. so, >either a PV system or bicycle for mixing, and closed-loop heat exchange >from a wood stove. comments? > >So...do any of you know of any college campuses that have already done >something like this? Hampshire College, where i study, is small (1200 >students), has a farm, plenty of land, and a moderately open-minded >president who makes all the big decisions. There would not be support to >make this a big operation, so we can't go for exhaust hoods, huge >hazardous waste storage facilities, massive fireproof chemical cabinets, >etc. in fact, we don't even have an indoor space. we're looking at putting >the processor in an unheated shed. so, i have questions. > >winter operation in Mass? devices/systems to keep oil and biodiesel warm? >wood heat for processor? >other colleges doing this? >comments? > >thanks >aaron >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ 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/mOAaAA/3exGAA/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/
