I'd be interested to see what sort of soap production you get (you can do the soap test with bromophenol blue indicator and hydrochloric acid as described at the Leonardo site to get real numbers on this...). In nicer oil like yours it's not a huge problem most likely, but comparitively (ie compared to drying the oil first)??? I've been working all summer on reducing the amount of water used in my washing, mostly through water reuse (ie countercurrent water reuse). SOmetimes I've got it down to 1/3 new water to 1 biodiesel just through doing reuse- AND through making sure it's dry oil and it's low-ffa in the first place. IN my case I have to worry about it because it's SUCH a royal pain to dispose of the water at my site- it's a very far walk to the drain on the other side of the building complex with buckets and I'm not allowed to set up a pumping system to deal with it. When I deal with being this persnickety about water usage, I notice that the slightest thing wrong with the biodiesel quality (ie soap) makes a big difference in the washing and causes me to use more water. Ken, where are you getting ethanol from these days and how much is it for both the drier stuff and this wet version?
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