Hi Todd, When I try to recover methanol out of the BD, untill what temperature can I bring the BD at maximum, without "damaging" the BD ? ( Can it be damaged ? )
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We will not be liable for direct, special, indirect or consequential damages arising from alteration of the contents of this message by a third party or in case of electronic communications as a result of any virus being passed on. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Appal Energy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] filtering process > James, > > Almost no one is dealing with methanol recovery at the home scale. > > Best time to recover it is after FFA/glycerin recovery if the fertilizer and > FFA (fuel) co-products are going to be used elsewhere. Alcohol recovery at > this stage also means a lesser volume that has to pass over the evaporator, > erego a lesser energy input to recover the same volume of alcohol. > > If the expectancy is to "just dump" the stuff, then the alcohol should be > recovered prior to dumping. > > There aren't any "in betweens." > > Todd Swearingen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Slayden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:07 PM > Subject: Re: [biofuel] filtering process > > > > Todd, > > > > Are you allowing the BD to settle up over that time, or are you doing meth > > recovery as soon as the drum is filled? I was wondering how people were > > dealing with the meth recovery on a smallish level. I will be getting > > some plans for a solar still using 55gal drums and I am wondering if that > > will be useful for glyc meth recovery. > > > > James Slayden > > > > On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Appal Energy wrote: > > > > > Doug, > > > > > > In response to what type of filter is best to use in your quest? > > > > > > The simplest and least expensive (more often than not) is "time." > > > > > > Time as a filter?????? > > > > > > A good bit of glycerin can remain solute in biodiesel, as can much > biodiesel > > > remain solute in the glycerin cocktail, long after a substantial waiting > > > period. Hence the need to wash the biodiesel and the wise choice of > > > aggregating the glycerin cocktail batch after batch, letting the > remaining > > > fraction of biodiesel "settle up" over time. > > > > > > What you might expect out of 55 gallons of glycerin cocktail over a two > week > > > period of time is a "settling up" of perhaps 4-5 gallons of biodiesel. > > > > > > Nature (gravity) is a pretty good filter in this case, if you can afford > her > > > the storage capacity and time. > > > > > > Todd Swearingen > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Doug L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 1:25 PM > > > Subject: [biofuel] filtering process > > > > > > > > > > We have succeeded in our first batch and all is running well. We > seperated > > > > the biodiesel from the glycerine the day after the reaction and then > found > > > > that there was still lots of seperating to occur. We are getting down > to > > > the > > > > end of the batch and finding that the fuel is mixed with quite a bit > of > > > > glycerine and needs some serious filtering. We have tried a 10 micron > > > filter > > > > and a big cone filter with cloth filters. These do not seem do be > doing > > > the > > > > job. We need something that will do a good job filtering in an > efficient > > > > amount of time. Any suggestions? > > > > Doug Loewen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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! 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