Frankly? I'd like someone to paint the picture as to how such sludge could ever get past the most rudimentary of tests.
Aside from sloppiness and/or forged test results the only other explanation is residual "grunge" coming from a storage tank that at one time or another stored incompletely reacted fuel. Someone should inform these "commercial" manufacturers that there are no corners that can be cut if the desired result is a product that end-users can depend upon. Maybe the EPA should make a new designation in the Table of Biodiesel Standards - ASTM D-6751. The heading on that line item should be "Profit" by the looks of what is getting past the shipping tank. Todd Swearingen >1. Imperial's fuel got independently tested by two >different people via a reputable industry laboratory >and was found to contain glycerides, which are >according the to the Fuel Injection Manufacturers >report on biodiesel quality, likely to cause the exact >problem Kris described >2. Golden Gate and Yokayo (and probaly Naft) all >supplied fuel from Imperial >3. Boulder Biodiesel supplies fuel made by West >Central in Iowa (remarketed by Blue Sun I believe). >This is light colored new soy biodiesel, whereas IWP's >is very dark colored recycled content biodiesel. Even >if there was a quality problem with this soy fuel the >substance on the filter probably would not have looked >dark dark brown in a newish vehicle with no history of >petrodiesel use >4. The substance on the filter looks like the type of >feedstock that IWP probably uses- ie it's solid at >room temp and particularly nasty as far as oils go. I >guess this is what IWP's feedstock looks like because >biodiesel that dark and red is usually made from very >heavily used oils. Not that the problem is unique to >recycled content- it's handling and processing that >probably caused it (some theories exist as to how >these things happen even though IWP sent out a batch >analysis with every shipment to their distributors). >Also monoglycerides/diglycerides (what's in my opinion >most ikely to have been found on the tests) resemble >their parent feedstock (ie oil) in properties- ie >monoglycerol stearate is aparently the >SOLID-at-room-temperature floaty crap that results >from stearic fatty acids in animal fats for biodiesel >and not processing properly, etc. > >5. Others in this area also have reported problems >with Naft's fuel. This is in the rumor category for me >but one of the Marinbiodiesel list members whom I know >was getting pretty upset whatever he'd heard from >others, right before Kris had his problem. > >5. Naft's fuel has looked cloudy which should never be >the case. The source of cloudiness (without knowing >further what exactly causes it) could be IWP, >Biodiesel Industries/Western States, or storage >problems. > >Mark ------------------------ 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/index.php?list=biofuel 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/
