Ken, I wonder how things would go with titrations between 2-3 ml NaOH? That seem to be somewhat average WVO that I am collecting. I sure do need to get over to MAX's to get some of that stuff your collecting ...... ;-)
This is a great thread and I am glad your doing the experiments to figure out what is the limit for Eth processing. And for everyone out there, I have been over to Ken's for processing and the setup is EXTREEMELY ludite and Ken is getting good results with a 5:1 Eth:Meth ratio for titrations under 2 ml NaOH. So, it is possible to be as Eco as possible using just a small amount of Meth. Good work Ken!!! James Slayden BTW, did you ever get another drum of that Parallel Products Eth? I know you and Dave Shaw were in contact so I wanted to see if it finally got off the ground. On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Ken Provost wrote: > on 12/30/03 8:26 AM, Dan Maker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I want to make biodiesel from WVO and Ethanol. So far > > the only ethyl esters I've heard discussed are from > > virgin oil, or mostly virgin oil with only a small > > percentage of WVO. > > > Well, not exactly. I've been using about half 'n' half > WVO and flush oil (overall 0.9 ml NaOH titer), but I'm > doing a sample of straight WVO (1.7 ml NaOH) tonite with > 90:10 eth:meth just to prove you wrong :-) > > Now I know that's not very high still, but I'm truly > shocked to read of fokes trying to use 8- and 9-ml > stuff. Hey, garbage is garbage -- we can't work miracles > here. I get my oil from Hammerhead Fish House and Maxx's > Ribs -- it's 1.7 after 6 mos. in my garage. There's no > need (for me at least) to get any worse. > > If I really needed to use the WORST I've EVER seen in > my area (4.0 ml Na titr), and I wanted to use mostly > ethanol, I'd do acid-base with 9:1 eth:meth. I bet it > would work, tho I can't say fer sure..... -K > > > > > 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] > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > 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] Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/