allegedly it's an animal fats thing. I haven't personally dealt with it because in the US we don't get fast food cooked in animal fats. anyone else (ie australians, eaters of fine tallow fried ... er... food), more info? Is 'normally used' animal fat harder to convert fully than vegoil?
mark --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >theories that different people have had aobut this type of foam: > > > >some kinds of oils make biodiesel that makes foam during washing > > What kinds of oils would those be? In other words, with good > conversion to within the standard specs for low mono- and > di-glyceride content, it still makes foam like another oil would with > poor conversion and high levels of mono- and di-g's? Mono-alkyl > esters of certain fatty acids will be more likely to foam than those > of other fatty acids? Or are you talking of the condition of WVO, > whether it's been overcooked, overheated, overwhatevered? > > Keith > > > >a lot of air being entrained in the biodiesel can form this sort of > >foam (I haven't seen this personally) > > > >several different factors about the water could prevent emulsion as > >well- but in some circumstances, you might still see odd effects such > >as foam: > > > >using hot water prevents emulsion > >hot temperatures outside will also inhibit it > >acidic water prevents emulsion > >minerals in the water inhibit emulsion but also inhibit washing out of > >soap > > > > > >--- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, "jayantharangaonkar" > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > I have recently joined this group. > > > I have made the biodiesel, but during washing lot of foam formation > > > has occoured but no oil water emulsion has formed. I want to know > > > what can be the reasons & what actions to be taken. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Jayant ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/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/
