Hi all, Today some chinees man from a restaurant brought me 1000 liters of WVO. It smells like hell, because it has been in a container for months. Can I still make BD from this stuff ?
Met dank en vriendelijke groet, Pieter Koole Netherlands The information contained in this message (including attachments) is confidential, and is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you have received this message in error please delete it and notify the originator immediately. The unauthorized use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is strictly forbidden. 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: "nick_75au" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 2:11 PM Subject: [biofuel] Centrifugal seperator for biodiesel > Hi, > I posted to the 100% ethanol post about centrifugal processor not > being able to seperate water from ethanol, yahoo started bouncing my > messages for the second time in as many weeks so i never saw the > replys, general opinion is a seperator wont work. > Anyway I want to throw some thoughts out into the breeze about > using the seperator to remove the glycyrine and FFA out of the > reacted biodiesel. I worked in the navy where we used 4 small > seperators, two for removing contaminants and water out of main > engine sump oil and the other two removed water and solids from > diesel fuel. As we know to seperate the glycerine and FFA out of the > fuel once it is reacted it is left to settle overnight and the FFA > and glycerine settles to the bottom by gravity. Well a centrifugal > seperator ( if I can I will post a picture in the photos section > showing a seperator cross section) achieves the same result by > rotating a stack of conical disks at around 10,000 rpm. the heavy > component is forced to the outside and is discharged to a port, the > fuel passes up the center and is discharged to a second port. any > dirt is traped on the disks and in the bowl. The advantage of this > is that it happens in minutes not hours or days. The seperators I > delt with were the smallest model and they could process 100 litres > per minute. Another feature that is interesting is that for the > centrifuges water could actualy be introduced into the oil or diesel > to assist in seperating water and contaminant from the product, I > bring this up because It may be a way to wash the biodiesel at the > same time as removing the glycerine however I think this may not > work as all the procceses on the JTF site wash after seperating, > Have I missed someting regarding this?. > So now I have given this wonderful info and you all rush out to > find > seperators then find they are too big, too costly and difficult to > find unless you work in a shipyard, I did some looking around and I > believe that the humble cream seperator might just do the trick, a > perfect size for a home biodieseler, hand driven and works on > exactly the same principal. Some experimentation will be required as > to speed it > is spun and it may require some modification I dont know until I or > someone can post some results. > I havent made any biodiesel yet and when I do I am definitly going > to try this out, If any one is willing to give it a go now I would > love to here about it and will be able to sort out any problems > on-line. > > Best Regards > Nick > > > > > > 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 > > > > > ================================================================ > Deze e-mail is door E-mail VirusScanner van Planet Internet gecontroleerd op virussen. > Op http://www.planet.nl/evs staat een verwijzing naar de actuele lijst waar op wordt gecontroleerd. > > ------------------------ 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/
