Any news abaut the centrifugal separator?????? Why there is not pics in this group???? Pics will be very useful to compare methods on how to make biodiesels
-- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, "nick_75au" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 ------------------------ 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/
