I think you can still use it for BD conversion. The oil I pick up from some Chinese restaurants is also months old (with some smell) and I even use it for WVO-driving without any problem...
Yves. At 01:39 PM 6/26/2004 +0200, you wrote: >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! 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