G'day L >G'day; > >Having pretty much completed my processor and also having found a >nice home for it, I have a question for those in the know. >I am set up for a single batch lot or with a spare drum I can send >tghe finished process to a settling tank and straight away fire up >another one. The question is, can I pop one batch on top of the >first one even though it may be a couple hours (2-3) between >processing the first batch and the second and just have them settle >together until I am ready to sent them together to the wash tank? >My batches can either be 100 liter sigle or 80 liter when doubled. >The wash tank determining the size of double batching. (160 liters >plus water in the wash tank is going to about top it off I think). >Do I still bubble 4-5 hours, change water and then wash twice more >10 hours each, or do I have to make the wash longer due to increased >volume? Ok, that's two questions.
So you want half-price or what? :-) I'm not sure I grok your numbers aright - hey, that reminds me, you STILL didn't get that other one right! Sheesh! How much lye per litre of methanol, remember? (Or was it hogsheads?) He'd asked the wrong question anyway. Have to go back and dig it up... Anyway, numbers permitting, I see no reason you can't dump one batch on top of another one, then they'll both have settled out together the next day and proceed as if it's a single batch. That said, if one of the batches is good and the other's iffy, different oil or different something or other, you're perhaps going to be a little hard put to find out just what went wrong and where and why once they're all mixed up. With that in mind, it might be an idea to do small-size test-batches in parallel with each batch, at least at first until you get the hang of doing it that way. You're going to wash 160 litres in a 200-litre tank? Needs some headroom too, doesn't leave much space for the water. Try it and see, maybe it'll be worth it even if it takes more washes and more time. Or make somewhat smaller batches. >Thanks for any input. HIH. Best Keith >L. ------------------------ 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/
