Hello Paul. It seems to me that you produced some soap that time. Did you measure the FFA content before starting ? Best regards Jan Warnqvist AGERATEC AB
[EMAIL PROTECTED] + 46 554 201 89 +46 70 499 38 45 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Tanner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 1:00 AM Subject: [Biofuel] liquid glycerine > > > > > Hi, > > I've been making Biodiesel (BD) for a few months, now.. using the Mike > Pelly method.. and a curious thing happened with the last batch (my batches > are in approx. 160 - 180 litres).. the glycerine was liquid after the > reaction. This is the first time this has occurred for me, all other times > the glycerine formed and settle in my tank, and was solid at low > temperatures. > > I had measured accurately, the quantities of methanol, caustic soda and > volume of oil...( I had an interested observer, who can testify if > required!! :-) ) I watched the colour of the mixture change, as I was > agitating, from a light caramel colour to a dark molasses colour... then > observed the glycerine start to settle, as expected. At this time the > glycerine was quite warm, so was still liquid, however, I let the mixture > settle for a 2 week period and the glycerine has not set firm. maybe I > should not complain.. 'cos it was easy to drain out of the tank! :-) > > Did the reaction not go far enough? Any further ideas on what has > happened?? > > regards, > > Paul. > ------------------------------------------- > Paul Tanner > Software IT Architect > Melbourne, Australia > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
