Greeting Keith
Is it possivel to make use in a considerable small amout of the
used waste cooked vegetable oil to make jellified ethanol fuel
sd
PannirSelvam
On 4/27/05, Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thankyou Hoagy, that's great! Chalk and vinegar, sunshine and moonshine.
>
> Keith
>
>
> > Some other jelled gelled alcohol ideas --
> >
> > Zen Gelled Alcohol Stoves - Sterno-like Stoves
> > Jelled/Gelled Alcohol
> > http://zenstoves.net/Sterno.htm
> > Extreme do it yourselfers can make their own gelled fuel
> > at home with alcohol and calcium acetate (C4H6CaO4).
> > Either methanol or ethanol can be used for fuel.
> > Calcium acetate (C4H6CaO4) can be purchased or made
> > by slowly dissolving calcium carbonate (eggshells or chalk)
> > in vinegar, filtering, and allowing to dry.
> > If you are new to chemistry take a look at
> > this high school science project page.
> >
> > Chemical Reactions and Solid Fuel
> >
> >http://www.montvilleschools.org/highschool/science/edorff/chemistry/fu
> >elslab.htm
> > A solid camping fuel like Sterno� was discovered several years ago
> > when a group of campers forgot to pack fuel for their camp stove.
> > Because the area prohibited use of campfires, the campers needed to
> > use an alternative fuel source. One of the campers made a gel
> > that they could use as a solid fuel. To make this gel,
> > chalk was crushed and mixed with vinegar. The resulting mixture
> > was filtered through a napkin and the liquid collected was
> > heated using a solar reflector. Some rubbing alcohol
> > was poured into the solution to form a gel which burned.
> > Step 1: Reaction between chalk (calcium carbonate) and
> > vinegar (acetic acid, dilute) to produce
> > carbon dioxide, water and calcium acetate . . .
> > Step 2: Filtration of unreacted chalk from the mixture
> > to leave a solution of calcium acetate in water . . .
> > Step 3: Removal of excess water from calcium acetate solution . . .
> > Step 4: Mixing alcohol with calcium acetate to form fuel . . .
> > Step 5: Combustion of fuel produced . . .
> > Step 6: Evaluation of fuels produced . . . [more]
> >
> > Baking Bread (And Other Recipes) With An Alcohol Stove
> > http://trailquest.net/baking.html
> >
> > Cloudwalker's Homemade Alcohol Stove
> > http://www.cloudwalkersatpage.com/page014.html
> >
> > The Gelled Alcohol Stove Fuel
> > - Calcium Acetate
> > http://wings.interfree.it/html/Gelalcohol.html
> >
> > > Keith Addison wrote:
> > > This is from a previous message on ethanol gel:
> >
> > > > "Mix 11 grams of Calcium Acetate with 30 mg of water.
> > > > Make sure all the Calcium Acetate
> > > > is dissolved, this might take an hour of occasional stirring.
> > > > Measure 10 mg of the solution. Slowly add 40 mg of ethanol. As you
> > > > add the ethanol, the mixture should gel instantly. Pour off any
> > > > remaining ethanol (a very small amount). Because the mixture gels
> > > > instantly, you do not have to combine the two until you need to use
> > > > it for cooking."
> > > >
> > > > I made some Calcium Acetate by neutralizing acetic acid with lime.
> > > > Works well, gels immediately, burns very nicely, but it's not very
> > > > stable, best to make it when you need it. This way, since it's
> > > > bioduels in the Third World rural development setting that we're
> > > > most interested in, everything required is probably available
> > > > locally, or could be. Ethanol can be brewed on-site (and probably is
> > > > already), even if it's not absolute; acetic acid can be brewed the
> > > > same way, by aerating the mash, and agricultural lime is fairly
> > > > ubiquitous.
>
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