Thank you Keith I have posted the pertinent posts (1508 & 1526) from the FFA discussion to the Infopop continuous processor thread. Michael Allen's explanation of the esterification process is very appropriate to understanding the workings of ColinS' plant design.
Also your reference lead me to finally discovering the reference (the Canakci/Gerpen paper) which I believe inspired Aleks Kak's work on the acid/base process (?) Best regards John S. --- In biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com, Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Is anyone able to post an overview of the issues involved in making > >biodiesel from raw palm oil please ?? Or provide some URL's. > > > >John Smith > > It's been pretty well covered here in the last few months, especially > by Michael Allen. Do an archive search for "Allen" and check the > thread called "High FFA oils - another way" and associated threads: > http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuels-biz > > Keith Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ 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/