how good a job does it do at the esterification of FFA's. How do you go about it. Any ideas on how to set this up; even just in concept?
--- In biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com, "goat industries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > I've been talking to a chemist who used to in the paints > industry and he has suggested a process for esterification of FFA's that > removes the water produced as it goes along. Apparently, it seems to be > based on the fact that butanol has a similar boiling point to water and will > also seperate out when cold, so the miture can be condensed into a > seperatory funnel which has a take off side arm that feeds butanol back > into the mixing vessel and a bottom tap to remove the water. I am informed > in very good faith that this works well ... Paddy. ps Happy new year! 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/
