Darren, what a find...a really exciting report. This oil is nothing more than cold pressed and well filtered oil (5um). NO degumming .
My understanding of de-centralised oil production in Germany (from German friends) is that it is very simple (KISS principle...Keep It Simple Stupid) and is basically cold pressed and filtered oil. No degumming is carried out. Regards Steven Darren Hill wrote: > > >>>I'll >>>try and find more details about the refining processes used in the >>>German mills. >>> >>> > >and so I did nothing, but stumbled upon this... > >http://www.pflanzenoel-motor.de/Flottenv.pdf > >Google translated excerpts > >"the fleet attempt with 60 Mer cedes Benz car showed that the >pre-chamber diesel engines reequipped on exclusive enterprise with >vegetable oil can be operated both also full-refined and with >decentralized won vegetable oil reliably and maintenance-poor. The >emissions of soot, sulfur and krebserregenden particles can be reduced >and fossil fuels be substituted. That CO 2 cycle can be closed >approximately. In the meantime over 200 vehicles were reequipped." > >" Operational experiences > >The fleet attempt one planned on approximately 2 1/2 years. The >vehicles were regularly examined in this time, in order to be able to >determine possible cokings in the cylinder and wear in the engine. >Parts of the fleet were refuelled with decentralized won, coldly >pressed, filtered vegetable oil, with full raffinate as well as with a >mixture of both vegetable oils, in order to examine the necessity for a >refining. The workshop reports show that the enterprise of the diesel >engines with vegetable oil led also after 300.000 km to no considerable >technical problems. The enterprise also full-refined vegetable oil >resulted in no engine and technical restrictions. The employment of >decentralized won vegetable oil led at first depending upon filter >purity of the oil guns to technical restrictions. Thus it came e.g. to >a Verschlammung of the fuel system, if the maximum particle size in the >vegetable oil exceeded 5 mm. Besides a relatively fast blockage of the >fuel filter was observed. As immediate measure by the installation of a >second fuel filter with simple to serving surrounding lever the >suitability for operation was improved clearly. In the meantime >filter-pure, full-suited vegetable oil is available by changes at the >filter system of the central oil mill. Energetic concept in the phase 1 >at first some passenger cars with refined vegetable oil from large oil >mills were operated, which was bought over wholesale dealers. The other >vehicles drove with cold pressed, filtered and ent schleimtem rapeseel >oil. Later the cars with decentralized won and filtered rapeseel oil >were operated." > > >Does not clarify if the decentralized mills oil is degummed or not >(unless I'm missing something) but does suggest that the oil has fairly >minimal processing. > >Darren > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 14/11/2003 > > > > >Biofuels at Journey to Forever >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: >http://archive.nnytech.net/ >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. >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/ > > >. > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/9bTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. 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/
