Hi Todd
Pieter,
It did at the beginning of the thread.
And is again (thankyou!), despite diversions.
So after gently stir washing the biodiesel (with a low tech piece of
wood trim) with about half part water as fuel I let it settle 24
hours and drained off the milky water. I was happy to discover no
emulsion.
Good! Just a tip: it'd probably help if the water was hot.
I took Kieth's advice and tried Jan Warnqvist's quality test and
found some small dots and granular size impurities sitting at the
bottom of the jar. I think it would add up to 1 ml or less of
impurities. This was after one wash remember. I can post a picture
if anyone would find it useful.
Can't post pictures, list computer says no. Please send it to me
direct, there's a folder at the JtF site for the list, I can put it
there and post the link.
I also did another quality test by placing 150 ml of equal parts
fuel and water and it separated cleanly in less than 30 minutes. So
I decided it was safe to bulk wash it vigorously with a paint mixer
and I'll let you know how it turns out after the wash last night.
Hopefully after 4 total washes I can dry the fuel.
Please let us know, and maybe I could upload more pictures of it if you like.
Please remember that I am a beginner and this is my first large
batch. I feel like I have learned a lot in past couple of days.
Hopefully next time I can get the reaction complete.
I think you're doing just fine, I hope you're not feeling
discouraged, please don't be.
Best wishes
Keith
Thanks for the help. I am staying very clear of the fumes that exit
the wash drum. My wash tank will be sealed next time.
Thanks,
Todd
On Aug 17, 2005, at 3:23 PM, Pieter Koole wrote:
With permission :
The whole discussion has nothing to do with emulsion wash test.
Met vriendelijke groet,
Pieter Koole
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