Hi Tom, I hope and believe that your point is not ( totally ) correct, because most fuel tanks from cars are made from plastics these days.
So running on bio diesel would mean that your car starts dripping within a few months. :-(( ( but you are correct those esters can soften SOME plastics ) And trying to answer the original question: Jeff you may find plastics who withstand most of your products used in brewing bio-diesel, ( means chemically resistant ) BUT In the process of making it, there is also a heat input needed, how you gonna heat your plastic reactors Jeff? And do those plastic containers of yours, keep their form when hot WVO, SVO, or bio diesel is in it? You can collect ( cold ) WVO in HD-PE barrels, but for part of the circus you better rely on metal or stainless. grts Bruno M. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 18:32 22/08/2005, Tom wrote: >Hi Jeffrey, > >Short term there may not be a problem. Long term (3-12 months) BioD >because it is an ester will soften (dissolve) most plastics and make them >unusable. > >Tom Irwin ------------------------------------- >From: Jeffrey Tan >Subject: [Biofuel] Using plastic pails > >Dear all, >A quick queston. Is it okay to use plastic pails I find around my house >to built the reactor tank, and other tanks for the biodiesel process instead >of stainless steel? It is some much cheaper and easier to work with >plastics. Will there be unforseen problems with this? Thanks guys. > >Jeff >____________________________ ============================================================== _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
