Our people hail from Down East - Vinalhaven - and as my grandfather used to say "You can always tell a Maine man, but you can't tell him much!" I go through Falmouth every Summer.
I've made BD with my daughter - the World-famous Dr. Pepper method - but don't let her in my processing shed. Too dangerous. She's a big BD fan already! james demer wrote: > Thanks Mike > > On 11/29/05, *Mike Weaver* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > In my book that's more trouble than it's worth. > I don't think you could cook out the water w/o evaporating all the > Methanol. > > > Your probably right. > > No offense, but I also have an 8 year old and biodiesel making is > probably not the safest activity for her to be around. > > > > True. She actually was in the house with my friends wife. I have made > a blender batch with her, and for that she wore gloves, goggles and a > smock. > > I'd think about neutralizing the batch to PH 7 and safely > disposing of it. > > > > Good luck, > > > Mike > > > Thats what we'll do! I love this group!!! > James > > james demer wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Boy did I screw up a 240 liter batch of biodiesel. The wvo titrated > > out to 4.5 g lye, so my methoxide mix was 1760grams (4.5 +3.5=8g x > > 220) lye and 44 liters of methanol. I made the batch using the > simple > > process. > > mistake #1- I'm almost positive there was a small amount of > water in > > my methoxide tank. I also put the lye in first, before the methanol. > > mistake #2- when I dumped the methoxide into the vat with the > wvo (wvo > > was about 100 deg. f) I noticed too late that not all of the lye > had > > dissolved (5% left in container). I think it was because the temp in > > my garage was about 35 deg f , and my pump system needs tweaking. > > mistake#3- My 8 year old daughter was with me and her attention > span > > was up! My friend that was helping (its actually his garage) > stayed to > > monitor the reaction so I could get my girl home. > > > > What I was left with is a bunch of white curd looking stuff > (lye/soap) > > on the top. I scooped a bunch of it out and put it in a 5 gallon > > bucket. I got to what looked like good fuel and put it in a jar. 12 > > hrs later it developed the white stuff. > > > > I tried to wash some and it will not seperate. It doesnt turn into > > mayo when agitated, it just does not seperate from the water. > > > > I re-processed 1 liter with 3.5g lye and 100ml methanol, and it > looks > > the same as the original batch- white curd like (on the bottom > now). > > I took a small sample of the re-processed batch and tried adding > > water- no seperation. Just for kicks I put some malt vinegar (all I > > had at home - no ph tester at my house either, but I have one at my > > disposal) in a little bit of the reprocessed bio-mess and i made the > > white stuff dissappear! some dark sediment formed on the bottom- it > > didnt quite look like glycerine. I tried washing a little of > that and > > it STILL wont seperate. > > > > OK, I know I seriously f*%# \'d up. I WILL change my ways. can THIS > > batch be saved? I want to burn it in my furnace, not a car if that > > matters. > > > > Thanks All, James Demer in Falmouth, Maine USA > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Biofuel mailing list > > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org <mailto: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/ > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org <mailto: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/ > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >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/ > > > _______________________________________________ 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/
