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I would say try kerosene or heating oil. Gasoline is too volatile and
can create explosive atmospheres. Keep the IPA for titrations!! it is
one of the more difficult items to get. Joe Mike Weaver wrote: I've done some initial research but haven't delved into one. Sooner or later I'll find an oil furnace someone is throwing away and see what I can do. If I had to cut the BD with another agent to make it easier to use I would do that. Does anyone have any suggestions? Gasoline? I have 55 gallons of 99% Isopropyl alcohol - is that suitable?-Mike Zeke Yewdall wrote:What about the type of burners that are designed to use a liquid fuel directly rather than volatilize a liquid fuel? Like fuel oil furnaces, and waste engine oil burners. All of these I have seen are in the 100,000 Btu/hr range though -- if you could find one more like 10 or 20 kBtu, it might work well for heating the reactor. http://www.espar.com/ something like this may be able to be modified. Not cheap though. On 12/6/06, Joe Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Uh.......outdoors?? I dunno but it was warm in my basement..... :-[ J Mike Weaver wrote: What was the temperature outside? I tried that with a torch and got a few sputters but no flame. Is kerosene the most logical agent to cut the BD with? Joe Street wrote: Hi Mike For what it's worth I tried running my multifuel backpacking stove on BD. I had to warm the preheater / vaporizer tube with a propane torch to get it hot enough to vaporize the BD. Once lit though it had a beautiful and stable blue flame and judging by boil time comparisons roughly the same heat as kerosene. Esters have a high flash point and need a lot of heat to use in a stove that is designed to supply vapor to the jet. Joe Mike Weaver wrote: So far all attempts to light it have failed. It's 30 degrees here and that may have something to do with it. I cut the BD w/ a good shot of Dino diesel and still no go. I got the preheater going but no flame on the ring. I brought it inside overnight to warm up and will try it again. If it doesn't go I'll mix in some kerosene. The booklet says you have to preheat for 3 1/2 mins sometimes to get BD lit. It came smelling of kerosene to I expect the factory lit it and tested it. FWIW the pressure gauge is bad but it does hold pressure. I had hoped to use it to heat oil so the the bd process was all fueled by BD. I also looked at some of the camping stoves but they are very expensive and designed to be as light weight as possible. The guy at the camping store said the thinner distillates works best. We'll see, Mike Ken Dunn wrote: Please, let us know how it does, Mike. Take care, On 12/5/05, Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just got a Britelyt today. Haven't been able to get it to light on BD but I think it may be due to the fuel being too cold. Will report back if I get it going. Ken Dunn wrote: What is everyone using as a heat source for preheating? I'm thinking about buying the BriteLyt mentioned on JtF. I could use it for other purposes as well which would be nice. Anyone test it? Care to comment? 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