So I have a 60 litre batch in my wash tank that's not doing too well. New source of not-so-good-quality used oil; didn't do a titration (doh!); reacted well (two-stage base-base); didn't do a wash test (double doh!).
The first wash produced a really milky wash water, and the fuel was ever-so-emulsified. I went ahead and did a second wash, hoping for the best. It's still ever-so-emulsified (yellowish-orange, cloudy, with a few wisps of what seems like emulsion). I think it will settle in the next few days, but... I'm out of fuel and I don't want to go to the service station. So a couple of questions: I'm thinking of dumping some good-quality, filtered wvo in my tank, which has about 15-20 litres of washed biodiesel in it. I'm worried about washed biodiesel reacting with the straight veggie. Any thoughts? THe biodiesel was pH 7 (litmus paper), and washed four times, specific gravity 0.880, really clear. I never thought about what happens mixing ASTM biodiesel or near-ASTm bioD with veggie before. Any feedback greatly appreciated.\ Kenji Fuse _______________________________________________ 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/
