> I have my oil burner running on BD100. I would like to add the FFA from > the split ... probably 5 - 10%. Any problems anticipated w. this? Will it > stay dissolved in the BD or separate out?
It will stay dissolved. You'll also find the FFAs are only slightly more viscous than the biodiesel, almost indistinguisable using only your senses. Todd Swearingen Thomas Kelly wrote: > Hello All, > I have many 4.5 gal (17.7L) cubies full of the glycerine > coproduct. I've begun the task of splitting it. I would appreciate > comments on my initial results. > The oil I use titrates between 1.0 and 1.5g/L. Rough calculations > lead me to believe that I would need at least a Liter of 85% H3PO4 and > more likely 1.5 L for each cubie. I added 1L to each cubie ----> no > split. I removed .5 gal from one of the cubies and added 50ml H3PO4, > shook it and waited, ---> no split. Added another 50ml, shook it and > waited ---> split. I then added 500 ml acid to the 4 gal in the cubie > ---> no split. > Another 100ml and yet another ----> split. > No question; three distinct layers. Here's my concern: > the mineral precipitate appears to be sandwiched between a dark top > layer and a lighter bottom layer. > I assume the top layer is FFA, the bottom layer is glycerine + > methanol. Isn't the mineral layer supposed to be on the bottom? > More questions: > I use the single stage base method. I get a yield greater than > 80%. I have assumed that it is because I use oil that is low in FFA. > Is this correct? > Does this also explain why I get only about half as much FFA as > Glycerine when I separate the glycerine mix? > I have my oil burner running on BD100. I would like to add the > FFA from the split ... probably 5 - 10%. Any problems anticipated w. > this? Will it stay dissolved in the BD or separate out? > Thanks, > Tom > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >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/ > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.0/306 - Release Date: 4/9/2006 > > _______________________________________________ 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/
