i think im going to try it, at least, going to the store for some everclear and a bottle of castor. i have no room for a full fledged still in my pinky-dinky apartment. and another odd question, what kind of problems would i have if i used castor oil instead of engine oil, in -say- a lawnmower? anyone tried that? jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul S Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 11:38 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] distilling fuel/reactant ethanol
> After thinking about this and searching the archives... > > Anyone actually doing this? > > What is the minimun amount of castor oil per volume of water/ethanol > solution to be effective? > > Are there any applications where the castor/ethanol solution could be > burned directly? i.e. in an diesel/gasoline(RUG) engine, heater, etc. > mixed with RUG, BD? > > Will the castor/ethanol mix with RUG, since it has very low water? > Will it mix well with diesel or biodiesel. > > ...thinking out loud. > > On 4/23/06, Jan Warnqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello Jason and Kate, >> the reason for this is simple. The castor oil (unlike most other >> vegetable >> oils) is ethanol soluble. This means that most other oils will not do the >> trick. >> With best regards >> Jan Warnqvist >> AGERATEC AB >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> + 46 554 201 89 >> +46 70 499 38 45 >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jason & Katie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> >> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 6:31 AM >> Subject: [Biofuel] distilling fuel/reactant ethanol >> >> >> > i pulled a paper from the library describing separating ethanol from >> > water >> > using castor oil. can this be done using any kind of oil, or are their >> > certain characteristics of the oil not described in the paper? >> > >> > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/eth_separate.html >> > > > -- > Thanks, > PC > > He's the kind of a guy who lights up a room just by flicking a switch > > We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything. - Thomas A Edison > > _______________________________________________ > 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: 268.4.5/322 - Release Date: 4/22/2006 > > _______________________________________________ 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/
