Thanks Keith. There's the smallest chance we will achieve our goal! Okay, an enormous chance, thanks to the information we have here in the archives and due to your good will. We're attending Joe's workshop in June and will forthwith be ridiculously irritating on-list, I'm sure. Cheers, Jesse
> From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 08:56:44 +0900 > To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Filtering - was Re: Vegtable oil sources... > > Hi Jesse > >> Hi Keith, Tom, >> Thanks again for this useful information. But please, on the Super Easy >> Titration Chart: what "lye water"? Lye mixed with water, okay sure, but >> no, wait, how much water? I'm very confused. >> Jesse > > It means millilitres of 0.1% NaOH solution, which is what's used in > titration to find out how much lye (NaOH) is needed to neutralise the > extra Free Fatty Acids (FFA) in the oil. The longer and hotter the > oil is cooked the more FFA it contains. > > More about lye > How much lye to use? > Basic titration > Better titration > http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#lye > > Best > > Keith > > >>> This US chart, a "Super Easy Titration Table" for making biodiesel, >>> classifies less than 1.5 ml as Great Oil, 1.5 to 2.5 as Good Oil, 2.5 >>> to 3.5 as Marginal Oil and 3.5 to 4.5 as Poor Oil. >>> http://www.diyfuel.com/TitrationTable.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/