Quoting Bob Carr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi All: I did carry out the charing procedure (I used sawdust as well as starch) described by the Japanese group. In my lab, the char was not an effective catalyst. The title of the paper mentions 'biodiesel' but only esterification was carried out according to the paper. I was not impressed with this potential heterogeneous catalyst.
Regards, Dave Soriano Chem Dept. U. Pittsburgh- Bradford > > Some months ago, there was a real buzz about a new catalyst made from > pyrolized sugar. Several people here on the list said they were conducting > their own tests and experiments. And then..............nothing. > Did it work? Has anyone on the list actually had hands on success with this > stuff? Or was it an embarrassing flop? > Regards > Bob _______________________________________________ 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/
