>Righto. This is what I thought. Here will be an interesting case. >About 3 years ago I approached the Maintenance department about >making a reactor and they throughly laughed at me. Now, given the >diesel prices, they are looking at these options. It will be >interesting to see if I can persuade them to actually learn what is >behind this mysterious biodiesel process. Further to that, it will >be a miracle if I can convince them that this reactor is not only >over priced, but merely a high priced water heater with a pump and a >few hoses. > >I'll keep you informed.
Please do Dave, and best of good luck! Keith >On Tuesday, May 01, 2007 2:37 AM, Keith Addison wrote: > >>6800 for a 40 gallon batch is well . . . > >>As high as a giraffes tail? > > > >Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 16:37:11 +0900 > >From: Keith Addison > >To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org > >Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Flying F Bio-Fuels > > > >:-) > > > >Same as this, said about the FuelMeister two or three years back: > >"You could make an excellent processor plus more than 8,000 gallons > >of high-quality biodiesel for that price." > > > >Anyone can make a good processor, except, it seems, people who sell > >them. AFAIK there still isn't a commercially available small-scale > >processor that's worth having. > > > >www.ffbiofuels.com says this: "You'll be making fuel the day it arrives!" > > > >Pagandai recently said this: > > > >"Understanding of the process is vital to operate the plant." - Prof. > >P.V. Pannir Selvam, Technology Center, Department of Chemical > >Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), > >Brazil, Biofuel mailing list, 15 Apr 2007 > > > >I completely agree with Pagandai, seen it so often! > > > >Dave, nice small-scale processor designs here that the head of > >maintenance might consider: > >http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_processor.html > > > >Joe Street's processor > >http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_processor.html#joestreet > > > >Best > > > >Keith > > > > > >>Kirk > >> > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>Has anyone heard about this company? They make a reactor and are > >>selling it. I was approached by the head of maintenance. He said > >>they are considering purchasing a unit. I'm inclined to think its > >>way over priced. > >> > >>www.ffbiofuels.com > >> > >> > >>-dave _______________________________________________ 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/
