Hey Jan;
Let me take the chance to thank you again for your contributions. Also
I'd like to let you know how WE have evolved your idea. Me and this
other dude in town ( who might be lurking here....lol - it was his idea
actually) have taken to doing some kind of variation on your idea which
helps us in the middle of the process. I know you are talking about
testing clean, washed and dried fuel, but check this out; We take a
sample ( I have a small test tube so I use 3 ml of fuel and 27 ml meoh)
after the reaction but before washing. I know this contains catalyst,
soap, water and whatever BUT when I stir it up, any unreacted oil
settles out very quickly and gives me a gauge of how close I came to a
complete reaction. I can even measure the percentage of unreacted oil
and use this to determine how much catalyst and methanol to hit the
reactor with in order to complete the reaction. The unreacted stuff is
treated as neutral oil when determining catalyst and methanol amounts (
ie 12% meoh v/v and 4.9 g/l koh) If I am good and the reaction was very
complete the first time, then only a little white powder
(soap/catalyst?) settles in the bottom and the rest is clear and
bright. This is more useful than a pop bottle wash test IMHO.
best regards
Joe
Jan Warnqvist wrote:
Dear all. I am very flattered that my methanol method had so much
attention. Here is a development of the method:
Equipment needed for the analysis
1. One 250 ml separatory funnel
2. One 400 ml beaker (Figure 2)
3. One magnetic stirrer
4. Balancer with 0,05g acc.
5.
One 50 ml narrowed neck E-flask
Chemicals for the analysis
1. Water free methanol, min 225 g
2. FAME with water content less than 500 ppm, clear, bright and
without visible impurities, min 25 g
Take the clean beaker and put exactly 225 g of methanol in it. Then
add exactly 25g of the biodiesel. Stir the fluids on the stirrer for 2
minutes. Take the beaker off the stirrer ans pour the content into the
separation funnel.Take the clean e-flask to the balancer and tarate
with the flask. Let any oil phase separate out from the
biodiesel/methanol phase and put it in the e-flask. Weigh the content
and calculate the result:
1 - m1/m2 = m3
where m1 is the mass of the biodiesel
m2 is the amount of methanol
m3 is how much of the biodiesel put in that is consisting from methyl
esters.
The method will show huch much of the material by mass that is soluble
in methanol. This includes mostl mono- and diglycerides. The residue
consists therefore mostly from unreacted oil.
With best
Jan Warnqvist
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Joe Street <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*To:* biofuel@sustainablelists.org
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*Sent:* Tuesday, May 29, 2007 6:22 PM
*Subject:* Re: [Biofuel] Newbie Seeking Diesel Van Recommendations
Hi Ray;
Sorry for the delay. Try this forum for more information on Delicas.
http://delica.ca/forum/index.php
Joe
raymond greeley wrote:
I would like to see this van, what did you send it in. I have not
been able to open
ray
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Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 15:48:02 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Newbie Seeking Diesel Van Recommendations
Look for a mitsubishi delica. A buddy of mine just imported
one with low miles from Japan. He loves it.
Joe
Luke Kareklas wrote:
Hello All,
I am a Kid's Birthday Party Entertainer, as well as a
Juggler, Magician, and "Balloon Guy."
I live in the Midwest, and have all 4 seasons during the
year, if this is a helpful bit of information.
Lately my entertainment business has gotten really busy
and it's come time for me to buy a larger vehicle. I have
been a fan of alternative fuels for years, but never
pursued a diesel vehicle.
I would like recommendations on what type of deisel van
would you recommend that would most easily transfer over
to a SVO, WVO, or biodiesel system for me to drive? I am
looking for a 1/2 or 3/4 ton van, not really a "minivan"
type of vehicle.
Again, I am naive and new to all this and hope your
thoughts will help ground me and get me pointed in the
right direction. I guess I have to go buy a diesel
vehicle before I can get moving on SVO, WVO, or Biodiesel
fueling, right?
Thank you very much.
Luke
Luke Kareklas
*Luke the Juggler*
*614-764-8010*
www.LuketheJuggler.com <http://www.lukethejuggler.com/>
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