Seems to me like an engine running an 8 hour shift would be ideal for SVO -- you'd have to start it on biodiesel till it got up to operating temperature, then just make sure the incoming SVO is as hot as you can get it -- 180F or higher. The schemes to just thin SVO with biodiesel and ethanol seem pretty risky.
One thing to think about is wet stacking the generator depending on the loading of the shop -- many diesel generators cannot be run at less than 20% of full load, and if the generator is sized for starting large motors, it may not operate at this level consistently. Z On Jan 6, 2008 6:01 PM, Thomas Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > On 9/25/06 Pagandai Pannirselvan wrote: > >The small co generation of electrical energy based on the bio diesel can > >>make possible the use of pure used vegetable oil and also some e 5 > >>porcent hydrated ethanol , making possible to lower the viscosity of used > >>vegetable oil in deiesel engine, removing dependence with >Conventional > >deisel. > >Thus the blend of used vegetable oil 70 percent, hyrated ethanol 10 >percent > > and biodeisel 20 porcent can be used with less problem for >motor > >maintainence in rural areas. > > I've recently been contacted by a former student who would like to > generate his own electricity for his woodworking business. He is considering > a diesel generator and asked about biodiesel. I suggested he look into using > a BD/WVO blend rather than processing it all into BD, as he would be using > about 3 gallons (11.4 L) per hour (120+ gal/week). > 1. Does anyone have experience using a blend such as that suggested by > Pagandai Pannirselvan in a diesel generator? > > 2. Hydrated ethanol: What % water would be tolerated? > In the U.S. it is possible to get a permit to distill ethanol. Only that > which leaves the premises must be denatured to prevent human consumption. > 85-90% ethanol is do-able, and used on premises would not have to be denatured > > 3. Could E-85 be substituted for the hydrated ethanol? > I've heard of commercial suppliers adding small amounts of gasoline to their > diesel. Since the E-85 would only constitute 10% of the mix, the total > gasoline would only be .15 X .10 = .0150 (1.5%) > > Thanks, > Tom > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: /pipermail/attachments/20080106/e76c540e/attachment.html > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
