Thanks Zeke.
It sounds like it would be like running WVO in a diesel car; warm up
the engine using BD, heat up the WVO, purge the lines before shutting down.
I'll pass on the concern re: wet stacking.
Do you happen to know what WVO should be filtered to (ex 10 mincrons, 1
micron) to run in a diesel motor?
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zeke Yewdall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] WVO in Diesel Generators
> 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
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