Consider keeping the "creamy stuff" seperate from the clear. Process both
seperately and save the clear WVO stock Bio for the winter and use the product
from the creamy in the summer months. I think by adding them together you will
get Bio that clouds at the hiest temp of the creamy stuff. Creamy should be
hydrogenated.
Dear All, We were able to produce biodiesel using Lard in small scale (lab scale). It was completely colourless when settled after the transesterification ...
Dinuka, Two things come to mind. 1. Did you dry the biodiesel after washing? (I assume, yes) 2. What was the temperature of the biodiesel when you saw the...
I think its normal since you are transesterifying a high molecular weight oils, most oils which has > than C16 chains exhibit this nature, since it produces...
Would the same result come from washed (water 4x) from hydrogenated (creamy) soy WVO? I can't for the life of me get it to completely clear. Ben near Detroit...
Ben, Are you sure that it's dried? A little water can cause cloudiness. Heat the oil to at least 215 F to insure that all the moisture is gone. hth Eric...
Will do Eric. Thanks! _____ From: Biodiesel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Biodiesel@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of lotus3390@... Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009...
Hi Ben I used to have the same problem until I did the following: 1. Took a 55 gal metal barrel and drilled a hole on the bottom side and welded a 2" valve...
Thanks for the intel Mike! I started out as a straight WVO guy with a Greasecar kit in my 1980 MB 240D. I have a great set-up with a Dieselcraft centrifuge...
Ben, Consider keeping the "creamy stuff" seperate from the clear. Process both seperately and save the clear WVO stock Bio for the winter and use the product...
hydro (creamy) oil is bad. It never fully converts leaving behind little hydro pellets> I have used it in the past but its a pain in the a... dont go there ......
SOunds like I need to visit Ben and Mike both for a BioD tutoring lesson! Mike I am interested in how you heat your garage with the BioD...... I could use that...
Randy, I heat my house with BD using my standard oil burner. Very little needs to be done to set it up; I increased the pump pressure from 100 psi to 150 psi,...
Thanks Rick! I have natural gas for my house heat but nothing as of yet for my garage so that's where I be using it. If I do this from scratch can I use a made...
yahoo have a alt boiler group I think its called.Those folks have a bunch of great info regarding WVO heating and Bio heating Oz ... [Non-text portions of this...
Randy, You hit me with lots of questions so let me try to get them in order; The oil burner I have is just an older furnace in my house, I don't think they...
hello there i would like to see what a stack control looks like all i have is the cad eye control units i also have a burner set up to run on strait oil it...
Charlie, A stack control is an outdated method of shutting down a non-firing burner. The advantage for using one with biodiesel is that it is activated by heat...
Oz, I think you mean; altfuelfurnace. Here is the link; http://groups.yahoo.com/group/altfuelfurnace/ They deal more with WVO, WMO, etc. some biodiesel, but...
Rick thanks for all the great information! You have been a good source for me to learn from...... Randy McLain ... From: Richard Bouvier <rbouvier@...>...
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