Rob, thanks! Sorry! Stand corrected, and thank you for correcting my typo! It is 80 liters, close to but not equal, 20 GALLONS! Peter ... [Non-text portions of...
Are you working on recovering glycerine from your glycerol, Terry? We can also experiment with doing this pre-treatment using post- methanol recovery glycerol...
I can't remember if I posted this here already, but here it is again: http://www.boulderbiodiesel.com/workshops/index.jsp John Bush is an excellent instructor...
Wang Ye .... My Dilution Calculator zipfile was there yesterday, so I can only assume that the moderator deleted the folder. (Moderator: was there something...
Can anyone point to a low cost backyard methanol recovery system that gives methanol of good enough quality to be reused. I'm concerned that some systems will...
From Journey to Forever web-site at http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make2.html#methreclaim : Much of the excess methanol can be recovered after the...
In the alcoholfuel list they use Zeolite molecular sieve to remove the last amounts of water from the ethanol. http://www.ethanolstill.com/why-ethanol.html...
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Hi folks, anyone aware of insurance companies not insuring your home, if you choose to heat with B100? Apparently my insurance Co. in NH won't until "the...
When you recover methanol from glycerol, you are employing a distillation process. When you distill glycerol, the process will first vaporize all the available...
At Earth Day here in St. Louis I met a woman who was visiting from Seattle. It is apparently common practice to use B20 for home heating. You may wish to...
SAME HERE!!!! Despite the notice: Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Biodiesel ...
Dear Keith: It is there again, I downloaded and installed it, but it would be nice to have some instructions with it. Could you, please, post them for us less ...
GOOD NEWS: I kept trying, and finally the link worked! I think that it may have taken some extra time for the Yahoo server to upload the link in its own...
Hello Floatplane99, Distillation with a pot still is not quite as simple as stated below. Unfortunatly, Pot stills do not make a "Clean Cut" when two liquids ...
What you need Robert is a good lawyer and sue. Check several other insurance companies FIRST. If you find one who is willing to insure, *without any increase...
Tilly, What do you mean when you say 5% water wash? The sum of all the water used in the washes adding up to 5% of the oil + methoxide volume, or ???? Please ...
Hello Peter, The 5% wash, which goes by several other names involves adding water to the amount of 5% of the Oil reacted to the mixer at the end of the...
I don't do a 5% water wash. In fact, in order to maximize the amount of methanol in my glycerol I settle for a week if I can, several days at the least before...
Hello Maud, Yes, If you do not put any water into the reaction, virtually none comes out in the distillation, no matter what type of still is used. I have...
Tilly thanks! I am a fool using so much water! Yes, I will try the 5% water wash method and see how many washes it may take to settle out everything. How many...
I came across a huge 120 gallon old cast iron water heater today that is free to me if I want it. I plan to make it into a processor, but there appears to be...
Hello group! I read the postings of Girl Mark on another forum about plastic cone bottom tanks as reactors. Unfortunately I could not find anything anywhere...
If I had a plastic system I wouldn't dare leave it. I would have to sit and watch everything because I wouldn't be able to trust it, plastic pipe joints giving...
Hello Peter, I would normally perform the 5% wash, allow the glycerine to settle out over night, remove the biodiesel to a wash tank and wash. Typically I...
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