Hi, I am new to the forum and am looking into making my own biodiesel. I have looked at a few processors and looked at making my own but due to time I think I...
Seems to me the new gas water heaters are explosion proof as the bottom of them are sealed, to prevent fires from storing cans of gasoline in garages, like...
Mark, Hadn't seen this one. Looks good. Metal is better. Others here will have to talk about steel vs. stainless, whether it's enameled or not. What is that,...
Hands-on Biodiesel Homebrewing Workshop with Andrew Morris In Oakland, Saturday, March 1 9:30-5:30 $90 Including Lunch Limit 8 Participants Second person from...
Waste of money - make it yourself for a third of that and it doesn't look too safe, with that Willis heater up the side. Look at e-bay. Very home-made job. ...
I have heard that the new gas hot water heaters have a Flamable Vapor protection device. I heard that is is a controlled detonation before the fumes get to...
Hi i want to build my own biodiesel processor,and want to make 1000 litres of biodiesel at a time, how do i go about building one to do that,i want to use a...
I have been brewing my own for about 7 years now and I use a 55 gallon barrel with a sump pump. Works well and fits well within the "kiss" principle!! Kitch in...
Hi Roy,Try amberfuel.co.uk ... for one also. thanks for the help. Roy ... forum and am looking into making my own biodiesel. ... due ... seen ... good ... ...
Once fuel is washed to remove soaps, it is dried to remove residual water. This is normally done with heat plus pumping and or fans. Some use an aquarium...
I don't have the info at hand right now so bug me if you want information on the work being done around Hayward WI. These folk are raising & pressing their own...
I "dry" it to pull out the suspended water after washing out the soap. Usually an air pump bubbler for about 1 day. You can see when it is dried as the...
Along this same topic, are there any simple tests besides "it looks clear enough to read newsprint through" that can determine how much water is left in washed...
If you use the dry wash method, without water or powders but air. It eliminates lots of problems. If interested look at this Yahoo group that promotes dry...
One simple water test is to place small ammount of bio in a light weight alumnium pan like a pie plate. The lighter the better. Weigh the pan/oil. Heat up the ...
The air intakes are not sealed. Think about it. David ... From: "Eric" <abadbolt@...> To: <Biodiesel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008...
Here's welcome news from the recent biodiesel conference: http://paradigmsensors.com/products.php No, this hand-held testing unit doesn't run the full spectrum...
The oil I work with is partially hydrogenated. It's possible to heat it enough for it all to be liquid and presumably be transesterified. Part of the...
Unfortunately, I'm not aware of a method to "break down" the hydrogenated oil. This process, called hydrogenation, saturates the carbon-carbon double bonds...
Hydrogenated oil is cheaper, tasty and coincidentally worse for the body and the vehicle, but without legislation to stop them very few restaurants with the...
Lee, the BD may have also been loosenign the rust from the inside of the tank. I collected quite a bit of rust from my fuel tank in the first two tanks full...
how do you dry something thats wet. is settling it way to dry it to. could you leave it for week to settle,then drain off end bit,or dry it by filtering...
Polyunsaturated oils when heated in the presence of air will form peroxides. These peroxides allow the fatty acids to cross link (go rancid) and form tacky,...
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