Dear Sirs, I have following problems in manufacturing bio-diesel? 1. Can I use iso-propyl alcohol instead of methanol or ethanol and then how much should I...
Hi again Bill. First of all I am glad to see you found our site useful. Glad you stopped by! If you want to use the milliliter method, it works fine and there...
Bill, I have no doubt you will perfect your process. You say you are not familiar with milliliters but you do use it to measure your oil for titration....
1. No. Although I've used isopropanol in a mixture with denatured ethanol. It speeds up the reaction, but seems to hinder separation. 2. No. Make sure your...
Below is letter from a friend of Dan's to help his business survive- please help if you can- contact Dan directly for best way: (206) 783-5728 Hi, I'm a...
... Rick, I have an Apple seed. I found a set up in Craigs list for $750. At first glance I wrote it off, then took another look. He had one 55 gal cone tank ,...
Carl, I spent an alful lot of time researching on the net, of course you glem a bit of information from each site, but and maby just my opinion, Okie was the...
Bill, Don't question whether you got a deal or not, you did great!! Rick ... From: william(Bill) M. Cowart <wmcowart@...> Subject: [Biodiesel] Re: Liquid...
Carl, I have not counted the drops per ml but did a sample problem with your formula, I can't argue with your statement of accuracy (it gave me results to...
Arie, It is not the alcohol/NaOH mix that makes soap. It is the NaOH/oil mix that makes soap. The Na (sodium) will bond to the carbon chain (oil) making soap...
Seems to be a great confusion...... Soap is produced by the reaction of Free Fatty acids with an a hidroxide (KOH or NaOH) in the presence of water... alcohol...
Rick, thanks for the correction. My chemistry knowledge for inorganic substances is not as good as it used to be. Never liked inorganic chemistry. I am a...
Bloom High School will be at the Green Festival at Navy Pier on May 16th and 17th promoting our school "greening." There will be over 250 exhibitors,...
http://www.familytimemagazine.com/may_2009/ChemistryLessonsGladstone_May09pg71web.pdf BTHS in the “news.” [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Other then dealing with cold temperatures, is there any value in mixing a bit of petrol-diesel with one's bio-diesel? Is B90 or B80 better than B100; and if...
I run up to 50/50 in my 12v cummins. but I am located on the coast in Socal so the coldest I ever see in occasionally just above freezing... Right now it never...
Some folk believe the risk of using a bad batch of commercial or home brew B100 is halved by blending to B50 with dino fuel. Some want the dino stink when the...
I've just bought an 03Renault scenic and I find that if I run it on nytghing greater than 75% bio the go plug light comes on when the engine is labouring eg...
I am currently in middle of setting up a biodiesel plant.I know there is a tax incentive for selling/creating the biodiesel.The problem is i have no idea how...
Up until now I've only used KOH to produce a liquid glycol which my chems supplier will take off me,I want to cut costs and read in a previous message that a...
You need to keep talking to cpa's or a good tax attorney until you find one who knows what they are talking about. Also, the federal government doesnt care...
Odd. Typically the glow plugs are activated prior to starting and are isolated to the off position once the engine starts. A couple of ideas; 1. A vibration in...
That would be strange. Not being familiar with that car or how the sensors and lights are hooked up I am giving only general conjecture and possible causes. ...
I do not have a cheaper source of catalist. I buy chemicals for pottery, pyrotechnics & fuel &think there must be some supplier out there able to beat the...
I have hopefully some sobering information for you in setting up a biodiesel company. Setting up a commercial biodiesel plant is not for the faint of heart....