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Biodiesel · Make and use fuel from vegetable oil!

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  • Category: Energy
  • Founded: Jun 18, 1999
  • Language: English
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Welcome To The Yahoo Biodiesel Group.
This group is designed to help you learn about making and using vegetable oil-based biodiesel as an alternative fuel in diesel engines.

This group is here for you!
Feel free to ask any question or to discuss anything biodiesel related.

Our goal is to make it easy for you to learn about biodiesel and then give you a place to interact with others who are making biodiesel and are willing to help.

JUST BIODIESEL PLEASE.
Please keep Politics out of any posts and try to stay on topic.

Just Getting Started?
Below are some highly recommended resources for learning more.

Collaborative Biodiesel Tutorial Visit Here First to learn about the basics of biodiesel
Biodiesel Homebrewing Guide Known by many as THE biodiesel homebrew guide
InfoPop Biodiesel Forum Forum for all things Biodiesel
Biodiesel Now A great forum for general biodiesel information.

Also, be sure to visit the links, files, and photos sections to the left for more helpful information on biodiesel and straight vegetable oil.

Other recommended Biodiesel or Biofuel Yahoo Groups
BiodieselBasics New biodiesel users and questions
Local B100 Biz Discussion list dedicated to biodiesel businesses, co-ops, & regulations
Vegoil-Diesel Dedicated to all things SVO

We're lightly moderated and ask that you keep posts "family friendly" so all can enjoy.

Signed,
The Biodiesel Crew

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Re: bio glycerin question
Raw glycerin has methanol in it, as much as 30%. Glycerin with the methanol removed is still a flammable substance. ... From: j55461@... <j55461@...>
Posted - Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:30 am
Richard Bouvier
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Re: lower total gylcerin in biodiesel
How are you testing?   ... From: stephen martin <stephenmartinhere@...> Subject: [Biodiesel] lower total gylcerin in biodiesel To:
Posted - Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:45 pm
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Re: lower total gylcerin in biodiesel
... If it's not "free" it's because it's still bound to the fatty acids. IE, it's unconverted oil. I can't speak to what your actual use is, .854% may be fine.
Posted - Wed Oct 15, 2008 6:36 pm
David Miller
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lower total gylcerin in biodiesel
I just tested a batch of biodiesel and it has too much "total glycerin".  (0.854%, should be 0.240 max) The "free glycerin" levels are fine, just too high in
Posted - Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:02 pm
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Re: bio glycerin question
why is it not good to store alot of raw glycerin all it is is soap right ... From: Richard Bouvier <rbouvier@...> To: Biodiesel@yahoogroups.com Sent:
Posted - Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:02 pm
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