Currently finish up processing with a water followed by air wash. I have not seen anything definitive regarding water removal issues prior to use. Queston:...
On the glow plug in the combustion chamber on Direct Injected engines. I have a 24 valve head for a 6 B Cummins that came from their R&D lab and it is machined...
Howdy, We make our batch, and 12-24 hours later drain off glycerin. However, there is still more in there. So we mix and heat for about 20-30 minutes. 12-24...
Tell me about getting the salt and sugar out of your VO before you start the process. I found a truck stop that cook with a lot of salt and spices and their...
I am back on track, after all the problems in May. Ouit honestly, the problem was me. Although the results and how they get there may be different for each...
a member suggested that the whitish layer above the glycerin might be a "jelling problem" OK so whats Jelling and how does it form within the reaction, how do...
The following is not representative of how to correctly make biodiesel, but its an idea I've been kicking around for a while now. I've just made a batch ( 30...
The cold process will eventually complete.......how long did you mix for?....just curious as I start cold mix for an hour and leave for a few days (Substantial...
Hi Tilly, You are probably best placed to answer this one.....I'm just curious. When I first started making bio there were a number of people using unwashed...
Due to limited space, I have been using a 55 gal. drum as a wash tank, but this is not satisfactory, as my 42 gal. batches do not allow sufficient room for...
Ok the Jelling thread got way to long, I tried a new 3.6 liter batch. 3 liters used veggie oil settled for about a year at aprox 70°F 0.6 liters of methanol +...
Been a while since I posted here, but wanted to make sure & get the word out to everyone. The Collective Biofuels Conference is coming up. Aug 17-19th in...
I recently found and posted a six part video on making a small batch. He makes some minor mistakes, but all in all, it's one of the better videos on making a...
I've been reading along for quite some time now and collecting oil while I rebuild an old F250 I picked up for a shot of whiskey dead in a friends field. Had...
I noticed on another forum there is a poll to find out how many people routinely recover excess methanol at the end of the reaction. I think that is a good...
Do you water wash or dry wash? If you water wash, do you bubble wash, mist wash, pump wash or what? If you dry wash, do you use resins, wood chips, air, or...
I thought that only Southern California was so short of biodiesel at the stations. I just drove my Ford Excursion from St. Louis to Los Angeles along I-70. I...
This statement implies to me, that you don't know what you are ending up with. I originally started with Del's way, 240G to 1 gal methanol. It worked "OK"...
Copied from http://www.jatrophaworld.org/pongamia_pinnata_84.html Again, not a total soulation , but definately one the average joe bio diesel maker could...
Tilly, remember about a year and ahalf ago, I was looking desperately for a source of KOH, close by. I had tried Abernathy Company 3800 Aberna ,Texaranaka ,...
How much is to much methanol? For recovery purposes it does not seem to be worth it. What is this percentage compared to gases released at garbage dumps? ...
Just a word of advise to those not testing... We are in hard economic times and I have found that some of my restaurants have been using there oil longer and...
Air washing seems to be popular with the regular posters on this list, but it is not an option for commercial producers. They would be shut down by the EPA if...
Suddenly , I have problems. I went from air mix, air wash to old school pump and misting as stated in previous post. Heavy emusification. I mixed new tilerant,...
Hi Stephen, We have plenty of iron in our well water. If I don't keep salt in our water conditioner then we get rust stains in the bathroom. Iron free water ...
I was asked a question on processing chicken fat, that did not pass in S Africa. I have never processed any fat, but suggested, there are a couple here that...
A couple of weeks ago, all the talk about different trees, that produces oil. I now have yellowhorn seeds, to be sown real soon. But I called up our local...
I do not know why, but I water wash. I have been using chicken house, plastic misters. But due to lots of sand in my system, they plug up on me. So I bought me...
