Posted by Frank on May 26, 2009, 4:21 pm
News wrote:
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>> Nothing new here. I've heard Willie Nelson's bus exhaust smells like
>> a restaurant from the used cooking oil he burns.
>
> It is how they are processing it, and able to process large scale
> bio-fuels that is different.
I'm a chemist and still unimpressed.
Posted by Eeyore on May 27, 2009, 12:31 am
News wrote:
> > Nothing new here. I've heard Willie Nelson's bus exhaust smells like a
> > restaurant from the used cooking oil he burns.
> It is how they are processing it, and able to process large scale bio-fuels
> that is different.
Yes, I see that but the quantity of vegetable oil is not going to replace
conventional fuel because there isn't enough of it. Ergo, no substitute. A good
idea to replace a *small* amount of fossil fuel though. It all helps.
I doubt the use of microwaves has any beneficial effect because it's a
*chemical* process. Well known and understood for a decade or more.
Graham
Posted by Eeyore on May 27, 2009, 12:26 am
News wrote:
> I wonder if this can be done at home......eventually....
> A LIVERPOOL professor is sending a buzz around the world
I doubt it VERY much.
> after he turned chip fat oil into biofuel - using a microwave.
So how much chip fat oil is he planning to produce ? There's a very limited
source.
Old 'news'. Try again. People have been turning used vegetable oil into a diesel
substitute for decades now. Yes, it can re-cycle what would otherwise be waste (
and is
sensible if you have a suitable source ) but there's not enough of it to make a
significant impact on total fuel usage.
Graham
Posted by Larry Caldwell on May 29, 2009, 2:42 am
Killspam@invalid.kill (News) says...
> "You end up with the biofuel but also have tonnes of glycerin. There's only
> so much soap that the world needs from glycerin, so the rest ends up in
> waste sites."
There are many uses for glycerine, including explosives. Dynamite is
nitroglycerine and a binder. Most smokeless gunpowder contains a
substantial percentage of nitroglycerine, in the range of 20%.
Glycerine also can be used to manufacture alkyd (ALCohol/anhYDride)
resins for paints. Besides soap, glycerine is used in emollients and
cosmetics. In consumables, glycerine is used to make distilled spirits
taste smoother.
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Posted by News on May 29, 2009, 6:56 pm
> Killspam@invalid.kill (News) says...
>> "You end up with the biofuel but also have tonnes of glycerin. There's
>> only
>> so much soap that the world needs from glycerin, so the rest ends up in
>> waste sites."
> There are many uses for glycerine, including explosives. Dynamite is
> nitroglycerine and a binder. Most smokeless gunpowder contains a
> substantial percentage of nitroglycerine, in the range of 20%.
> Glycerine also can be used to manufacture alkyd (ALCohol/anhYDride)
> resins for paints. Besides soap, glycerine is used in emollients and
> cosmetics. In consumables, glycerine is used to make distilled spirits
> taste smoother.
Well they think too much is made for the demand.
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>> Nothing new here. I've heard Willie Nelson's bus exhaust smells like
>> a restaurant from the used cooking oil he burns.
>
> It is how they are processing it, and able to process large scale
> bio-fuels that is different.