Posted by Trygve Lillefosse on October 5, 2007, 9:21 am
Hi.
I have just tossed out my old wood/paraffine fireplace. It had not
been in use for some years, and was unsure weather it would function
properly. The wood part was realy unefficient, and I will replace it
with a normal wood-oven.
Now I have some paraffine that I do not realy have any use for.
I figure that I could either mix the paraffine into the biodiesel of
my car, both to get rid of it and to get better cold-start properties.
Or I could always get a free standing paraffine oven, but are unsure
if it would soot.
Anyway...
Does anyone know how much paraffine I can add to the biodiesel and
what percentage I need to be able to get the car started at 23F/-5C ?
As the paraffine has been stored for several years, there may be water
in it. Is there any easy way to figure out how mutch water there is in
the paraffine?
How do I remove water from the paraffine?
Is there anything else I should considder when using it in the car,
other than filtering it?
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Posted by Jim on October 5, 2007, 10:43 am
It would help if you would use a name most of us are familiar with. In
the US Parrafin is a hard wax that candles are made of.
> Hi.
> I have just tossed out my old wood/paraffine fireplace. It had not
> been in use for some years, and was unsure weather it would function
> properly. The wood part was realy unefficient, and I will replace it
> with a normal wood-oven.
> Now I have some paraffine that I do not realy have any use for.
> I figure that I could either mix the paraffine into the biodiesel of
> my car, both to get rid of it and to get better cold-start properties.
> Or I could always get a free standing paraffine oven, but are unsure
> if it would soot.
> Anyway...
> Does anyone know how much paraffine I can add to the biodiesel and
> what percentage I need to be able to get the car started at 23F/-5C ?
> As the paraffine has been stored for several years, there may be water
> in it. Is there any easy way to figure out how mutch water there is in
> the paraffine?
> How do I remove water from the paraffine?
> Is there anything else I should considder when using it in the car,
> other than filtering it?
> --
> SEE YA !!!
> Trygve Lillefosse
> AKA - Malawi, The Fisher King
Posted by Trygve Lillefosse on October 5, 2007, 10:53 am
> It would help if you would use a name most of us are familiar with. In
>the US Parrafin is a hard wax that candles are made of.
Thanks for the tip. Did a litle search beforehand, and it seemed like
paraffine was the correct word.
It's the kind of oil that is frequently used to heat homes - when the
boiler has a wick.
After some re-searching...
Seems like "No. 2 heating oil" might be the correct name.
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Trygve Lillefosse
AKA - Malawi, The Fisher King
Posted by Jim on October 5, 2007, 11:53 am
>> It would help if you would use a name most of us are familiar with. In
>>the US Parrafin is a hard wax that candles are made of.
> Thanks for the tip. Did a litle search beforehand, and it seemed like
> paraffine was the correct word.
> It's the kind of oil that is frequently used to heat homes - when the
> boiler has a wick.
> After some re-searching...
> Seems like "No. 2 heating oil" might be the correct name.
That is much better. Not sure if that will go in a diesel, but someone
here can tell you I'm sure. I have seen diesel fuel labeled as #2, with
Kerosene labeled as #1, but not sure if "paraffine" in Norway will run in an
engine. At minimum, get the water out, and see if you can find what the
Decane? content is; I believe that is the main component that gives it
proper combustion in a diesel. If it was me, I'd mix it in measured
quantities to see if/when problems developed.
Good luck!
> --
> SEE YA !!!
> Trygve Lillefosse
> AKA - Malawi, The Fisher King
Posted by Neon John on October 5, 2007, 1:58 pm
On Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:53:24 +0200, Trygve Lillefosse
wrote:
>> It would help if you would use a name most of us are familiar with. In
>>the US Parrafin is a hard wax that candles are made of.
>Thanks for the tip. Did a litle search beforehand, and it seemed like
>paraffine was the correct word.
>It's the kind of oil that is frequently used to heat homes - when the
>boiler has a wick.
>After some re-searching...
>Seems like "No. 2 heating oil" might be the correct name.
In England, paraffin refers to what we call kerosene. Kerosene is considerably
thinner than #2 heating oil and the two are not interchangeable. I've tried
burning
#2 in a kerosene heater which resulted in a stinking sooty mess.
If it smells very similar to diesel then it's probably #2 heating oil. If it
smells
like kerosene, well... :-)
You can mix a considerable amount of kerosene with diesel for engine use. Over
here
it's common practice with truckers if they run into waxing (actual paraffin :-)
problems in winter, to mix up to half and half kerosene and diesel. The limit
is the
lack of lubricity of kerosene.
Re: water. Water won't mix with the kerosene so the major concern is to get the
kero
out of the tank without the water. If the tank is a fixed installation with a
bottom
drain then there should be a water trap there. The trap has a maximum velocity
that
the fuel can flow in order to trap out water so your withdrawal would be slow via
that path. Probably the easiest method is to simply pump the kero out through
the
filler opening with the suction hose not near the bottom of the tank. If you
pump it
into plastic fuel tanks you can see any water that collects in the bottom.
If the fuel really is #2 then you have the added concern of algae (slime) that
grows
at the water/oil interface. This is normally a black goo that will adhere to a
dip
stick thrust into the tank. At the minimum you'd need a diesel algaecide and a
dispersant additive.
If there is much slime present then I'd seriously consider selling it to a
recycler
or your dealer or disposing of it in some other manner. It is a major and
expensive
operation to de-slime a vehicle's fuel system. Worse, once you inoculate your
system
with the living organism, it will continue to grow any time moisture is present.
A
major pain in the ass that takes multiple cleanings and algeciding to get rid of.
John
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> I have just tossed out my old wood/paraffine fireplace. It had not
> been in use for some years, and was unsure weather it would function
> properly. The wood part was realy unefficient, and I will replace it
> with a normal wood-oven.
> Now I have some paraffine that I do not realy have any use for.
> I figure that I could either mix the paraffine into the biodiesel of
> my car, both to get rid of it and to get better cold-start properties.
> Or I could always get a free standing paraffine oven, but are unsure
> if it would soot.
> Anyway...
> Does anyone know how much paraffine I can add to the biodiesel and
> what percentage I need to be able to get the car started at 23F/-5C ?
> As the paraffine has been stored for several years, there may be water
> in it. Is there any easy way to figure out how mutch water there is in
> the paraffine?
> How do I remove water from the paraffine?
> Is there anything else I should considder when using it in the car,
> other than filtering it?
> --
> SEE YA !!!
> Trygve Lillefosse
> AKA - Malawi, The Fisher King