The following comes from a DNR official's reply to my inquiry. It may be useful to some of you. The biofuels industry is a new industry sector for the...
We're opening at last Here's the press release. In short, it will be on Saturday, July 28 from 5 PM to 9 PM at Future Green, 2352 S. Kinnickinnic Ave in...
2007 Hybrid Fest <http://www.hybridfest.com/index.htm> Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI Sat & Sun, July 21 & 22, 2007 EcoSquared <http://www.ecosquared.org/>...
... seems it has become more about money than sensible living. 10$ fee, and more vendors seem to be carpet baggers looking to cash in on sensible minded...
I should take some of this back, there are many good vendors and services/ideas at this fair. I just get irked whenever I encounter a bad one, plus the high...
This was the first year I attended the MREA show. It worked well for alot of people to meet at one central location for the BioFuel Get-to-gether, plus most of...
... locate the area where the meet was in in time. The bio-fuel area took some time to locate as it seems it is being forced underground. Prior years the...
The Milwaukee, WI biodiesel homebrewing class this weekend is at an enormous warehouse space, so there's room for any last-minute attendees. If you wish to...
I had a great time- we packed the house, and the students included everyone from contractors to welders to a firefighter to a bunch of high school teachers to...
Barry is a new member to the group. I know a few teachers from Bloom had attended the Biodiesel workshop in Milwaukee in August and there are some powerpoint...
Fellow biodieselers, As a part of our schools' biodiesel program, we recently developed a QC test for our incoming KOH (and NaOH). We purchased our first 50#...
We've used acid-standard titrations for purity determination, though only for determining the extent of catalyst carbonation. The purity specifications...
Fellow Biodiesel-ers, I have decided that water washing is for the birds. My 100L first batch from weeks ago is still terribly emulsified and won't separate...
Barry, What is the adsorptive capacity of the Zeolite? Will this capacity be limited when the material becomes coated with soap and glycerol? How will the...
4A molecular seive can absorb about 50 times its own weight. My students will be calculating this soon. We will take the soap and glycerin into account when we...
Soaps are the problem, I hypothesize. The zeolite material will become coated in soap, limiting its efficacy. Then, when baking, 200F will liberate the...
Hello all, I'm a high school shop teacher and hobby farmer. I run diesel equipment on my farm, hope to soon own a diesel pickup and a VW TDI for a commuter...
Barry, I too am a HS teacher that teaches Technology Education. I'd like to dive into biodiesel production in my Power Tech class. I'd also like to explore...
I'd be interested in seeing some statistics on comparing the efficiencies of running identical engines on dino vs. biodiesel. Because of the cold weather I...
I would greatly enjoy helping you get started and sharing whatever we have. We are done at 1pm on Wednesday and then the weekend... When would be a good time...
Collecting WVO from restaurants is simple - make good relations with a manager or owner. I collect every week from a local place. They dump the fryer hot, so...
Of course I'm around, with diesel at $3.50 a gallon, I have the old biodiesel processor up and running again! I feel like I might be an old-timer though as I...
I would be happy to have anyone come "down south" for a visit to see our reactor room. We are using a 50 gallon Appleseed, slightly modified, of course. We are...
Barry, are you buying that virgin oil, get it donated or are you collecting it from somewhere? Could you tell me where your school is located? I'd like to...
It appears that I'm behind the times. I really like the idea of doing the boost method. Very interesting as the largest cost of making biodiesel is the...
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