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The refluxing zone needs to only be about 1/4 to 1/3 the volume of the retort, and it should be packed, insulated, and heated to the same temperature of the retort; or otherwise your bottom ends will boil for ever refluxing off your reflux and back into your boiler.Originally posted by lowriderzzz View PostI've just made my reflux column with removable cap for my experimental 8 litters batch unit, but I'm thinking the length of the whole column is too large.
How do you think ?
Its currently 117 cm with the cap and only the column is 1 meter. And also 5,6 cm in diameter.
I have been running various blends of waste oils and unleaded gasoline in a 1983 Chevy G-20 van with a 6.2L diesel V-8 engine, with a Stanadyne Rotary DB2 IP since Feb, 2007. I have started the engine with no difficulty and no block heater on an 80/20 (WVO/gas) blend down to 0F (-18c). I have found that by blending as little as 15% gasoline in the summer, and as much as 50% in the winter, my engine starts and runs as if it was running on diesel fuel.Comment
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Thanks I have that in consideration. I've already cut it in half and I plan to insulate it. If i see it is still cold I will have to electrically heat it too.Originally posted by Beyond Biodiesel View PostComment
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How about a comprehensive easy to follow ebook on the subject ?
Hi folks. I was wondering will it be useful if an ebook is made based on the posts in this thread. One with content pages, precise instructions, required equipment etc. ? I see many questions get repeated over and over again by new members (my self including).
This will primarily benefit the non experienced. So what you think ?
Second part of the question will be to those of you with marketing and business sense. Do you think the need to have this info in order and by step by step is so deep so anyone would pay for buying such an ebook ? Of course if its made professional and with proper advertising ?
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lowriderzzz, an ebook sounds like a good idea to me. It might just reduce the number of repeats we have to do.I have been running various blends of waste oils and unleaded gasoline in a 1983 Chevy G-20 van with a 6.2L diesel V-8 engine, with a Stanadyne Rotary DB2 IP since Feb, 2007. I have started the engine with no difficulty and no block heater on an 80/20 (WVO/gas) blend down to 0F (-18c). I have found that by blending as little as 15% gasoline in the summer, and as much as 50% in the winter, my engine starts and runs as if it was running on diesel fuel.Comment
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Yes. I already started collecting the informative posts from the most experienced folks. I started with imbd's posts and I will scan through yours too if you don't mind use them.
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A very good day to you all....
Let me introduce myself I am Kobus van den Berg.
From South Africa.
I have jumped ahead into the future to see where it is now at.
You see I am actually from the past as I am now only at thread nr 1087
And more than 2 years behind you on this thread.
I will catch up soon.
BTW a e book with the important threads would be fantastic.
Ok bye for now got to go back to the past.
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Thanks Excalibur !Originally posted by Excalibur View Post
i got kaowool,and now it withstands the temparature!Comment
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rough content for ebook
here is a pretty rough content for the ebook.
The set up
- Equipment required
- Retort
- Catalyst column
- Reflux column
- Condensers
- Bubbler
- Connecting pipes
- Measurement equipment
- Burners
Experiments
- Different temperatures
- Trying with different sorts of feedstock
- Different catalyst
The feedstock
- Plastic types
- The science behind the cracking process
The catalyst
- High active ones
- Low active ones
Test your results
- Viscosity test
- Octane test
- Water content
- Weight test
Any comments regarding adding other chapters and the order of those ones would be appreciated.Last edited by lowriderzzz; 09-16-2013, 04:00 PM.Comment
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Whatever I have posted here is public domain, so feel free to use it.Originally posted by lowriderzzz View PostYes. I already started collecting the informative posts from the most experienced folks. I started with imbd's posts and I will scan through yours too if you don't mind use them.
I like your chapter headings. Go for it.I have been running various blends of waste oils and unleaded gasoline in a 1983 Chevy G-20 van with a 6.2L diesel V-8 engine, with a Stanadyne Rotary DB2 IP since Feb, 2007. I have started the engine with no difficulty and no block heater on an 80/20 (WVO/gas) blend down to 0F (-18c). I have found that by blending as little as 15% gasoline in the summer, and as much as 50% in the winter, my engine starts and runs as if it was running on diesel fuel.Comment
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Welcome, ladanivaca, my Spanish is not great, and maybe others here are not so good with it, so I translated it for you with the Google translator. Good luck with your process, and do share with us your results.
Since you started out as a blender, I too am a blender, but I found blending gasoline at 20% with WVO at 80% worked best on my engine, and is cheaper than 50% diesel blends.
Those who make their fuel through pyrolysis essentially will be blending their fractions to make fuel, much as we blenders do.
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I have been running various blends of waste oils and unleaded gasoline in a 1983 Chevy G-20 van with a 6.2L diesel V-8 engine, with a Stanadyne Rotary DB2 IP since Feb, 2007. I have started the engine with no difficulty and no block heater on an 80/20 (WVO/gas) blend down to 0F (-18c). I have found that by blending as little as 15% gasoline in the summer, and as much as 50% in the winter, my engine starts and runs as if it was running on diesel fuel.Comment
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ladanivaca, you might find that gasoline blending works better than diesel fuel blending. You will use less gasoline than diesel fuel to thin out your waste oils.
Post your photos of your plastic pyrolysis system here, because I am sure we all would like to see your system.I have been running various blends of waste oils and unleaded gasoline in a 1983 Chevy G-20 van with a 6.2L diesel V-8 engine, with a Stanadyne Rotary DB2 IP since Feb, 2007. I have started the engine with no difficulty and no block heater on an 80/20 (WVO/gas) blend down to 0F (-18c). I have found that by blending as little as 15% gasoline in the summer, and as much as 50% in the winter, my engine starts and runs as if it was running on diesel fuel.Comment
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