"Albm&ctd" <alb_mandctdNOWMD@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> In article <bf0ef801-ebd8-4d7d-ae6f-
> 3374f7b24c03@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, the_dawggie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > On Apr 17, 1:42 am, Diesel Damo <Diesel_...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > atec77 wrote:
> > > > Might allow you to tinker and then decide if you have a small soft
drink
> > > > bottle
> > >
> > > >http://www.brisbanebiodiesel.com/reactor-design.php
> > >
> > > Love it! Especially this bit: "Typically the glycerine layer is
about
> > > the same or a bit more than the amount of methanol used."
> > >
> > > So far I hadn't been able to find out how much of everything is
> > > actually produced at the end, so that little tidbit of info is very
> > > welcome.
> >
> > Yup, overall volume stays more or less the same. A hot water
> > system - I didn't think of that.
> >
> I don't think this method of producing fuel would help me or be cost
> effective.
> I mean.. for one, I'd have to go out and buy a stinking particulate
> emitting diesel :-)
>
> I guess I could use it on an old bit of denim/cotton or screwed up
> newspaper to start the charcoal BBQ.
>
> Flawed theory: Charcoal doesn't burn if you drop a match on it,
therefore
> charcoal doesn't burn.
Actually, if you remember an experiment in high-school science, you get an
empty coffee tin with removable lid. Place some dead wood in it,.replace
lid, punch a couple of holes in the lid. Heat tin in a camp-fire,..then
place a lighted match near the holes in lid and voila! A flame starts
burning. When it stops, remove tin, open lid and there it is,.. coal.
Lesson: it's the gas given off by heated wood that burns, not the wood
itself.
Jason
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