In article <480ae32f$0$70796$c30e37c6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
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says...
>
> "Albm&ctd" <alb_mandctdNOWMD@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:MPG.2275268a9e4b307f989743@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 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
>
The charred remains (charcoal) were simply deprived of oxygen otherwise
they would have burned also without smoke leaving a white to grey ash.
Head-butt your stupid *****ng science teacher. You must have went to a
speshul school :-)
Al
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