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  1. Isuzu Trooper Questions
    I may have a chance to get rid of a dord 302 gas hog, for a 1988 Isuzu tropper, diesel with blower. Suppose to be very clean for its age. At a quick glance I...
    - Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:26:01 GMT
  2. Re: electrostatic processing
    John, The electrical current was applied to fully converted fuel to speed the separation, not to process. It works on the electrical conductivity differential...
    - Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:41:33 GMT
  3. Re: electrostatic processing
    I looked into this a few years back when I had access to a ultra sonic device used to stress relief welded 5" steel plate for excavation buckets. The initial &...
    - Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:06:24 GMT
  4. Re: electrostatic processing
    John, I saw the experiment and was dazzeled. I guess my rel question was did he check to see if all was fully converted and what were the final results. I...
    - Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:10:26 GMT
  5. Re: Ultrasonic processors
    A few years ago I had a bio student ask this question.So we connected a vibrating air sander to the side of my processor ,varied the speed until the surface of...
    - Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:22:37 GMT
  6. Re: electrostatic processing
    Regarding electrostatic,Graham Laming used high voltage low amperage to convert bio in an experiment,and it also worked. I don't know if he ever geared it up...
    - Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:59:41 GMT
  7. electrostatic processing
    Now I looked into this many months ago and it seemed to me that the Bio Processing was about to take a serious turn. Processing in minutes and separation in...
    - Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:39:59 GMT
  8. Ultrasonic processors
    Same question about that one. Is there a down side to this? Can't we find generators that are affordable? Has anyone looked further into using a pneumatic...
    - Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:31:01 GMT
  9. Re: 120 Volt: 9 amp pump heater recommendations
    No matter what the #s, the real world has a way of adjusting the math. I glad this is just for teaching. Watching a slow temp gauge rise =s watching paint dry....
    - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:50:04 GMT
  10. Re: 120 Volt: 9 amp pump heater recommendations
    Steve & Carl, You guys made me do the math the long way. My original calculations were based on a rule of thumb that I am not 100% sure of the numbers. Steve...
    - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:10:32 GMT
  11. Re: 120 Volt: 9 amp pump heater recommendations
    Veg oil Specific Heat Capacity is .4 (40% of water). You should be able to heat 80 gallons in about 9 hours. A little more if you are running the pump and...
    - Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:04:31 GMT
  12. Re: 120 Volt: 9 amp pump heater recommendations
    Thanks Rick. That agrees with the theoretical #s if using water.   Steve Smith President - Lost Yankee Enterprises ________________________________ From: Rick...
    - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:38:41 GMT
  13. Re: 120 Volt: 9 amp pump heater recommendations
    Steve, A 2500w 220v heating element powered by 110v will give you 625 watts. You said earlier that you wanted to heat 80 gallons of oil, at that wattage you...
    - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:29:05 GMT
  14. Re: 120 Volt: 9 amp pump heater recommendations
    Thanks for all the replies. I'm a licensed boiler operator so all lock out procedures will be in place & fault protection, spill containment, ventilation,...
    - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:56:21 GMT
  15. Re: 120 Volt: 9 amp pump heater recommendations
    The reliability of these pumps is why I use air to mix. No pump . john  bailey ... From: "Billy" <tillyfromparadise@...> To: Biodiesel@yahoogroups.com ...
    - Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:51:53 GMT