Hi ok so we sent our first batch through our new reactor... reaction was looking good... but now that we have left it to settle it's formed a honey like substance... strange crystaline structures in it... jammed the whole system up good and propper... it won't pump...
We are using KOH... our oil titrated at 3 grams KOH per liter... 40 liter batch... 7+3 = 10 grams per liter... 90% pure KOH... this in total comes to 440 grams for the batch. 8 liters of methanol...
We titrated a couple times to make sure...
I think there was a small amount of water still left in the system. We calibrated the indicator with water... would this have cause this problem? How on gods green earth do we clean it out?
This is what we've done...
1. Pre heated oil to 58 degrees
2. Add Potasium methoxide mixture to oil
3. Let mix for an hour
4. Let settle...
How long should we let it settle?
It is also possible that our temperature controller was off by quite a large amount... it may have been too cold... does this make a huge diference?
The mixture was looking good when we started to let it settle... is had changed in texture... was looking thin like diesel... and you could see movement in the liquid as if it was reacting...
Anyways... any help would be appreciated...
We are using KOH... our oil titrated at 3 grams KOH per liter... 40 liter batch... 7+3 = 10 grams per liter... 90% pure KOH... this in total comes to 440 grams for the batch. 8 liters of methanol...
We titrated a couple times to make sure...
I think there was a small amount of water still left in the system. We calibrated the indicator with water... would this have cause this problem? How on gods green earth do we clean it out?
This is what we've done...
1. Pre heated oil to 58 degrees
2. Add Potasium methoxide mixture to oil
3. Let mix for an hour
4. Let settle...
How long should we let it settle?
It is also possible that our temperature controller was off by quite a large amount... it may have been too cold... does this make a huge diference?
The mixture was looking good when we started to let it settle... is had changed in texture... was looking thin like diesel... and you could see movement in the liquid as if it was reacting...
Anyways... any help would be appreciated...
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