Hey guys,
A while ago I asked about a confusing soap problem with my biodiesel, and thanks to the awesome knowledge of everyone here, I managed to start making some top quality bio diesel!!! Took me a while due to university stuff but finally got there
Anyway, now I want to build a small scale reactor, but I have no clue how to accurately measure out the bigger quantities of liquid needed. For my 1 Litre batches, I just bought measuring cylinders from a local lab supply shop. For my reactor, I will be starting off with a small 20L reactor, so I'll need something like 20L of oil and 4L of methanol. I can't think of anything to give me an accurate measurement for these quantities. I thought of potentially weighing the reactants, but that would get quite messy as you need to consider temperature, impurities, etc. How do you guys measure your liquids?
I'm also having difficult finding carboys or any such appropriate container for the initial filtration/settling of my WVO. Does anyone know where I can buy these? I'm based in Melbourne.
Thanks for all your help, I should have a complete reactor by the end of the month!!
A while ago I asked about a confusing soap problem with my biodiesel, and thanks to the awesome knowledge of everyone here, I managed to start making some top quality bio diesel!!! Took me a while due to university stuff but finally got there
Anyway, now I want to build a small scale reactor, but I have no clue how to accurately measure out the bigger quantities of liquid needed. For my 1 Litre batches, I just bought measuring cylinders from a local lab supply shop. For my reactor, I will be starting off with a small 20L reactor, so I'll need something like 20L of oil and 4L of methanol. I can't think of anything to give me an accurate measurement for these quantities. I thought of potentially weighing the reactants, but that would get quite messy as you need to consider temperature, impurities, etc. How do you guys measure your liquids?
I'm also having difficult finding carboys or any such appropriate container for the initial filtration/settling of my WVO. Does anyone know where I can buy these? I'm based in Melbourne.
Thanks for all your help, I should have a complete reactor by the end of the month!!
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