Re: Things we missed on Saturday

I have some experience with band heaters since its
what I'm using at the processor here at my house.  Let
me know if I can help in some way.


--- Felix Kersting <[email protected]> wrote:

> Friends,
> 
> Thinking about some of the items we discussed on
> Saturday....
> 
> 1. We agreed that blending High and Low FFA oil
> would be a good thing to 
> do after our process  tolerances are established. 
> We didn't leave any 
> room for that in the feedstock tank layout.... we
> might want to think 
> about that before we get too carried away.  We may
> need to do a push to 
> characterize our feedstock so we can sort and mix on
> the way to 
> preheat.  We may need to look into a band heater for
> the oil storage 
> tote as well.  We may also be able to use the
> feedstock tote to do that 
> - we can mix 150 gal of oil in the tote and use the
> same chemistry in 
> all 3 batches we react, then mix the 150 gal while
> the first in 
> reacting... what say you all?
> 
> 2. There was rain water in the oil collection tank
> (more than Pete 
> wanted to admit to!).  Before we start using that
> tank, we should 
> consider putting a drain in the bottom for water. 
> Seth's big objection 
> to using old heating oil tanks was that there was
> all sorts of crud in 
> the bottom and if you ever got it out, the bottom
> was rusted because 
> there had been water sitting there.  I see the same
> thing happening to 
> our oil collection tank.  We might want to consider
> a 1" tap for a 
> heater element as well.
> 
> Thanks again for everyone's help on Saturday - great
> results.
> 
> Felix
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