Re: [siteplan] Site planning meeting & oil heating

Sounds Good. Here is the fuel update:

Unable to react fuel
We were unable to react a batch on Saturday. The oil, after  
preheating, was too murky.
We let the oil settle unheated through Sunday-Monday.

Monday Night Test Batches
Monday night, we saw better separation when we drained off oil from  
the preheater, but were still trying to be cautious about the  
quality: when we boiled a sample of the remaining oil in the heater,  
we clearly saw water bubbles, starting at 120 F.
Therefore, instead of reacting the whole batch, we reacted two test  
jars, one with oil from the preheater and one with oil which we  
drained off the bottom of the preheater.

Need to Perform 3/27 test
We need to perform the 3/27 test on these two jars.
If, as I suspect, they fail the test, especially the oil from the  
preheater we will need, for the time being,  to draw top oil from the  
oil totes that contain visible settling.

A lot to do. Need people:

1) FIX THE HEATER SWITCH:
The toggle wall switch for heater #2 does not function. It remains  
"on" even when the switch is flipped off. This needs to be repaired  
ASAP. IF Zan is not available to do this, Mich, can you find us an  
electrician.

2) The washer must be completed and ready to use by 3/17/07. Greg/ 
Felix, what's left to do on these things?

3) The dryer needs to be completed and ready to use by 3/17/07

The 17th is the date at which we should have at least 50-100 gallons  
of fuel ready to wash and dry, AT THE LATEST.

4) A few people to sit down and figure out how to mildly heat a tote  
of oil so that we can accelerate the settling without creating a heat  
convection. If we can't figure this out, we are going to have to look  
at doing 2-stage reactions and/or precleaning the oil. I don't think  
vacuum-heating is going to be our first option (but I'm not ruling it  
out).

On Feb 25, 2007, at 11:21 PM, Felix Kersting wrote:

> Friends,
>
> I am calling a site planning meeting on Wed March 7 @ 7 pm at the  
> site.  We will discuss where we are and the one month, 3 month and  
> 6 month planning horizons.  If you have agenda items, please  
> forward them to me.  Feel free to call me @ 503-969-5996, evenings  
> only please unless it's a dire emergency - this is my work cell.
>
> See you there,
>
> Felix
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