Re: Washed Fuel ...

Jeff,

Thanks for the updates. We are having a training meeting tonight and  
expect a large turn-out. We will certainly have more than 35 gallons  
washed and dried by the end of this month, however, I'm not sure what  
the quality will be. Do you want fuel if it doesn't pass 3/27?

We need to start tagging the barrels with batch #s anyway, so we can  
track them. So we can tag the new barrels with "prewash".

Maybe I'll give you a call.


On Jul 16, 2007, at 1:13 PM, Jeff Brandt wrote:

> We will be attending Solwest at the end of this month and we will be
> donating some fuel for their silent auction.
>
> I have committed to donating 35 gallons of Sun Break 100 ...
>
> When would I be able to get 35 gallons of washed and dried fuel  
> from the co-op?
>
> We also have 550 gallons to deliver to the co-op site. You might want
> to keep these barrels separate as this fuel has received the pre-wash
> treatment that you requested. I'm very curious to see if this improves
> your wash times. The downside to the pre-wash seems to be the glycerol
> separation time. Previously the glycerol would completely fall out in
> a couple of hours with 12 hours being overkill. After the pre-wash
> treatment it has been taking almost 24 hours to get a clean
> separation.
>
> I thought people also might want to know what the current totals  
> are ...
>
> Batch #1, 267 gallons, 3.5g base, sunbreak oil
> Batch #2, 275 gallons, 3.5g base, sunbreak oil
> Batch #3, 275 gallons, 3.5g base, sunbreak oil
> Batch #4, 275 gallons, 3.5g base, co-op oil
> Batch #5, 275 gallons, 3.5g base, co-op oil
> Batch #6, 275 gallons, 5.0g base, co-op oil
> Batch #7, ??? gallons, problem batch, set aside for later, co-op oil
> Batch #8, 270 gallons, 5.0g base, 5% pre-wash, co-op oil
> Batch #9, 265 gallons, 5.0g base, 5% pre-wash, co-op oil
>
> You will notice that batches #2 through #6 all have 275 gallons which
> shouldn't be possible. The yield was close to 265-268 gallons however
> we have recovered alot of biodiesel from our glycerol barrels and
> topped off the partial barrel to fully utilize our trip to the co-op.
>
> We have used 9 barrels of methanol, 146 lbs of lye and 576 kWh's of  
> electricity.
>
> The co-op has supplied 2 barrels of methanol.
>
> At some point Sun Break Biofuels needs to collect 800+ gallons of
> washed biodiesel, although I'm a patient person and believe the co-op
> members deserve first right.
>
> We have successfully processed around 2200 gallons of biodiesel. About
> 1400 gallons for the co-op and another 800 gallons for Sun Break.
> There was another batch that didn't work out so well, but we will fix
> that at a later date.
>
> Processing costs should work out well since Sun Break will owe the
> co-op approx $400 for fuel washing services, plus our membership fee
> will be subtracted and in addition the total overhead was reduced
> since the co-op provided 2 out of the 5 barrels of methanol we used
> for processing.
>
>
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> Jeff Brandt
> Sun Break Biofuels, LLC
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