The last two days have seen cold temperatures around the cloud point of biodiesel fuel.
Unfortunately several coop members have experienced problems starting their cars. Check the message board of the Yahoo! group to follow the complete thread. Other members have experienced poor engine performance in several makes and models of car, as well, pointing to the fuel as the culprit.
A common concern raised is water in the fuel or fuel storage tank.
We need volunteers to remove the sludge discovered by John Shepley and McComas Fuel's delivery man/tester recently.
Can we do this 'cleaning' before delivery of kerosene to winterize the current batch of B99?
Saturday 130pm Mark Eckley will arrive at Mill Valley to commence sludge removal.
Any other volunteers?
Here is correspondence about the tank (digested by your faithful secretary)
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Shepley wrote>>
FYI...
Here is Info from Ted Rouse, where he asked Doug (the guy who provided our tank) about it's history.
Can we organize some volunteers to look into opening the drain cock on the tank and removing some sludge? Other near-term solutions would be to rais the intake to about 3-6 inches off the bottom and to transfer the contents (The upper, presumably clean fuel) to another tank or drums to separate it from the sludge.
John
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Ted Rouse wrote>>[mailto:wr@...]
Here is Doug’s response….
tank was cleaned and visually inspected prior to delivery. sludge in the bottom is inevitable in a new tank. That is why there is a drain cock in the bottom to drain water relatedstuff out. doug
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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Doug Carroll communicated he had not seen the tank in six years. Curious.
There is no drain. Make of that what you will.
Note the temperatures for the last week Nov. 4-11, were down below the cloud point for soy biodiesel B100.
http://www.weather.com/outlook/driving/interstate/pastweather/21217?from=36hr_topnav_driving
Importantly the temperature has been dropping below 40F most nights. Even soy-based B99 can gel under these conditions.
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