gone west Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/new...ws/14379180.htm PORTLAND, Ore. - A tiny chemical reactor that can convert vegetable oil directly into biodiesel could help farmers turn some of their crops into homegrown fuel to operate agricultural equipment instead of relying on costly imported oil. ..or costly dometic oil, for that matter.... Problem is, WHERE ARE THE DIESEL CARS!?!?!?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dom Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Nice find! The microreactor under development by the university and the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute eliminates the mixing, the standing time and maybe even the need for a catalyst. But will it eliminate the need for methanol? What about soap formation in the raw product? Certainly sounds like it could reduce the energy consumption of the process. Very intriguing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooki Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 What about soap formation in the raw product? The ultmate clean energy? TLM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webmaster Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 FROM THE ARTICLE "The microreactor under development by the university and the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute eliminates the mixing, the standing time and maybe even the need for a catalyst. "If we're successful with this, nobody will ever make biodiesel any other way," Jovanovic said." - - - MISSION ONAMI puts unique nanoscience research to work in breakthrough microsystems, in partnership with federal agencies and Oregon's world-leading Silicon Forest industry cluster. @: http://www.onami.us/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dom Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 The microreactor, being developed in association with the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI), consists of a series of parallel channels, each smaller than a human hair, through which vegetable oil and alcohol are pumped simultaneously. At such a small scale the chemical reaction that converts the oil into biodiesel is almost instant. http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ncs/newsarch/2...croreactors.htm Hey, this is funny It appears OSU biodiesel site has been attacked by rude porno links. http://che.oregonstate.edu/research/biodie...DI_Plant_Design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbubb Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 someone is trying to raise the web profile of those sites. those types of profiles are dsigned to delude the spiders about the popularity of a site, make it think that there are many valid linksto it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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