Where can I buy chemicals?

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 11:09

Does anyone know where I can get Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) and methanol (99%+)?

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 11:50

are you trying to make BIO diesel?

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 12:45

Yes, I am. So do you know where I can find the things I need?

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 12:47

Other names for Potassium Hydroxide are caustic soda and lye, but some lye is Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH), and I don't want that.

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 13:26

Hi ingrid.



we did make bio diesel when i was in the uk,as thats why i asked the question,are you making bio diesel.we used to make bio diesel in the UK and there is was very easy to get the chemicals.



here is a small machine for the home,do u have a machine or are you going to do it all by hand?



http://www.goldenray.co.uk/



i suggest you look to turkey for your chemicals or maybe the south

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:06

Hi there,



Thank you. I have looked at Turkey and there seems to be no problem getting it from there, but then you would need import license, pay customs and all the rest. I was hoping there was somewhere in TRNC you could get it.



Thank you also for the information about the machine. However, I am planning on starting out by hand, just to try it. Perhaps I will some time in the future need to get a machine but at the moment I have no such plans.



Were you making bio diesel on a commercial level or for your own use?



Ingrid

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:18

Message 6



on a commercial level.



then customs wanted some of the cake.



so closed down operation for a while.think it might be back up and running.

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:27

heres a company in cyprus who is looking to buy 2000 metric tons of methanol at the moment.you maybe be able to get supplied off them.







Company Name: ABERCROMBIE LTD

Street Address: 61, Arch. Makariou Iii

City: Limassol

Country/Region: Cyprus

Zip: 3065

Telephone: 357-25-762216

Mobile Phone: 35799020489

Fax: 357-25-761146

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:29

Now, this I don't understand: What had customs got to do with it? Where you not making bio diesel in UK for UK? Or where you importing the oil?

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:33

Can't get import licence for products from south that are not produced in south

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:33

Thanks anyway

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:33

customs want VAT is your selling on a commercial scale



the idea is to sell on a commercial scale and give them Rats nothing

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:35

OK, tax office...

Have you not considered doing it here in TRNC?

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:35

what quantity do you need to buy at a time ?



you can put 50 litre in your boot.



will make you a couple of batches

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:36

A couple!? Quite a few, I would guess... considering I only need like 200ml/ltr oil

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:38

i really fancied starting a algea farm here really.as we have the perfect weather and from algea you can make a good bio diesel,also algea grows at a fast rate and doubles itself in size each day.



also can sell algea back into the food chain.



6 months ago was selling for around $4 a kilo



has very high omega content

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:39

call me in skype if you have it .



zerochlor

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:40

I know... wouldn't it be perfect? It would cost you a fortune to set up, though.

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:42

KLM have invested around 200 million to look for a alternative jet fuel.



also bioking were looking for landowners where they could set up photocells to grow algea

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:46

So what do you think about growing jatropha for bio diesel? I believe government has got lots of land that they want you to plant trees on.

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:50

good idea.but the jatropha tree takes quite along time to mature.5 maybe 7 years if i remember rightly. would be long term investment.i think algea is the way forward to be honest

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:55

ahh ive just googled jatropha plant.wow.such a quick growing plant and high yield plant..



i never knew about it

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:58

closer to five i think, but they will produce for up to forty years.

wouldn't algae be a long term investment? You need to buy an awful lot of land to begin with... But if you have the money, yes, you may be right. If you don't have the money, like me, I think jatropha is a better option. Not that that is free either... but as I said, you may be able to get land off the government. They need trees planted, you need land to plant trees on... voila!

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 18:59

see, you learn something every day

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:00

and I'm getting closer to my fifty posts... will be able to see e-mail addresses soon... Thanks!

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:06

well i still think algea is a quicker turnaround.it doubles in weight every day. or in size



also selling if you find the market for it also at $4 a kilo.maybe better!

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:11

you need prime location land for it... 60-100000/dönüm... how many dönüms do you need?

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:14

ive got the use of that if need be

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:16

for photocells





maybe 200 to 300 donum



the fotocells are round plastic tubes like 1 great big snake coiling all over the land

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:16

then what are you waiting for? I think it is a brilliant idea! My only concern was the high cost of land and setup... but if you have that sorted, go for it!

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:18

ive been doodling with the figures for 6 months



wanna help me



il be ur apprentice

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:20

I don't think I would be any help at all. A novice with no money... can't see what good I'd do?



But good luck! I hope you make it

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:21

I should stick to making enough bio diesel to make my car run...

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:22

so ur only looking to produce for ur own vehicle.



maybe 30 or 50 litres a week.



you can buy a machine that will help u produce that amount from waste oils and fats for under a £1000 pounds

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:24

I can make one for under £100

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:25

I must start somewhere... and I think the bottom is the right place to start.



Maybe one day I will be growing my jatrophas on making bio diesel to supply the whole country.

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:26

wow. you from a engineering background?

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:28

no... but nothing is impossible... if I really want to build a machine that makes me diesel, I believe I can.

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:37

ohhh 2 more posts and u hit ur bulls eye

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:37

uhm... one more now

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:41

voila!





happy 50 .



you got email!

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:44

Was hoping you'd write something so that I could answer.... just don't know what to answer to what you just wrote, but that doesn't matter, does it?

IngridL


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Posts: 368

Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:47

Nice chatting to you... let's just hope someone else knows where I can get methanol and lye

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:48

and can you see email addresses now.didnt realise it was 50 posts until u could see them until u said.



most hide there email addresses i think

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:49

and now you're telling me?!

zerochlor


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:50

u got email. some questions for you to answer!



and u got 2 stars

IngridL


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Message Posted:
26/05/2009 19:56

Shall answer later... REALLY must go now...

Take care



you've got 3

Tootie


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Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
26/05/2009 20:06

RE> Msg 19,



Using an unmodified Boeing 747, pilots for Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic have successfully flown from London's Heathrow airport to Amsterdam using a biofuel made of a mix of coconut and babassu oil. This is the first biofueled-airline flight.



Virgin Atlantic's partners in this event are Boeing, GE Aviation and Imperium Renewables. The joint press release is after the jump. Advisers on the plane were monitoring the one engine that was using the biofuel (the other three were using standard fuel as a safety measure) and other systems to learn how to apply the knowledge to future flights.



Tootie

kellybelly


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Message Posted:
27/05/2009 00:10

Ring up MI5,I'm sure they will be happy to here from you.LOL

kellybelly


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Message Posted:
27/05/2009 00:13

msg 49 hear not here.

IngridL


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Posts: 368

Message Posted:
27/05/2009 16:52

So... does anybody know where I can get the stuff?

segmen


Joined: 05/12/2008
Posts: 120

Message Posted:
29/05/2009 14:39

From any green grocers!!

Full of chemicals on each vegetable and fruits!!!

IngridL


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Posts: 368

Message Posted:
06/07/2009 16:54

I am no longer looking. Thank you.

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
06/07/2009 22:04

I've plenty of potassium nitrate, whack that in your fuel and your car will go off like a rocket!



Richard