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General => Chatter => Topic started by: Tony on August 02, 2012, 08:07:08 AM

Title: Refine your own crude?
Post by: Tony on August 02, 2012, 08:07:08 AM

I'm sure it's not quite as simple as the reporting makes out (after all, biodiesel never is!)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19082609

Title: Re: Refine your own crude?
Post by: kamaangir on September 06, 2012, 08:49:41 AM

It is that simple! Just a still that boils off the various hydrocarbons. Simple but very dangerous, open flame and gas and petrol vapours :o

Title: Re: Refine your own crude?
Post by: Tony on September 06, 2012, 09:04:55 AM

Presumably the pipes out of the top are air cooled condensers effectively then?  Presumably not using pumped water.

All rather scary having a fire under it when the lighter gas fractions are coming off  :o

Title: Re: Refine your own crude?
Post by: kamaangir on September 06, 2012, 09:24:46 AM

They must be, though being in the delta water is not too hard to get!
 Not sure if the diesel is upto EN standards  but it will work in IDI's no probs. Power outages are a massive problem in Nigeria and diesel gennys are very common, most of the diesel sold domestically would probably end up powering peoples homes and shops.