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Biodiesel => Biodiesel equipment => Topic started by: Tony on January 30, 2013, 10:41:42 PM
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Assuming there was no limit on batch size, how much do you think you would do at once?
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400L would be a good batch size, as long as you could collect enough oil and had enough bio in stock to wait that long.
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Part of me wants to say 1000l so I don't have to do much work every year. The other part of me says that if you don't do frequent batches you'll miss out on tinkering with new techniques.
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Assuming there was no limit on batch size, how much do you think you would do at once?
Is there a limit ?
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Oh I don't know maybe about 3.5kL batch size is just about right but maybe a bit small
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If there was no risk element, then as large as possible.
But then, assuming you dont want to store the wvo in your reactor, theres issues with having a shed full of cubies waiting for a full batch.
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The EA regulation for this kind of activity states processing 250l of waste at once as a limit, however we are domestic so unregulated. When I spoke to the local EA guys on the phone, they confirmed that as domestic operations there was no legal requirement for us to be within this limit but they said they would rather we complied with the regulation limits anyway. "Don't do anything to warrant our attention and we'll leave you alone" was the message - although delivered a bit more cheerfully than that (they were friendly enough about the whole thing!)
So I think that yes we can make large batches (legally) but for the sake of staying under the radar it would be reasonable to stay under 250l of waste at a time.
I'm kind of curious how Dick got inspected and had to build bunding for his oil stores as a domestic operation that is supposedly unregulated. But perhaps that ties more into oil storage for CHP.