New WVO Dewatering & Filter set up page.

[Julian]

Just starting the State diagram for the KH Processor in WVO treatment mode, so the first of many questions ...

To what temperature does the oil need to be heated?

What is the minimum settling period before dry oil can be tapped off?

Should the dry oil be tapped off before draining the crud or should you drain the crud first?

[Julian]

Just noticed another issue with the drawings ... none of the graphics show the pressure gauges.

[Rotary-Motion]

Just noticed another issue with the drawings ... none of the graphics show the pressure gauges.

[Rotary-Motion]

Just starting the State diagram for the KH Processor in WVO treatment mode, so the first of many questions ...

To what temperature does the oil need to be heated? 60c

What is the minimum settling period before dry oil can be tapped off? i go 1 week (after a 1 week settle time befoe that)

Should the dry oil be tapped off before draining the crud or should you drain the crud first? can be either (you will know how much you tip in thats pants...)

[Julian]

Pls check out the page for state of play.

[Rotary-Motion]

can you drop the WVO pic in by it to see valve set open/closed to reference each other please...

[Julian]

There you go ...

[Julian]

Are we doing a 7% water prewash with the KH Processor?

[Julian]

Ok, all graphics and state diagrams for the KH Processor are loaded to the page, await comments and revisions.

I think some of the notes in the state diagrams could be included in the step by step text, yet to be written.

[Tony]

Nice

Is heating to 60C and settling adequate for the really wet creamy oils?

Particularly interested in this as I have some very creamy oil to process at the moment (well, the oil that isn't currently all over the shed floor at the moment )

[Rotary-Motion]

hmmm i see what you mean, before my oil goes in the heat tank its already been through a sheet in a separate tank and settled for a week, then tipped through another sheet on the heat tank.

creamy / fatty stuff i tend to pass on, but the sheet grabs a big percentage of fats. so 60 is prolly still ok.

this all for veg running, if for bio i spose can be worked a different way, cooked higher and evaporated off.

[Rotary-Motion]

WVO mode = V11 closed (empty site tube) on heating/settling oil part.

oil in/pump to settling tank = open

Pump to settling tank "notes" could add (oil passes through V9 but if filters block it passes through release valve back into tank)

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bio grid looks unfinished ?

[Julian]

The graphic is wrong, I should have shown the valve open, but I don't see how there's any way to empty the sight tube unless the tank is empty.

Keith said the oil was poured in through the sieve.  Are you saying it's pumped in?  Or have I got the wrong end of the stick again?

I agree that could be stated, but to keep things consistent with the other processor pages, this one could do with a step by step text, if KH agrees.  The notes in the state diagram were only really intended to be very brief.  Hence my comment somewhere above.

How do you mean unfinished? If you mean the dotted boxes, I didn't notice those last night ... I've just got a space in the wrong place somewhere which I'll try and sort out later.

[Rotary-Motion]

re: sitetube

yes i see what you mean i think in reality it can be drained as mine is, as the real one k.h has can do this i think, but the pic as shown cant, so yeah see what you mean...

i empty the tube for cooking else liltte or no heat gets in there so will be unsettled/uncooked oil

[K.H]

Just starting the State diagram for the KH Processor in WVO treatment mode, so the first of many questions ...

To what temperature does the oil need to be heated?

What is the minimum settling period before dry oil can be tapped off?

Should the dry oil be tapped off before draining the crud or should you drain the crud first?

Temps set as 65C for both