[Vwdiesel] Fuel 101 ---( Biodiesel by-product ? )

[Svend M Kjong]

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From: "Svend M Kjong" <svend at prcn.org>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 10:23 AM
Subject: Fuel 101 ---( Biodiesel by-product ? )


> These qualities enable glycerin to be used as a humectant, plasticizer, emollient,
> thickener, solvent, dispersing medium, lubricant, sweetener, bodying agent, antifreeze
and
> processing aid. It is not unusual for glycerin to contribute two or more features or
> attributes to a product or application. In all applications, whether as a reactant or as
> an additive, the virtual non-toxicity and overall safety of glycerin is always of
> significant benefit. Glycerin applications appear to be limited only by the imagination
> and creativity of the scientific and technical communities.
>
> Doyt Echelberger  (my Mentor)  corrected me on Litharge ---it is NOT Sulfur and Glycerin
> it is Glycerin and Yellow Lead oxide.
>
> But in the process I now know what I always wanted to know about Glycerin.  ---My time
in
> Danmark was full of Glycerin.---they must have had a cheap source ?   Partly de-fatted
> Bacon exports ?--like TULIP and --that other brand. I got that bacon here in cans --not
> bad.
>
> Svend.
>
> PS :   I now know that Glycerin comes from Animal fat--or  Vegetable oil or Crude
> oil.--WOW.Chicken fat in your Bio from KFC ?  no wonder you guys get so much Glycerin.
>