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09-16-2004, 10:40 AM
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Coconut Oil as SVO?
It is my understanding that the super tankers bringing coconut oil up from the Islands do so at a wholesale price of 4 cents per gallon. I'm in the process of checking one of the ports on Lake Michigan as to availability.
Has anyone run this stuff as SVO? Is it too thick? Does anyone have access to it on large volume? Thanks Don
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09-16-2004, 11:01 AM
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With a gel point at around 70 degrees F, you can use it, but you are going to have to have a well-designed conversion plus a well-designed filtering apparatus.
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09-16-2004, 11:16 AM
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Bummer
I don't like the gel point at all. Would SVO need to be filtered or is this raw stuff pre SVO?
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09-16-2004, 11:35 AM
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I don't have any idea. If it is refined oil, then it probably is pretty well-filtered already. If it is unrefined, then filtering is a definite must.
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09-16-2004, 11:47 AM
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.04/gal? Wow! I'll be willing to bet you have to contract for tens of thousands of gallons/month for that price which would make storage a real issue.
That said, I'd still be filtering that oil to <10 microns, regardless of the source. Howsabout cutting it with diesel or B-100 to lower the cloud point? FWIW, here some info on the cetane ratings of various oils.
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09-16-2004, 01:37 PM
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.04 is what they're paying the islands for it. After having a tanker ship it up here a million gallons at a time, I suspect a fair markup. I was hoping to beat the $2 per gallong and run it straight during the summer.
I'm still waiting for a buddy to call me back on that however. Thanks for the chart on oils. Don
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09-16-2004, 09:31 PM
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Thank you R Leo
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