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Old 07-02-2013, 05:11 PM
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Heet fuel dryer alternative?

Wondering if plain isopropyl alcohol or some other type would work as well as heet for removing small amounts of water in WVO. Those tiny bottles of heet get expensive. What percentage concentration of alcohol would be the minimum that would be effective. The cheap drugstore stuff is usually 70%.

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Old 07-02-2013, 06:04 PM
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I am yet to see anything remove water from any oil....
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Old 07-02-2013, 08:40 PM
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Wondering if plain isopropyl alcohol or some other type would work as well as heet for removing small amounts of water in WVO. Those tiny bottles of heet get expensive. What percentage concentration of alcohol would be the minimum that would be effective. The cheap drugstore stuff is usually 70%.

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The other ingredient in Isopropyl Alcohol is Water so you would just be adding more water.
If Heat is the name of a real product see if you can find the MDS/Material Data Sheet on the internet you may find out what the main ingredient is.
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Old 07-02-2013, 09:25 PM
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Coorga Quik n Dri resin. Try http://www.homebiodieselkits.com/quikndri.html

You'll have to fabricate a simple packed column. Makes oil bone dry. An upflow settling system is also brick simple.


Heated and cold upflow settling systems are fairly well documented on frybrid.com. Some of the personalities are well, personalities, but the information is good.

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