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Description:
Do you have emulsions caused by too much water in your oil? Do you have orange juice instead of clear biodiesel? Is your esterification process being bogged down by water? Now you can solve these problems using Quik 'n' Dri™! Instead of taking hours and hours to dry your oil, simply use Quik 'n' Dri™ and your drying can be done in some cases in minutes!

Quik 'n' Dri™ is an amazing new product that absorbs moisture from vegetable oil extremely well. In fact, it's so powerful that it can remove more than its weight in water. This product is a superabsorbent material that can be added to vegetable oil to remve the water and then be filtered back out, dried, and reused multiple times.

Introduced by Coorga International, the product has been shown to work extremely well in several tests done by Biodiesel home brewers around the United States. The product works by absorbing the moisture out of the oil and then "grows" to contain the water. Once it's done the job, it can be removed and air dried and reused again.



Pictures were taken within a 10 minute interval. Yep! Quik 'n' Dri™ is that fast!

Here at Utah Biodiesel Supply, we tested it with new and waste oils and found it to work extremely well. The manufacture indicates that it also works well at dehydrating Biodiesel as well.
Click here to read more about Quik 'n' Dri™

Recent test showed Quik 'n' Dri™ was able to reduce the water content in cooking oil from 4800ppm or 0.48% to 800ppm or 0.08% in a single pass.



US Orders
5 lbs of Quik 'n' Dri™
PRICE: $38.45
SHIPPING: $12.50 (within Continental US)
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5 lbs of Quik 'n' Dri™
PRICE: $38.45
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International Orders (Outside Of US & Canada)
5 lbs of Quik 'n' Dri™
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Additional Information About Quik 'n' Dri ™

1. What is Quik 'n' Dri™?
Quik ‘n’ Dri™ is a hydrophilic elastomeric polymer that removes water suspended in WVO and Biodiesel. It will also remove water within recovered methanol though it will also remove trace amounts of the methanol at the same time. Quik ‘n’ Dri™ is approximately 1000 microns and 1 lb has a dry volume of 600ml. The product is superabsorbent which means it will remove more than its weight in water. It is tolerant of salty environment and 1lb will remove 12 gallons of suspended water.

2. What makes Quik ‘n’ Dri™ suited for use with biodiesel?
Beyond just its mere efficacy Quik ‘n’ Dri™ was designed to work in a highly solvent environment and will not disintegrate in your biodiesel, unlike polyacrylate salts and others absorbents materials found in diapers and soil maintenance products.

3. Won't WVO stick to Quik ‘n’ Dri™ clogging it and prevent it from working?
The water trapped inside the molecular structure of Quik ‘n’ Dri™ acts as a protective sheet and causes WVO to slip easily from the Quik ‘n’ Dri™ surface.

4. How much Quik 'n' Dri™ will I need?
A single pound of Quik 'n' Dri™ will remove 12 gallons of water before needing regeneration. Regenerating Quik 'n' Dri™ is a simple and straight forward procedure. Simply spread the water logged granules across a flat surface and leave to air-dry.

5. Will it absorb moisture in the air? Do I need to keep it sealed?
Quik 'n' Dri™ is not hygroscopic so it does not remove moisture from the air, in short it is not a desiccant. It is not a cation-exchange resin so it will not purify your biodiesel. It does one thing and one thing only and that is remove water in solution. It is inert in oil, biodiesel and methanol and will not absorb any of these substances. It was designed to replace dehydration via energy intensive methods such as heating or time consuming methods such as gravity settling.

Quik 'n' Dri™ only activates when it comes in contact with water at which time it absorb the water via volume expansion.

6. How should Quik 'n' Dri™ be used?
The manufacturer recommends using Quik 'n' Dri™ in a tower column configuration.
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7. How long does it take to dry Quik ‘n’ Dri™?
Drying times are variable and depend on the amount of material to be dried, the ambient temperature, the porosity of the surface on which Quik ‘n’ Dri™ is laidout and the level of water saturation. As a result we recommend a Prep & Rotate strategy. For smooth continuous dehydration take 5 - 10 minutes to prep your granule bed by removing granules that have expanded to 50% - 70% of their maximum size and place them in your regeneration box. Add fresh granules if required. Also To avoid cross contamination used separate drying towers (and granules) for WVO and Biodiesel.

8. What is the residency time required for a column set-up?
First note that absorption speed is a function of temperature where higher temperature causes faster absorption. Independent test conducted shows that Quik ‘n’ Dri™ can operate under the same flow conditions as those of standard purification resins. It’s been shown that a 1/10th the media (WVO, BD) volume per Quik ‘n’ Dri™ volume will yield acceptable results. So if your column has 1 lb of Quik ‘n’ Dri™ which equal to 600ml and you have media with 1.5% water by volume, then a flow rate of 60ml/min will yield acceptable results.

9. How many absorb/dry cycles will Quik ‘n’ Dri™ deliver?
That is a function of how regularly you reuse the product, however the product was designed to have a multi-year lifespan providing you dewatering capabilities for less than a penny per gallon.

10. How is Quik 'n' Dri™ packaged?
Quik 'n' Dri™ is packaged in a convenient 5 lb box.


Quik 'n' Dri™ Manufacturer Recommended Drying Tower

Tower Design:
Recommend a minimum diameter tube of 4".

To achived the ideal ratio of bed height to diameter of tower, please use the rule of thumb of 1 lb of Quik 'n' Dri™ for every 4" of tower diameter. Therefore if you have a 10" diameter you will require 2-1/2 lbs of Quik ‘n’ Dri™ to attain the ideal bed height.

Tower height should be a minimum of 4 ft but a height of 5 ft would be ideal.

Parts & Tools Required

  • (1) PVC Tube (4" Diameter x 5 feet long)
  • (1) PVC Cap 4"
  • (1) PVC Reducer Cap 4" to 1 1/2"
  • (1) PVC 1 1/2" Adapter
  • (1) PVC 1/2" 90 ° Elbow
  • (1) 35 Mesh (500 Micron) Screen
  • (1) PVC 1/2" ID Tubing (about 5 feet)

Top Cap:
Drill 3 holes in the cap. One at the center and two tiny holes at the outer edge. Center hole will be used to connect inflow tubing via which the WVO or Biodiesel enters the tower. The remaining two holes are for venting:
(TIP: instead of a flat cap a reducer cap with adapter and T-coupler could be used. T-coupler will be used for fluid in flow as well as ventiliation. Attaching a one-way vavle to the air-intake/ventilation portion of the couple would serve to protect against fluid over flow).

Bottom Cap:
Instead of a cap, the bottom of the tube is outfitted with a 4" inch to 1 1/2" PVC reducer cap. The reducer and the tube is separated by a fine mesh (35 mesh / 500 Micron for maximum throughput). Exit tubing is attached to the end of the reducer connector.

Instructions: (Single Tower)
Optional Equipment: Pump

1. Decant free water from WVO or Biodiesel.
It's important that no free water enters the tower to cause premature expansion and/or clogging of the top most layer.

2. Flow wet WVO or Biodiesel top down into tower.
To aid the flow of the BD/WVO through the Quik 'n' Dri™ tower bed a pump may be attached to the exit hose at the bottom of the tower.

3. Test output sample of BD or WVO for wetness
Take a sample of the WVO or Biodiesel and test it for water content. If the desired moisture content is not low enough, simply re-circulate the product through the tower a second time.

Instructions: (Dual Tower)
Same as single tower excepting the pump is attached to the nipple filter on the lag tower and therefore re-circulation is unnecessary. The lead tower exit hose connects to the lag towers feed connector.

Quik Tips:

  1. Prep & Rotate: For smooth continuous dehydration take 5 - 10 minutes to prep your granule bed by removing granules that have expanded to 50% - 70% of their maximum size and place them in your regeneration box. Add fresh granules if required.
  2. To avoid cross contamination used different drying towers (and granules) for WVO and Biodiesel.
  3. Please note, the PVC tower design is ideal for WVO only. While the same design can be used for biodiesel, a more compatible material such as stainless steel is recommended.
  4. Remember to keep in mind that you will need to be able to clean your mesh/filter and prep your granule bed, so make sure it can be pulled apart and cleaned easily.
  5. Be sure to regulate the inflow and outflow so as not to pump more liquid in the tower than is leaving.

Warning:
To prevent clogging do NOT run 100% water through your tower. Otherwise the top layer of granule will expand rapidly causing clogging. Please exercise good judgement for a trouble free operation.

Toxicity: Non-toxic
Disposal: Dispose in accordance with city, state and federal regulations.
MSDS Sheet:
Quik 'n' Dri™ MSDS Sheet


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