A good while back some of you were interested in this. I just got the processor and am about to finish gathering the few things I need to start the first test batch. this is a Catalyst processor. Catalyst being Methanol and Sodium Hydroxide.
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What the heck is that??!
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Originally posted by -=Squid=-
What the heck is that??!
Originally posted by cphilip
...this is a Catalyst processor.
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"Bio Diesel" eh? Admit it Cphilip, that's your still...
Eric Cartman
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Looks interesting. Do yall theorize any rise in fuel efficiency? If so, tell me cuz I'm gonna get a either a Ford SD PSD(7.3) or Dodge Cummins 5.9 before schoolComment
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No actually the BTU's would be a little lower than regular refined Diesel. Most often it is anyway.
However if your scource of cooking oil is free,,,, and even better if you catalysts are free.... then you can make out pretty good.
Yield and quality all depending on condition of Cooking oil you recieve to make fuel out of. About 20% of the initial volume is unusable waxy stuff that has to be catylized and removed. The rest is fuel. But its BTU content varies an most often is less than Refined Petroleum based Diesel is. But hey... its cheap! Or at least CAN be...
But also keep in mind Diesel is 30% more efficent than Gas anyway... and it takes less energy to refine Diesel than Gas. So your already starting ahead of the game.Comment
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LOL! He lives in the right area to have one!Originally posted by Eric Cartman
"Bio Diesel" eh? Admit it Cphilip, that's your still...
Just don't tell the Revenuers!
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Is this something I could do at home? like take a drum of grease, add some chemicals, remove some residues, and then dump in my gas tank, or am I gonna have to drive down to your place everytime I want free diesel?Comment
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You can indeed do it with simple home made things. Its not that complicated. Its easier if you have a good way to heat it and all. But it can be done all sorts of ways with some drums and things,
Main thing is to titrate the sample and determine the exact amount of catalyst to get the right amount of reaction.
There are a few people running straight cooking oil. But that requires keeping it warm so it does not goo up. Because that still has all the waxy part still in it. They reffer to that system as "Greasel". In most cases the vehicle would start on Diesel fuel and then the heaters would warm up the cooking oil and you then switch over to heated cooking oil.
In this method you remove all the waxy parts and just are left with cleaner fuel that can just be dumped into the regular tank. No extra system then needed.Comment
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i dont know why but i want to pronounce that word as "tit-rate".Originally posted by cphilip
Main thing is to titrate the sample
phil that looks like a cool setup...but are you sure you just didnt scavenge parts from your old methamphetamine lab??
JDub
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Biodiesel is really big in europe, they use it as an additive to diesel so its more efficent and burns cleaner.Comment
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diesel is f'ing bad for the environment..how's biodiesel compare?
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Actually your premise is completely wrong.Originally posted by impostal22
diesel is f'ing bad for the environment..how's biodiesel compare?
It uses less Fossil fuel to make it and it emits far lower harmfull emmission compaired to Gas in all categories except Nitros Oxide. Low Sulfur Diesel lowers that Nitros Oxide down to similar levels as Gas. Low Sulfur feuls are scheduled to come in soon to the US and are prevalent in Europe. About 50% of those vehicles are Diesel. So pound for pounds its easier on the environment both in Emmissions and Fuel consumption and another good side effect is there is more Diesel fuel in a barrel of oil and it takes less energy to refine it. So over all like it is its far better for the environment and will be even more so in the near future. BioDiesel is a low sulfur Diesel Fuel.
Often it is blended because it is a little lower in BTU's than Petroleum Derived Diesel so they often blend it in like 10% or so.Comment
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Exactly and they also have low sulfur fuel to blend into it. And you can find Bio Diesel blends in the US in some places already. Not many yet but they growing.Originally posted by FreshmanBob
Biodiesel is really big in europe, they use it as an additive to diesel so its more efficent and burns cleaner.Comment
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