How to Prepare Used Cooking Oil for Biodiesel

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:48:10 GMT

Biodiesel is an organic, non-toxic and biodegradable fuel made from everyday renewable resources, like vegetable oils or animal fats.

Transesterification: It is the reaction of a lipid with an ethanol to form esters and a by-product, the glycerol (or glycerin).

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:27:29 GMT

Biodiesel - How to make biodiesel fuel from used cooking oil

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:57:37 GMT

Biodiesel is a fuel that can be used directly in any diesel engine generally without modification. It's viscosity is twice that of regular diesel fuel which means it is better at lubricating your diesel engine than regular diesel.

How to Make Lye: Lye, also known as NaOH, sodium hydroxide, or caustic soda, is used in making soap, and also in biodiesel fuel production.

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:40:36 GMT

You could easily buy lye from a chemical supply house or online, but you may find great satisfaction in doing it all yourself, not to mention the money you will save.

How to Build a Single Tank Biodiesel Processor:This article will tell you how to build a simple, straightforward single-tank biodiesel processor out of materials you may be able to round up for free.

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:59:54 GMT

55 gallon drum.

How to Make Pop Bottle Biodiesel: The process of making biodiesel is quite easy—so easy that you can make biodiesel fuel using inexpensive materials that you can buy at the grocery store

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:57:58 GMT

Methanol - this is used in a common product for removing water from your fuel lines, 1 cup/250ml

Sodium hydroxide, commonly known as lye, one and half teaspoons

Vegetable oil, any type, 4 cups

Glass container

Protective gloves and eyewear

Saucepan

Thermometer

Funnel

2 liter plastic bottle

How Biodiesel Is Made - The Theory

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:23:51 GMT

Mike Pelly's Recipe from the Journey to Forever website. A favorite recipe for making Biodiesel among the community.

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:49:53 GMT

Mike Pelly's biodiesel method

Mike makes front-page news in The Seattle Times, September 30, 2002: "Cooking oil can fuel the car after it helps feed the driver"

Make your own biodiesel from Journey to Forever. Good primer to go through before attempting to make biodiesel for your first time.

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:18:23 GMT

Anybody can make biodiesel. It's easy, you can make it in your kitchen -- and it's better fuel than the petro-diesel the oil companies sell you.

Your diesel motor will run better and last longer on your home-made fuel, and it's much cleaner -- better for the environment and better for health.

If you make it from used cooking oil it's not only cheap but you'll be recycling a troublesome waste product that too often ends

Biodiesel Titration

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:29:20 GMT

When your out scouting for oil sources, it is best to test the oil before talking the source. That way you don't spend time acquiring a fantastic oil source that turns out to titrate to 20. The best way to test is to take a sample home to perform a titration and test for water. You can reduce the number of samples you take you with a simple field titration test. You decide the highest titration number you want to collect, then build a GO/NOGO test around that number.

To get started you will need to find some one ounce bottles or vials and some phenol red indicating dye. You will also need some Isopropyl Alcohol, and your titration solution of lye water.

To set up the test:

How to make your first batch of biodiesel: This recipe is for "new" oil only

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:50:09 GMT
Biodiesel!
What is biodiesel? Simply put, it is diesel fuel that is made from vegetable oil. It will run in any unmodified diesel engine. It has many advantages over petroleum diesel fuel such as: 1) It burns cleaner 2) It has a higher cetane rating (less knocking) 3) It has better lubricity 4) You can make it yourself from used vegetable oil (a waste product) often for less than the cost of petroleum diesel.

How to make your first batch of biodiesel:

Kitchen Biodiesel

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:37:39 GMT

Kitchen Biodiesel is the best way to start learning how to HomeBrew without spending much. These instructions are for a one liter batch with virgin oil using an edited (Americanized) version, Tilly's "Dr. Pepper Method." Links to the various MSDS and items are included to help the beginner.

BioDiesel Instructional

How to Prepare Used Cooking Oil for Biodiesel

Transesterification: It is the reaction of a lipid with an ethanol to form esters and a by-product, the glycerol (or glycerin).

Biodiesel - How to make biodiesel fuel from used cooking oil

How to Make Lye: Lye, also known as NaOH, sodium hydroxide, or caustic soda, is used in making soap, and also in biodiesel fuel production.

How to Build a Single Tank Biodiesel Processor:This article will tell you how to build a simple, straightforward single-tank biodiesel processor out of materials you may be able to round up for free.

How to Make Pop Bottle Biodiesel: The process of making biodiesel is quite easy—so easy that you can make biodiesel fuel using inexpensive materials that you can buy at the grocery store

Methanol - this is used in a common product for removing water from your fuel lines, 1 cup/250ml Sodium hydroxide, commonly known as lye, one and half teaspoons Vegetable oil, any type, 4 cups Glass container Protective gloves and eyewear Saucepan Thermometer Funnel 2 liter plastic bottle

How Biodiesel Is Made - The Theory

Mike Pelly's Recipe from the Journey to Forever website. A favorite recipe for making Biodiesel among the community.

Mike Pelly's biodiesel method

Make your own biodiesel from Journey to Forever. Good primer to go through before attempting to make biodiesel for your first time.

Biodiesel Titration

How to make your first batch of biodiesel: This recipe is for "new" oil only

Kitchen Biodiesel

Methanol - this is used in a common product for removing water from your fuel lines, 1 cup/250ml

Sodium hydroxide, commonly known as lye, one and half teaspoons

Vegetable oil, any type, 4 cups

Glass container

Protective gloves and eyewear

Saucepan

Thermometer

Funnel

2 liter plastic bottle