HOME-BREW BIODIESEL After over 160,000 mile’s worth of driving during the last four years, I’ve saved thousands of dollars on fuel costs by making and using my own biodiesel – all without seeing any damage to my VW Jetta TDI’s engine or fuel system. My other stories on controversial biodiesel fuel include some coverage on ...
BIODIESEL INTRO I’ve written a couple articles already about my experiences with biodiesel, and you can read them here and here and (most of all) here. I write this article to possibly debunk the idea (misconception?) that you absolutely have to convert you car for biodiesel, and thus possibly save you thousands of hard-earned dollars ...
Purpose The purpose of this document is to provide a brief introduction on the benefits of applying of centrifuge technology to biodiesel production. Biodiesel Production Demands The Optimization of Current Technologies · Demand for biodiesel as a viable petrochemical alternative is growing exponentially. · Traditional “garage-style” production methods such as settling tanks, filters and similar ...
A Reader’s Question A reader named Joseph recently asked me a question about “biodiesel ready” cars and trucks. Which vehicles can readily burn biodiesel? Theoretically, all diesel-engine vehicles can burn biodiesel. History of Biodiesel Use People have been using biodiesel in diesel engines ever since the diesel engine was patented by Rudolf Diesel back in ...
No, You Don’t Need To Convert I make my own biodiesel. So I get folks coming up to me to talk about it. Usually about once a week, I get into a “healthy discussion” that has something to do with biodiesel. This week, once again the fave topic was about biodiesel engine conversion – whether ...
So… Ya Wanna Make Some Biodiesel? Thinking about setting up a biodiesel “still” in the backyard? Researching biodiesel as a process as well as a philosophy (lifestyle), but having limited success? Don’t know what to think about biodiesel in general? Getting frustrated and thinking about giving up? Hold it! You are to be commended for ...
It is easy to make your own fuel at home. You need a few simple supplies, all of which are readily available at your hardware stores . Gather up 1 liter of vegetable oil, antifreeze, and lye. The equipment you need to make this clean burning fuel is a blender, scales, a few plastic containers ...
Biodiesel fuel and petroleum-based diesel fuel have similar histories. The transesterficiation of oil – or the use of chemicals to alter oils that are organically based, such as peanut oil – is a process that can be traced to the latter end of the 19th century. Initially, the process was used to make glycerin-based soaps, ...
Biodiesel for the diesel car-driving public is available at 16 Sinclair Oil locations in Southern Nevada -albeit in small amounts. The fuel, called B5, is a blend of 95 percent Type 2 diesel oil with 5 percent biodiesel, which is soybean or vegetable oil converted into fuel, Haycock Petroleum specialist Gary Weinberg said. For a ...
Photosynthesis (www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPS.html) is the method in which plant life sucks up the power of the sun. As fauna and human beings consume plant life, the chemical power is transferred. Biofuel (www.alternative-energy-news.info/technology/biofuels/ ) is micro biotic matter that is derived from flora and fauna which holds the sun’s stocked-up power. Biofuel is restorable power Restorable power ...