| Bio diesel is not a new concept it has been around | | | | liter of cooking oil. This measurement is only a guide |
| for quite some time, it is largely the idea of using oils | | | | that is why you do a test batch, to find out the |
| such as vegetable oil and canola to power a diesel | | | | exact calculation that will be required to make a |
| vehicle. This is not really a strange concept since the | | | | larger batch.Heat the oil, add the Methoxide solution |
| first diesel engine was not made to run on our | | | | and mix this in the blender, and let the mixture stand |
| modern day fossil fuels, but instead was run on | | | | to settle. If the test batch is successful you will see |
| peanut oil. Diesel motors do not require the same | | | | that the glycerin has sunk to the bottom of the mix |
| refined process that is used with modern cars, this in | | | | once settled, Glycerine looks black, and sinks to the |
| mind diesel engines are not designed for smooth high | | | | bottom of the blender, but the bio diesel will be an |
| powered running either, they are more like the draft | | | | amberish color and will float to the top.This means |
| horse of engines, and will generally last a lot longer | | | | you have separated the mixture and changed the |
| than a normal car motor.Many people who make bio | | | | molecular structure of the oil, it can never revert |
| diesel themselves use either used cooking oils or | | | | back to its original status again.Once you have your |
| grow crops of canola, and crush it to get oil. Ideally if | | | | calculations correct you can start mixing bigger |
| you have the acreage to grow a crop of canola this | | | | batches, You will then need to make up a plant for |
| is the best method as you are getting clean oil to | | | | handling larger amounts of oil. There are blue prints of |
| begin making bio diesel so no time will be wanted in | | | | designs all over the internet, they vary in design, just |
| the process of cleaning it. Although used oil from fish | | | | as much as the recipe for bio diesel does! Find one |
| and chip shops is just as effective provided that you | | | | that you feel is easy to make and understand.On a |
| clean and drain it properly the end result is just as | | | | final note, be sure that you always test the oil first |
| good.There are many different methods available for | | | | as once you have began the process you cant |
| making Bio Diesel, A simple one that I have found | | | | change your formula. So take care to make sure that |
| uses the following ingredients: used cooking oil, | | | | all of your calculations are correct before trying to |
| Methanol, Sodium Hydroxide.Note that the oil must be | | | | make larger batches. When working with Methanol |
| heated and drained twice to ensure that you have | | | | and Sodium Hydroxide be very careful to take |
| got all of the muck out of it, if you don't take the | | | | safety precautions to protect yourself from burns, or |
| time to do this you will block up your fuel filters. It is | | | | injury.Daniel Roshard is an interior designer and |
| advisable to begin with a test batch of bio diesel, this | | | | environmental activist, studying the integration of |
| is easily done by using kitchen scales and a blender, | | | | traditional house appliances to gardens and outdoors. |
| with a ratio of 6 grams of sodium Methoxide to 1 | | | | Daniel writes Biodiesel facts and information articles. |