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