Saturday, March 21, 2009

Biodiesel

Using Biodiesel in my residential oil furnace is working well. To date I have produced and bunred 75 gallons of home made fuel; all from local resterants. The past week was cold and we completed a 7 day run. Running Biodiesel in the oil furnace does not require any special modifications. While it is not recomended, as a test I did not water wash the finshed fuel. The heating season is almost at an ended and I will suspend operations for now and start up again in the fall.
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  1. Methane ManMarch 21, 2009 at 8:17 AM

    I foiund 400 drums of cooking grease, cooking oil and chocolate. Can you convert the GREASE to biodiesel??????????????????

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  2. TapMarch 21, 2009 at 5:27 PM

    Dear M&M Yes, but grease has more fatty acid. IT may be necessary to pretreat it first. The process is called acid esterification. The cooking oil definitely has a lot more potention. The chocolate you can just enjoy.

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  3. Methane ManMarch 22, 2009 at 5:38 AM

    Thanks for the info Tap...i will wait to hear from the lady to hear what she has in inventory of grease and oil!

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