I've been seriously contemplating this; I even have an old water heater to use.
Who's doing it and how?
Bunch of links:
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html
http://www.dancingrabbit.org/biodiesel/drbdiesel.html
http://pathtofreedom.com/pathproject/of ... esel.shtml
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_processor4.html
So... who brews their own, and how?
Moderator: Fatmobile
Surely not new to everyone, but here's some open-source biodiesel reactor plans:
http://www.localb100.com/appleseed/
http://www.localb100.com/appleseed/
Been mixing 1/2 kero and 1/2 filtered wvo for about 3 months now. Put it right in the tank w/o pre heating. I had a hard time starting it only one time. I plugged in the block heater for an hour and away she went. This was after she sat for a few days and the temp got below 40. Seems to work fine. I won't do this in the winter w/o pre heating.
tickell's book
here is where you can get the book, http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... ce&s=books
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- Cetane Booster
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I've seen alot of sources that state there is a gret deal of misinformation and plain bad science in Tickell's book. I've been relying more on sources such as bidieselnow.com, localb100.com, and the biodieselbasics group on yahoo. I also just purchased Girl Mark's book through the localb100 site. Excellent info and only $15.00 shipped. Building my processor based on the info there.
1979 4d, 531,000 miles and counting! 1.6 NA
thanks very much for the kind words.
here's the book:
www.localb100.com/book.html
and here's something entirely different- a group-written website that we put together called the Collaborative Biodiesel Tutorial-
www.localb100.com/cbt
Mark
here's the book:
www.localb100.com/book.html
and here's something entirely different- a group-written website that we put together called the Collaborative Biodiesel Tutorial-
www.localb100.com/cbt
Mark