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20 years ago

Anybody using BioDiesel here?

I am building a generator that will run biodiesel, and later SVO or WVO

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Pooh Bear
20 years ago
Sounds interesting.
What is your source of bio diesel.
What is SVO and WVO.

Pooh Bear
jrs363
Original Author
20 years ago
I live in aan area of NY state where biodiesel is not commercially available, so it will have to be made at home.

WVO = Waste Vegatable Oil
SVO = Straight Vegatable Oil

Diesel engines can be run on vegatable oil, in fact that is what they were first designed to run on.

Check out the link:

Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.greasecar.com
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It's not a crime to profit from business. Even treehuggers must agree on that. Excess profits; that we can talk about. Corporate welfare; that we can talk about. Making sure businesses pay the full costs of the impact they have on our environment; that we can talk about. But it's a straw man to imply that anyone who is okay with businesses making money is somehow in their pockets. the homebrew i have seen looks equaly as clean as the diesel from the bowser But how do you know the fuel is "equaly as clean"? Because it looks clean? Glycerine (a component of making biodiesel) is clear. How do you propose to see if there's too much in a batch? Visually inspect for a clear liquid? Or sample frequently to make sure it meets independently-established chemical standards -- or, at the very least, the standards of the company making the engine in which the fuel will be used? Would you allow a surgeon to operate on you after (s)he dropped the instruments on the floor? They might look clean after that. But how would you know they are clean? Would you want to take that chance? I have a full-time job/career. I care for an elderly mother and an infirm relative. I would like to have some semblance of a life in the remaining hours of my days. I don't have time to homebrew my own fuel any more than I have the time to grow my own wheat, mill it, and bake bread with it. I also don't have the kind of budget that allows me to spend lots of money on fancy production setups or on the continual analysis which will prove to me that what I'm stuffing into the tank of my vehicle will not harm it in the long run. Muffing the motor of my sole vehicle doesn't have any "green" fixes. I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to prove, len, but you're ignoring my point. And, in declaring profit from a business "evil", you are setting up an argument that you cannot win -- unless you live in a hut, like Theodore Kaczynski or Henry Thoreau.
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mgmsrk
20 years ago
I looked into but it is all but impossible to get in this Province at this time.
You are going to make it at home that sounds great. How are you going to manage the process? What are you going to do with the glycerin? I'm a soap maker and that is expensive to buy so you may be able to sell it to someone local.
I know of one huge company in Mass. that will deliver to NYS and there are a few in NJ as well as and least one in upstate NY(I do not know if they deliver)
Pooh Bear
20 years ago
I saw a show on the Discovery channel with a segment about this.
One guy was collecting used cooking oil from fast food places.
Made the exaust of his cars smell like french fries.
mudbugtx
20 years ago
Just saw this add in Mother Earth News and was wondering if anyone had any comments on it. Good? Bad? Is it really neccessary to have equipment? I obviously don't know much about biodiesel but DH has a diesel truck and has been asking questions.

Here is a link that might be useful: make your own
Brewbeer
20 years ago
One of the oil companies in my area offers a #2 fuel oil product (available by special request and delivery) that has a 10% non-petroleum content.
leeshu
19 years ago
If you want to know where to buy biodiesel:

Here is a link that might be useful: Click here!
greenfuelproject
19 years ago
Natural Oil Replacing Diesel- GREENFUEL (SVO)

Dear Sir,

We offer Pure Botanical Plant Oil Replacing Petroleum-Diesel, from Botanical and renewable sources, which is Non-Pollutant, Environment friendly and is non-petroleum fuel of Natural derivative.

We offer oil for running all range of movable and immovable machines, such as power generators and pump sets replacing Petroleum-Diesel.

We can supply several thousands of Tons on continuous basis. We offer Natural Oil Replacing Diesel- GREENFUEL (SVO) in bulk of 23,000 liters in rubberized collapsible containers of 20 feet.

We are located in India and can offer on continuous basis 10 containers of 23,000 litres as our minimum order during 90 to 120 days. We can supply 100 containers as our maximum offer.

Our FOB price is USD 11,040/- ($0.48/- cents per litre) for a container of 23,000 liters. Bulk packing of one container is offered.

We need distributors who could invest with us for long term profits.

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