fly said:
wtf
Did you install some sort of converter or does it just work? Pics of setup?
Biodiesel runs in lou of regular diesel.
Biodiesel is the same thing but more corrosive and burns much, much cleaner.
You can run Diesel engines on two types of bio fuels. WVO (waste vegetable oil) and Biodiesel.
WVO is running your car off filtered waste or pure vegetable oil. It requires slight modifications to the vehicle including a fuel tank filter, etc... This is the least efficient and most risky form of running it.
Biodiesel is just processed vegetable oil which works just as diesel in a stock engine. (older vehicles will need upgrade fuel lines so they don't rot). You can make this from filtered waste oil, or you can use pure fresh oil.
To make the biodiesel you need 4 ingredients. Methonal, Lye and suplheric acid.
The process basically removes all the glycerine from the oil. To do this you make methoxide (from the methonal and lye) and mix it togehter with the oil. There is a series of steps, mixing, settling, etc... which must be done.
Once finished you will have glycerine on the bottom, biodiesel on top. You can then drain this off and wash it. (you basicaly mix it with the water and then let the water settle to the bottom and drain off. You are left with pure biodiesel which will run in any diesel engine.
So far I've only made small batches in pop bottles. But I'm going to be making a large automated processor.