Wiscontrepreneur 2009 – Inexpensive Biodiesel Reactor
Please note that the actual biodiesel, methanol, and sulfuric acid mixture was in fact modified due to lack of the respective products. Water, Mountain Dew, and root beer were used as substitute representations.
What is biodiesel?
Biodiesel is the name of a clean burning alternative fuel produced from domestic,renewable resources. Biodiesel contains no petroleum, but it can be blended at any level with petroleum diesel to create a biodiesel blend. It can be used in compression ignition (diesel) engines with no major modifications. Biodiesel is simple to use,biodegradable, nontoxic, and essentially free of sulfur and aromatics.
– National Biodiesel Board, “Commonly Asked Questions.”
http://www.biodiesel.org/pdf_files/fuelfactsheets/CommonlyAsked.PDF
Biodiesel is a great way to reduce ones impact on the environment as well as to lower your yearly fuel costs if used as a substitute for your vehicles diesel fuel. Corporate fleets can afford to purchase large batches of commercially available biodiesel; however for homeowners options are limited. In addition, low income homeowners that cannot afford the upfront startup costs (reactor, catalysts, and testing equipment) but still want to produce their own fuel end up stuck forced to pay high prices at the pump.
To lower the high upfront costs of making a biodiesel processor I have created a basic reactor with materials purchased at the UW Swap. The reactor would need additional pieces, such as a heater and tanks for washing and dewatering the fuel, however the basic concept of being able to produce a low cost reactor still exists, and can be developed further.
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This is a pretty easy and clean way to make good Bio diesel that shall have your car running cleaner and cheaper at leat half the price
Cavitation Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: CVAT – News) is an engineering and manufacturing company focused on becoming the worldwide leader in the sales of nano technology-based cavitation systems. Although CTI is focused on applying its technology to modular, turn-key solutions to the biodiesel industry, the company recognizes potential commercial applications for nano-based cavitation technologies in markets such as water sanitation, alcoholic beverage instant aging, milk pasteurization and homogenization, chemical processing, water — diesel emulsion, crude oil enhancement, and pharmaceuticals. The company is led by seasoned business professionals with management, manufacturing, engineering and environmental experience, and is headquartered in Chatsworth, California.
http://www.diygassaver.com/?hop=euodoo601
I made this video with my dad, BioLyle some time back. Although the methods are rather crude and not always the safest, I hope you enjoy it and find it edumacating. Please check out biolyle.com for lots of information on biodiesel or to buy an automated processor or sign up for a workshop.
KKFX News Clip 2- 3-09, Santa Barbara, CA – Biodiesel and its impact today and in the future was a major focus of the 2009 National Biodiesel Board Conference, last week.
watch my brothers biodiesel
New Generation Biodiesel production technology with heterogeneous catalist. 3 times more profitability than alkaline catalist process. No soaps, no water for clean, no waste. Only produces EN14214
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A group of Spanish developers working for a company called Ecofasa just announced a new biofuel made up from trash. This isn’t a biodiesel made from used frying oil; instead, it’s made from general urban waste which is treated by bacteria. The result of that bacteria? Fatty acids that can be used to produce standard biodiesel. According to the company’s CEO, the process is fully biologic, competes with no feedstock and is really sustainable. However, the process doesn’t yield that much actual fuel: just one liter of biodiesel from 10 kg of trash. The project is now in a development phase, but Ecofasa said that a commercially viable model could be ready in three to four years.