Make Your Own Bio Diesel

To make your own bio diesel, you need vegetable oil, alcohol, and lye. By mixing alcohol and lye, sodium methoxide is created. This concoction is then mixed with vegetable oil to create biodiesel and the by product of glycerin. The two are separated and the biodiesel is ready to be added to your gas tank. Making biodiesel really is that simple. If you are squeamish about making fuel in a blender, you can purchase a biodiesel kit that contains all of the tools you need to make your own fuel. If you are going to utilize biodiesel blended fuel in any vehicle or stationary engine make certain you get a position letter/statement from the manufacturer of the engine. You will find that most engine manufacturers will not accept any liability for the quality of the fuel and if it does damage they will not repair at their expense but yours!

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Biofuel - Production Biodiesel

In a nutshell, the process to make your own bio diesel consists of mixing lye and methanol (or ethanol) together and stirring them into the oil. After several hours glycerin (soap) molecules settle to the bottom, and the biodiesel can be siphoned off the top and put into any diesel tank.

Biodiesel is inherently more environmentally friendly than petroleum-based fuels because of its CO2 cycle. It can theoretically be carbon neutral. This is because the oil producing plants take carbon from the atmosphere to produce the oil that is used to make biodiesel, rather than taking petroleum that has been locked up. This is reduced if petroleum fuel is used to transport the biodiesel or any of the components used to make it. As with all biofuels, you should consider the source of the feedstock. It goes against the environmental benefits of using biodiesel if someone cut down rain forest to plant oil producing crops to make biodiesel it is a fair question to ask your suppliers. Biodiesel is obviously also more sustainable because it is made from a renewable resource (plants) while petroleum is a non-renewable, finite resource.

If you want to make your own biodiesel we can recommend this biodiesel ebook