Showing posts with label how to make biodiesel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label how to make biodiesel. Show all posts

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Biodiesel Making Machine

Biodiesel is renewable. It is a derivation of vegetable oil. In the biodiesel the carbon is neutral. Biodiesel is a non toxic product. It can be used directly in unmodified diesel engine. The making to biodiesel is very simple. The biodiesel making machine is numerous in the market. If you are planning to get a machine to make biodiesel then it is advisable to surf through the net, collect information’s of various machine and then choose one. One can also ask their friends or relatives who are using a biodiesel making machine. Even reviews will help in getting the best biodiesel machine.

The biodiesel can also be prepared in home. So as per the quantity needed one can get the biodiesel making machine. Before getting a biodiesel making machine see its features and advantages. Always get a biodiesel making machine with multiple mesh filtering system. As filtration is the main process in biodiesel production. If the filtration system is not proper then it will definitely damage the engine system. However biodiesel making machine with best filtration system costs more. The amount of benefits it provides you is priceless. So get a biodiesel making machine with best filtration system.

Monday, February 16, 2009

The Basic on Making Biodiesel

Before one wants to know how to make biodiesel one must know what it is actually. In layman’s words; Biodiesel refers to a non-petroleum-based diesel fuel consisting of short chain alkyl (methyl or ethyl) esters, made by transesterification of vegetable oil or animal fat, which can be used in unmodified diesel-engine vehicles.


One can divide the production of biodiesel into three simple and basic steps -


Ilseed Crushing (Basic Process)


An oil mill is designed to efficiently, mechanically extract by full pressing the oil from canola. The efficiency and performance of oil extraction with screw presses is highly dependent on the condition of the raw material.


Crude Oil Degumming/Neutralizing (Basic Process)


Crude oil obtained from the canola seed pressing operation contains a number of impurities that have to be removed before the transesterification (biodiesel) process. The impurities are moisture, gums, free fatty-acids and soaps.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

How to Make Biodiesel? Another Simple Tips

Biodiesel has a number of benefits, but one of the most exciting things about Biodiesel is that anyone can make it at home. Let us imagine: Being able to make your own fuel for your vehicle or even to create energy for your home? That spells a lot of savings for you.

It can be quite easy when it comes to making Biodiesel. Making your own Biodiesel is a great idea if you can do it because you get to save more money when you use Biodiesel that is made from your home.

Supplies to Making Biodiesel

To make a small batch of Biodiesel at home, you only need to comply with few input requirements The production of Biodiesel requires the actual ingredients alcohol, lye and vegetable oil. Mixing the fuel requires some input supplies: empty plastic bottles, duct tape, a blender and measuring cups. Be sure anything you use to make your Biodiesel is only used for that purpose and throw such inputs away for cooking ingredients.

Once your supplies are in place, you are ready to begin learning how to make Biodiesel.

Safe Procedure on Making Biodiesel

The production of Biodiesel is nothing risky. Fire or explosion is remote to happen. Infact your only major concern in terms of your safety, is burning yourself. Just be careful and realize the mixture does get hot.

You will go through the easy process of making Biodiesel which entails mixing the ingredients, letting it set, breaking up the byproduct and Biodiesel and then sanitizing the Biodiesel. The whole process can take a few days to a few weeks. That depends on how clean your vegetable oil was to start with.

Low Volume or High Volume

The production of a Biodiesel can be in a small scale or a large scale basis. Biodiesel kits are great if a few gallons of diesel production is what your expect to achieve at a time. If you depend on your lawnmower or similar equipments then A Biodiesel kit would be perfect. It is practical to use and will need a small level of inputs.

If your mindset is to produce more Biodiesel for the instance for running your automobile, you have to operate a Biodiesel processor. This makes the process much more efficient, thus you can generate a higher volume of production. The presence of a processor requires more inputs but you can find ease in making Biodiesel since the processor does most of the work for you.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

How to Make Biodiesel Video

I just watch a great how to make biodiesel video in YouTube.com and I want to share it to you here. I hope it could help you to make your own biodiesel at home and start to fill your diesel car with your own biodiesel fuel made from your own kitchen :).

After you watch the how to make biodiesel video below, please leave your feedback about the video content, is it feasible to do at home or not. Or may be you have experience on making homemade biodiesel which better than everyone does, you could share it here.

Here is the How to make biodiesel video:

"The whole chain from seed to diesel", "Plant breeders in Canada, where rapeseed had been grown (mainly in Saskatchewan) since 1936, worked to improve the quality of the plant. In 1968 Dr Baldur Stefansson of the University of Manitoba used selective breeding to develop a variety of rapeseed low in erucic acid. In 1974 another variety was produced low in both erucic acid and glucosinolates; it was named Canola, from Canadian oil, low acid."

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Making Biodiesel at Home is Not Impossible

Making biodiesel at home is not impossible, its not complicated either. In fact it is a simple and fun process. Anyone can do it. You can do it in your kitchen if you want. Using used cooking oil has extra benefits. It will be very cost effective. By recycling that used oil, which would otherwise end up in the sewers, you are doing something good for the environment. On top of everything, biodiesel is the most environment friendly fuel. The only argument that can go against Making biodiesel at home is that it can be difficult to maintain the standards set by the regulatory agencies while you make it at home.


In this article you are going to briefly learn the process of making biodiesel at home.


At first, you have to filter the oil to get rid of anything that might floating in it, like leftover food etc.


Then hit up the oil to remove the water in it. With the help of a settling tank you can remove the water from it.


Now you have to measure the oil precisely. Measurement has to be precise so that the ingredients mixed in the next steps are in right proportions.


Next step is to mix pure methanol.


Then mix pure sulfuric acid.


Stir the mixture while heating it. Let it cool off afterwards.


If any part of this mixture seems to turn solid during the cooling off period, reheat that part. Then add methoxide mixture and stir it again.


It is wise to start at a smaller scale. Once you know the process, you can then scale it up.


The tips on Making biodiesel at home above only a simple process which I could share to you. for the complete and easy steps to make biodiesel at home, please read the series of Simple Process to Make Biodiesel Fuel - Foolproof Method from Aleks Kac - 1

Saturday, August 30, 2008

How to Make Biodiesel Fuel? Learn from These Mixing Biodiesel Videos

So many people who love diesel try to move to biodiesel fuel. They said that biodiesel fuel more environment friendly than the old diesel fuel from petroleum oil. Another said that they want to safe the world by using fuel from reversible sources :). They could buy biodiesel fuel from any biodiesel stations, but they do not know that they could make it by their self if they know how to do it.

If you one of them which want to knowhow to make biodiesel fuel, then these 2 videos will help you:

1. Making BiodieselVideo Part 1:


2. Making Biodiesel Fuel Part 2


The videos Above shows you how to make biodiesel with and some of the bio diesel equipment that you will need to make a small batch of biodiesel with the help of Graydon Blair. For all your biodiesel equipment needs be sure to check out http://www.utahbiodieselsupply.com