How to Make Biodiesel from Used Motor Oil

Could I use Used Motor Oil to make biodiesel at home? The answer is yes, I found that answer from the article below which share to us on how to make biodiesel from used motor oil or another wasted oil. You could read it by yourself and you could know then is it feasible or not to do in your home.

Biodiesel From Used Motor Oil
By Munyaradzi Chinongoza

These days the state of our environment is forcing people and manufacturing companies to do what they can to protect it. There are many ways to protect the environment such as recycling, using less energy, creating less pollution and whatever else you can think of.

There is a Japanese environmental equipment manufacturer and supplier called Fuji Energy Co. who have created a compact processing device used to transform used engine oil or other waste oils into fuel oil.

What this device does is it mixes already used engine oil and Type A fuel in a 40 to 60 ratio, heats it up to 60 degrees Celsius and then it takes away the solids using a centrifuge. After this process, the oil goes through a precision filter roughly six or seven times, which breaks it down to micron-sized units. When these units are emulsified, you then get an alternative fuel for boilers with basically the same composition as Type A fuel oil.

There has already been a model of this processing device built by the company Fuji Energy and they are testing it at a hot bath facility in Ehime Prefecture. The company states that the device gets rid of exhaust gas regulations. This machine can process around 100 liters of oil a day and costs around US $8.70 a month to operate.

The compact version which is priced at $48 000 is 80 x 80 x 130 centimetres and can be installed beside and connected to a Type A fuel oil boiler. Fuji Energy is trying to ship fifty of these a year to transportation companies and food factories, using the selling point that this device has the ability to reduce fuel expenses by 30%.

Companies keep creating new unimaginable ways to help the environment hopefully soon all companies will take part and use these devices to help save the environment and make our planet a better place.

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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:

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Simple Process to Make Biodiesel Fuel - Foolproof Method from Aleks Kac - 2

This is the second series of the simple making biodiesel from Aleks Kac. Before you read this section please read the introduction part of this simple biodiesel process.

This second foolproof biodiesel process will talk about equipment which need for the making biodiesel. And here are the partial series of the method focused on Equipment:

You don't need a special processor for the Foolproof method. Generally, a bottom-drained reactor vessel is best, closed on top. Tall, narrow containers work better than wide, shallow ones. Use a circulating pump for mixing rather than a mechanical stirrer. The pump should take the mixture from near the bottom of the reactor and return it via the top, to splash down on the surface. For a 35-litre reactor, a 100-W washing-machine pump will do, along with a 1.5kW washing-machine immersion heater to heat the mixture (get a heater that's coated with stainless steel). You could use a thermostat to control the temperature, but they're expensive: just use a thermometer and switch on the heater as required.

Ordinary iron and steel implements and containers will eventually corrode because of the acid used in this process. However, you can still use the usual 55-gal (200-litre) drum. The proportion of acid used in this process is very low -- you should be able to use an uncoated drum for a year or more before the rust gets out of control. I use a polypropylene plastic reaction vessel. Any plastic that won't deform at 100 deg C (212 deg F) or a bit more is fine. Stainless steel is also fine. Use an immersion heater with plastic containers. With steel containers you can use propane heaters to heat the oil, then switch to an immersion heater before adding the methanol.

And I  Will continue to the next step on making biodiesel at home using foolproof method of Aleks Kac.

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