Mixing Biodiesel (Part 1) | Bio Diesel Fuel Production

[serrano02211979]

would this formula work in NY where the temps tend to below 40 degrees?

[serrano02211979]

quick question, I live in new york could i use your formula here? it has been mentioned that in tempatures below 40 bio diesel tends to thicken back up. unfortunately NY temps tend to be below 40 the majority of the year.

[Monger4142]

so this bio diesel works when its very cold?

[mircs1979]

how the hell is this gonna save money?

[rudeboyzero]

@mircs1979

Because your main precursor (vegetable oil) is basically free, and scaling up the refining process will improve the cost effectiveness of what you are doing.

Here the guy is just messing around with a litre of oil, but when you build a decent setup to process large amounts of oil, you are making a very cheap fuel...

Methanol is very cheap, and so is lye. Your oil is basically free if you use used cooking oil. Do the math.

[girlieman031189]

can i produce biodiesel using ethanol with the same procedure?

[Bikandee]

@girlieman031189 yes

[lozoft9]

It'd be interesting to do this in a chemisty class, make biodiesel.

And, yeah, methanol is something you'd want under a fume hood, not six inches from your nose. But he's probably using a more dilute solution.

As for me, I used to take hours to complete simple thermodynamics labs, so i'll just buy the heating system and let it pay for itself.

[imnotbncre8ive]

The few times I've worked with methanol in the lab, it was under a fume hood.

This series is very interesting. I wonder if you have any comments regarding the cultivation of algae for biofuels production.

[000eMan000]

would it just work if you heat the oil

please answer

[predracer04]

Yes you can

[Yukoner12b]

Is the potassium hydroxide the same as lye? please answer!!

Thanks

[jesslessthemess]

yes but you need aprox 1.5x more KOH than NaOH.

[graydonblair]

It's actually a different substance.

Potassium Hydroxide is known as KOH.

Sodium Hydroxide is known as NaOH.

They're both strong bases and both can be used to make Biodiesel.

-Graydon, Utah Biodiesel Supply

[AbadJay]

Brilliant