There is no parrifin wax in Bio. It's the animal fat you have to watch out for.If the resturant fries chicken or meat (chicken fried steak) do not use!
If they only fry corn chips or potatoes, then that is a good source.

 

Well since I'm a Petroleum Engineer let me quickly define it. Diesel fuel oil IS paraffin. Unless you are running 100% bio you are burning paraffin. Getting rid of Paraffin is one of the biggest battles we have in completing and producing oil/gas wells in many regions. The stuff will build a plug and bridge off a well like nobodies business.

 

BiodieselWarehouse.com sells a kit to convert a water heater into a bio processor,my plan, this kit seems to work pretty good from what I seen a local farmer uses this kit to make fuel for his farm tractors. They produce 60gals at a time, they haven't any problems so far. A water heater processor can be built and operating at fraction of the cost of other kits. They dilute it with diesel by 20%, but most of the their tractors are mechanical injection. 20% of your tank at 4.00 dollars a gallon and the rest at 1.50 your still saving money in the long run with better lubricity. Ph is a big issue and they water wash the fuel twice before putting in their storage tank tell help get rid of the glycerin. The problem I see is where to dispose of the glycerin.

 

One of my professors has done biodiesel research for 18+ years. He doesn't like the home kits because you quickly run into trouble with fuel quality. He also says B20 is the best blend to run since you get all of biodiesel benefits without the loss in economy. Good luck if you decide to go the home route.

 

Your professor idea is wrong / incomplete .
If that was the case then we should not work on are own trucks , there are some that shouldn't do either , but its a free country , or used to be .

 

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B100supply.com - Biodiesel Kits - Biodiesel Processing System

 

To which part are you referring? If you want to make and run your own biodiesel do it, all he was saying is that he has seen a lot of problems with biodiesel made in someones garage. It's the same thing as running WVO. Just because the engine burns it doesn't mean it should.



On another different thought, if you are going to make your own diesl you had better check your state laws. I remember hearing stories of people getting in trouble for not paying fuel taxes or something like that.

 

From what I read that you really need to be careful getting the ph right and water washing is a must. If the acidity is to high it can eat seals in you fuel system and thats what gets people into mechanical failure and glycerin running threw you fuel system is not healthy by any means. As for state laws. i think authorities would be hard pressed to actually ketch you running bio generally DOT is looking for RED #2.

The story I heard was a guy had a newspaper article on him about bio and that alerted the authorities, I dont plan on announcing to the world that I am making my own fuel.

 

I'm not too concerned about DOT, I think people are getting in trouble with the IRS for tax evasion and what not. I know in some states you can produce your own fuel alcohol but you have to have a permit to do so. Things like that are what I mean by check local laws.

 

I see, I wonder how that would work in Michigan, permit wise