07-24-2008, 08:02 PM
I have seen two things on TV about bio-fuel. Both were starting with waiste oil from the deep friers used in resturants.
On the first one I saw on Spike TV's trucks they put the used oil through multiple steps in what looked to me like some kind of white plastic cement mixer. It went through a few differents steps including I believe methanol added to it. I think they made about 20 gallons and has a quart of two of waiste product at the end that you had to dispose of. This bio-fuel could go right in your tank with no worries or conversions and it ran cleaner than the normal diesel fuel. There was some company selling the equipment and all the chemical to do it yourself in your garage.
The second show had a conversion they ran that let you switch between the diesel and the bio-fuel. You have to run the diesel long enough to heat up the second tank of waiste oil hot enough to be able to run in their engine. This reminded me of the very low grade oil they run big commerical ships on. It is like sludge but had to be heated up before it can be sprayed into the engines. This conversion was between two and three thousand dollars.
On the first one I saw on Spike TV's trucks they put the used oil through multiple steps in what looked to me like some kind of white plastic cement mixer. It went through a few differents steps including I believe methanol added to it. I think they made about 20 gallons and has a quart of two of waiste product at the end that you had to dispose of. This bio-fuel could go right in your tank with no worries or conversions and it ran cleaner than the normal diesel fuel. There was some company selling the equipment and all the chemical to do it yourself in your garage.
The second show had a conversion they ran that let you switch between the diesel and the bio-fuel. You have to run the diesel long enough to heat up the second tank of waiste oil hot enough to be able to run in their engine. This reminded me of the very low grade oil they run big commerical ships on. It is like sludge but had to be heated up before it can be sprayed into the engines. This conversion was between two and three thousand dollars.
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