Biodiesel Make

First of all what is biodiesel.?

You can guess from its name that it is a fuel,However not all people know what biodiesel is and what its intended use is.There are several different types of fuel referred to as Biodiesel, the term comes from oxygenate.This oxygenate is made from a mixture of oil and methenol.There is also another type of biodiesel known as alkane biodiesel, though this is rarely used.People refer to unrefined vegetable as biodiesel: this type of fuel requires some modifications to your fuel that regular biodiesel does not.

Biodiesel has been rigorously tested by government agencies such as the U.S department of Energy and the U.S department of Agriculture.The private sector has been doing there own tests such as the diesel engine manufacturer Stanadyne Automotive Corporation, the major producer for diesel fuel injection equipment in the U.S.Biodiesel has been tested on over 10 million road miles and over 30-50,000-mile tests.Performance, reliability and fuel mileage were reletively the same as petroleum based fuel.

One big advantage of biodiesel and that is it is biodegradable,non toxic and release fewer emissions than petroleum based fuels

Ingredients and supplies

If you are going to use Waste Vegetable Oil (w v o) please make it has been filtered or cleaned to get rid of any solids that may be left over.

Lye

Methanol

Isopropyl Alcohol (99% IPA)

eyedropper- or other type of 1 milliliter dropper

PH paper (to test for acidity )

an old blender

plastic or glass measuring cups or beakers, with metric measures-- and/or a gram scale plastic, glass or stainless stirrers and spoons, plastic buckets

1. Dissolve 1 gram NaOH (Sodium Hydroxide- Lye) in 1000 ml. of water. This is your NaOH solution.

2. Dissolve 1ml. of wasted vegetable oil  in 10 ml. Isopropyl Alcohol(IPA).

3. With an eyedropper, drop the diluted NaOH into wasted vegetable oil mixture a milliliter at a time. Count the milliliters. After each milliliter check the ph level of the WVO solution with standard ph paper-- you will see an eventual rise in the ph level. Continue to add the NaOH solution into the WVO solution, a milliliter at a time, until it reaches a ph of 8-9.

To determine your proportions, figure: The number of milliliters of NaOH needed for the WVO solution to reach a ph of 8-9 1 ml. plus 3.5 g. NaOH to catalyze the oil.

After finishing your test batch you can proceed to do a large batch.Please remember to use a mask when mixing ingredients and keep a fire extinguisher handy as some of these products are extremely flameable.