[biofuel] what is the fuel eficiency of a diesel generator? is it feesable for powering a house?

occasionally I will get an idea, and the most recent one that popped into my head was creating indepencence from your local power provider, and even selling the excess back to them. I would like to get a diesel generator strong enough to run my house, but I am fuzzy on the details of how many

Re: [biofuel] The really soft proof of maybe something, kind of, or not..

Plants have probably been genetically engineered to create lots of sugar, but things like that are surpressed, it seems like every month in popular mechanics there is a few little blurbs about incredible ways to make energy, such as from peanut shells, and algae. It is the way of the future for

[biofuel] im going to make my first batch soon

I have all the ingredients I need except for lye, and a small scale to measure the lye with. I will try to get lye tomorrow at a hardware store. And I should have a finger scale arriving by mail in a day or so. I am going to cook up a half a liter just to see if i get the process right, and

[biofuel] money to start my own biofuel setup, how big of a batch can i make at a time? and what about that guy with the question marks on his jacket?

I know exactly what I need to get a small scale biodiesel operation going, I figure that a shed with one of those restaurant type hoods to suck up all the fumes with about 8 camp stoves, and five gallon buckets would be a good little setup, and eventually I would like to get a big gas tank and

[biofuel] biodiesel compatibility question (corrosive to fuel lines.)

Ive heard that biodiesel is corrosive to rubber, and i know that the new vw tdis are compatible with biodiesel, but how bout the older vws? should their fuel lines be changed? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail

[biofuel] diesels other than vw?

vw has diesel cars out there, also there are old mercedes, peugeot? and some other brands. I also know that gm offered diesels in cutlasses in the late 70s, early 80s. It would seem to me that all diesels are now in the junkyard because when it came down to needing a new car people just

[biofuel] anyone know anything about converting a car to propane??

I know it is still petrol, but it is still an alternative fuel, and i think it is a lot cleaner, what is required to convert a car to propane?? can it be done on modern fuel injected cars? what are the performance differences, and pollution differences?

[biofuel] ways to heat svo

Anti freeze is a good way to heat veg oil, but it takes a while get up to temperature, what about exhaust gasses which take about 30 seconds to get super hot?? Is there a way to run a metal fuel line and have it run along the exhaust manifold?? or is that too hot, would the oil burn?? there

[biofuel] went looking for lye...

I checked the drain cleaner aisle at my local k-mart and found drain opener flakes, great for grease, it was soda-lye, or lye-soda, is that the right stuff?? there were no other ingredients listed. __ Do You Yahoo!? Spot the hottest trends in

Re: [biofuel] more svo questions, how to heat when car is cold?? and cost of oil?

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[biofuel] more svo questions, how to heat when car is cold?? and cost of oil?

Ive been giving it some thought, and I think that filling the gas tank with veggie oil and supplying a heavy duty pump to push the oil up to the engine bay, where it will run through the cooling system and get up to heat, and then from there enter the injectors. How do you thin out the oil when

RE: [biofuel] methanol availability

I havent made a batch of biodiesel yet, but ive got some graduated cylinders and stuff coming in the mail. Im under the impression that your local drag strip carries methanol, assuming you have a local drag strip, ive got one 45 minutes away, and as soon as my parts come in the mail ill go in

[biofuel] going to brew first batch of biodiesel, some questions about pans, burners and thermometer

I think i am going to use a five gallon tin bucket to cook the fuel in. will i have a problem if i dont braze on a faucet to let out the seperated esters, or the waste(forget what it is called) could i just let it settle and then siphon out the less dense biodiesel?? as for a burner how would

[biofuel] why must a car be retrofitted to run on biodiesel??

a week or so ago i remember reading about some guy who was retrofitting his diesel jetta with some sort of an intank heater. why is this necessary?? a month or so ago i asked if biodiesel congealed at lower temperatures, but i dont remember getting an answer. If it is true that biodiesel

[biofuel] can you make biodiesel out of clean vegatable oil??

can it be made out of unused veggie oil? or does it need all those bits of food and fat to make power?? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ Biofuel at Journey to

[biofuel] does biodiesel congeal in colder weather??

I once heard that the problem with biodiesel is that it starts to congeal at about 40 degrees making it useless during the winter. Is this so? and does it have to do with being made out of used cooking fat?? so would that mean that clean veggie oil would not congeal?? and how cheaply can

[biofuel] anyone have detailed pictures of a biodiesel making setup??

Im curious to make some biodiesel, but i want to have everything right before i start. Im pretty confident in chemistry part of it, maybe a little sketchy on washing the fuel, but some detailed pics of a setup would help me, thanks eric __ Do You

[biofuel] I want to brew my first batch of biodiesel

I want to brew some biodiesel, im not a chemist, but i have read mike pelleys recipe several times, and i understand most of it. Im going to have to start by buying the pieces like the big pot to heat it in, i can make a jig for the stirring pretty easily, but after that i get kind of confused.

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