They sell heating furnaces that burn waste motor oil, which is as thick as WVO. I believe that most oil burning appliances use a pump, an orifice and a lighting device. I think it is simply a question of pressure and orifice size that determines the fuel it is possible to burn with a certain appliance. I imagine that at worst you would have to put in a new pump (more powerful for thicker oil?) an appropriately sized orifice, and perhaps a better filter. I get my biodiesel stock from a place that fries corn chips, and it is very clean, and furthermore, they said the renderers charge more to get rid of it because it doesn't have enough stuff in it to make good chicken feed. anton. >From: Art Wolfskill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: biofuel@egroups.com >Subject: [biofuel] diesel-fired boiler >Date: Jan 9, 2001, 11:15 AM >
>Anybody know if straight filtered WVO can be used in a diesel-fired >boiler? We have a 50 hp boiler that burns about 2000 gal of diesel a month >(not in full-time use), that we use to steam soil before each crop of >chrysanthemums. It has a Peabody Gordon-Piatt burner unit that atomizes >and sprays the fuel in to keep the flame going. > > Does WVO atomize? Does it sound reasonable? I can't just jump in >modifying things until I know pretty well that it should work, as we depend >on this boiler for our crop. Does anyone know of any documented work in >WVO boiler conversions? > > I eventually want to convert the WVO to biodiesel, but I just am not set >up to do it yet. Someday. . . > >replies on list or off are fine. > >Thanks, > >Art Wolfskill >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >============================== >Visualize Whirled Peas > >Big Bang Theory: "In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded." > >Veritas vos Liberabit: The Truth will set you Free > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
