Here's a German company that sells a heating oil burner that uses cooking oil in a heating oil burner to heat the home.
http://www.it-ag.de/Englisch/index1.html -----Original Message----- From: Keith Addison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 2:31 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil >Steve: > >What do you think about using this burner setup to burn waste >vegetable oil? Used automobile oil does not burn as clean. I saw a >german company selling a cooking oil burner to replace home heating >oil, but this example would be good to start off! > >Give me a call, so I can see your VW Diesel Genset in operation! > >Greg There's another one here: MOTHER's Waste Oil Heater http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me4.html Also Skip Goebel just posted this to the Bioenergy list at CREST, see below. Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 20:12:24 EDT Subject: BIO DIESEL/WASTE OIL MIX TEST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just finished testing biodiesel/waste oil mix. using a standard gun burner, with electric ignition, 2.5gph, 90 deg.f. outside temp. in mixtures up to 1/3 waste oil, there is clean burn and 100% ignition. over 1/3 up to 1/2 gives clean burn with no emmisions but ignition occurs only when fuel is over 70deg.f. higher mixture is possible, but not practical in small units, and unreliable in interuppted firing on cold days. also, emmisions start to show up. oil was used peanut oil, transestered and water washed. no gelling until 30 deg.f. cost of finished product is 23 cents/gal. i believe that a 50% mix used on cold days...say 40 deg.f., would be possible if bio diesel is made from oils with omega 3 acids in order to facilitate flow and more oxygen in fuel. conclusion....while it is easy to burn fuels in burners over 5gph, this shows it is possible to utilize a standard unmodified gun burner of 2.5 gph. the standard size used for personal and small commercial applications. in addition, CO emmissions are almost 90% less than straight waste or #6 oiland this could be applied in a 50/50 mix on large burners. > >--------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >From: "steve spence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 21:57:44 -0400 > > ><html><body> > ><tt> > >check out the multi fuel burner at<BR> > ><a >href="http://www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/multifuelburner.htm";>http:// >www.webconx.com/2000/biofuel/multifuelburner.htm</a><BR> > ><BR> > >Steve Spence<BR> Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
