Waste Vegetable Oil Fuels

I don’t think that making biodiesel is particularly difficult. I made a batch in my kitchen that I chronicled here on www.wvofuels.com. It was very straight forward. You can also check out Kitchen Biodiesel or Dangerous Laboratory for other explanations of how to brew mini-batches. How difficult it is to make biodiesel is very […]

Biodiesel and blends of biodiesel with petroleum diesel are compatible with any diesel engine. No modification is needed. Biodiesel blends, named for their percentage mixed with petroleum diesel, i.e. B20, B100, a 20% mix and 100% pure respectively, have been extensively tested and require no modifications to be made to the engine. One such study […]

To start using biodiesel all that you really need is a diesel.
From there you can locate fueling stations that have biodiesel and blends for sale in your area. Here in Salt Lake City there is only one location to get commercial biodiesel, Dal Soglio Oil.
Another option is to find a cooperative or home […]

So I’m still working on my second batch. Yeah, I know I’ve been doing that for quite some time now, but I’ve been out of town for work, on the river and not had a diesel (in the shop), so I figure that those are good excuses.
Here’s the update: I reprocessed the second batch […]

One of the best ideas that got put in to practice today was that of the “more stable stand pipe”. Basically I’ve been pondering how to make the black pipe connections to my barrels more stable. The ones I have that are threaded into the 3/4″ bung ports are so soft and have so few […]