Archive for the 'Making Biodiesel' Category



Purpose:
I use waste vegetable oil as my feed stock for my biodiesel making process. I do my best to get the very best oil out there. I don’t waste my time with bad stuff. (Check out the Greasel guys collecting oil DVD if you have a spare $25). It’s a great resource, though a bit […]

I have had a few inquiries lately as to how I have my process set up and specifically on a few of the deviations to the standard “appleseed” processor. I have been meaning to do this for some time and think it may take more time then I originally thought. I hope to submit this […]

I received a comment question on my More Stable Stand Pipe post that I though was interesting. When I answered, I sort of when off, so I thought I’d include it as a post for all.
Q: May be stupid question - but why does everyone seem to love wash tanks with holes in the bottom? […]

My 300TD is licenced & registered and made the trek from Salt Lake to Hebgen Lake, MT. The whole way there was some form of biodiesel in the tank. The first 200 miles was on my own brew. Then I diluted with some petrol diesel and also brought along some stock from Dal […]

Batch 3 is finally coming to a close. I’m giving it one last bubble wash as I type. Tomorrow I transfer it to the holding/drying barrel and then it’s to the gas biodiesel tank!
Last batch was a bit suspect. After testing it for unreacted mono and bi-glycerides, the result was no good. A layer of […]