--- In [email protected], Brian from sunny Suffolk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tony Brooks wrote : > > --- In [email protected], "sean neill" > > <sneill@> wrote: > >> > > > > snip > > > > > >> > >> ...and what about burning bio fuel oil - I guess you would need to > >> alter the boiler to do this. > >> > >> That's the route I'm exploring (waste oil). > >> > >> Sean > > > > Waste oil, now there's a thought. Garages have to pay to have the stuff > > taken away and if you let it stand for long enough a lot of the carbon > > drops out. i can not see this being anything like as polluting as the heave > > oil they use on ships and as you should be able to ensure loads of air it > > should not produce much smoke once the boiler and "fuel blower" is up to > > temperature. May have to starts on diesel though. > > > > Now we are on low sulphur fuel it should be less acidic than of old. > > > > Only draw back I can see (until told different) is the laws about disposing > > of hazardous waste . You may have to get licensed so you can collect it. > > > The owner of NB Kyle reckons he is using filtered wast oil in his RN > but that may be wishful thinking. He said he had an in-line filter from > America and just pours the wast engine oil into his main fuel tank. >
When I was researching the bio-fuel article I had a long chat with RN to try to get their official statement, but he spent most of the time telling me about wanting to run on waste engine oil, so maybe it s semi-factory research thing. He also said coach firms were the best source of suitable oil. TB
