I have pretty much ruled out becoming a home distiller after reading all these excellent posts. The better choice would appear to be installing a system in the car to burn filtered WVO.
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 1:21 PM, ernest breakfield < erne...@backyardengineering.org> wrote: > Andrew, > > will find much information and disinformation on the topic of BioD here > and elsewhere. (for example, the horror stories you hear about BioD eating > fuel lines; i've got over 70,000 miles on almost exclusively straight BioD > on the same fuel lines that were in my '85 300D when i started using BioD > over 7 years ago, and there still hasn't been any evidence of any need to > change them. all you need to do if you're using quality fuel is watch them > like you'd watch any other fuel lines from a previous decade, and change > them out when they show signs of needing it.) > > as for availability of source oil, it's unlikely that anyone outside of > your area will be able to tell you what the actual availability is in your > area, and even then it'll vary from restaurant to restaurant. (generally, > cleaner/less used WVO is better; sushi joints usually have cleaner and less > overused oil than burger joints.) > > bottom line, if it's only cost effectiveness you're looking for you have > to figure out if it's even worth it to you to go through the hassles of > making BioD. even if the source oil is free and your time is worth nothing, > how much would you need to use before the savings would pay for the > equipment and the energy to run it? if you're only using ~10G/wk, it'd be > over a year before you even paid for the equipment, and we're still not > counting the cost of any of the chemicals. > (i'm not even going to get into the byproduct waste disposal issue or > the concerns about having some of those chemicals around, or the mess,... > and am ignoring the fear-mongering about jackbooted thugs hired by renderers > or our guvernment coming through your doors due to perceived tax and various > regulatory issues. but if you check into it, you might find we can't even > legally haul WVO without a renderers license and liability coverage!) > > if you're trying to use BioD for other reasons (like reducing petroleum > dependency, environmental concerns, or just the joy of experimental > hobbying,) your calculations of whether it's worth the fuss might be > different. in that case, i'd probably encourage searching our your local B99 > vendor and buying commercially produced stuff, and let someone else deal > with all the issues. > > > cheers! > e > > > > On 15/Jul/11 10:59, andrew strasfogel wrote: > >> We own three W123 turbodiesels so this is very tempting. Cost is about >> $1700 + $450 more for the "dry washing" feature. We have lots of >> restaurants that probably would be happy to get rid of their fryer >> grease; the main snag might be the cost and ease of obtaining NAOH >> (caustic >> soda). I also wonder how much lye and water is consumed per batch, and >> what >> the brew would do to our fuel lines., >> >> http://biobuddy.us.com/faq.**html <http://biobuddy.us.com/faq.html> >> ______________________________**_________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives >> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
