? ? ? ? ? ? Doug Wene Galveston Bay Biodiesel Club

Can I Trust You to Keep A Secret? What would you say if I told you that I have a fuel that: That makes no net greenhouse gases Reduces overall air pollution Gets 40+ miles per gallon in a car Comes from a renewable source That costs $0.56 per gallon And best of all: You can make the fuel yourself at home (with parental supervision).

Biodiesel Play Darrell Hannah Video

Biodiesel Advantages Environmentally friendly Reduces vehicle emissions Can directly replace diesel fuel or blend with diesel No Engine Modifications Needed

Vegetable OilAlcoholLyeBiodiesel ++  How Is It Made? Warn about Peanut Oil Allergy - Filter the WVO – Mix the Lye w/ MeOH - Play Mixing Methoxide Video

Chemists Describe This Reaction as Transesterification Biodiesel

MIX WARM VEGETABLE OIL, ALCOHOL AND LYE TOGETHER AND THEN ALLOW THE MIXTURE TO STAND. THE LIQUIID SEPARATES INTO: BIODIESEL Fuel (Primary Product) GLYCEROL (Secondary Product) THE PROCESS OF MAKING BIODIESEL IN 2 LITER SODA BOTTLE Mix it together and start agitation Play Let Biodiesel Settle Video

BIODIESEL FROM FRESH CORN OIL BIODIESEL FROM USED FRENCH FRYER OIL BIODIESEL FROM FRESH OLIVE OIL BIODIESEL FROM FRESH CANOLA OIL BIODIESEL AFTER SEPARATION, WASHING and DRYING Play the Why New or Used Oils

After Glycerin removal, biodiesel now just needs to be cleaned/purified before use: Play Biodieselman video

“Appleseed” style biodiesel processor Uses old electric water heater as main unit

Making Biodiesel in The Garage $500 Investment Processor Mixes Oil+Alcohol +Lye at 140° F Wash Drum Glycerin Out Excess Alcohol Recovery Filtered Biodiesel To Car Pump

Not All Processors Are Ugly They make their biodiesel in their vehicle

Commercial Biodiesel Plant 30 MMGal / year30 MMGal / year

Economics With Waste Cooking Oil

What About the Waste? Home Brewers (like me) use the waste Glycerin for making bar soap, hand soap and liquid degreaser. Commercial plants sell their glycerin as an animal feed additive or distill it to 99+ purity and sell it for use in hand lotions and cosmetics. Play waste product of biodiesel video

Biodiesel Processor for WAVE Ms. McCulloch asked me to build a Biodiesel processor that her class could run here at school. Here is the orientation video for this equipment. Play Biodiesel Initiative Video

You Can Help Our club is always looking for more cooking oil. If you know someone who fries a lot or owns a restaurant with a fryer, please take a brochure and give it to them. Thanks for your help, Bio Doug