Alternative Fuel Source: Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO) aka Used Cooking Oil [MERGED]

[badkuk]

Hi to all members

i was informed by the manager of a certain fastfood chain that their used oil is being collected and they dont sell it from outsiders.(a dead end for me). and those collectors are hired by their franchisee.

hmm...why not figure out who these collectors are, then buy from them? although most probably the price would be a bit higher than when you bought straight from the resto.

imho, the bigger fast food chains are like that -- lots of strict protocols. pero madami pa naman mga kainan diyan.

sa mythbusters mo napanood yan noh? pag kakaalala ko, mileage is poor.

imho, so long as it doesn't spew dirty smoke, ok lang, patapon na rin naman ung oil eh B)

[garyq]

do you plan to use WVO(waste veggie oil) as straight fuel or convert this to biodiesel? If you plan to use straight WVO then you have to filter and heat it up before it goes into the combustion chamber. It will be a mechanical convertion(adaption). If you will convert WVO to BD then it will be a chemical convertion. The NET is awash with info regarding these convertions.

[4JGtootsie]

Medyo dead end talaga.
I think these collectors also sell it to be used as cooking oil again after refining it. Sa likod namin may pioneer chicken restaurant and some one collects it. What is funny is his bicycle is powered by an agricultural pump engine ang clutch system niya fan belt. I now wonder if he buys the used oil to run that engine.

[lolo pepe]

bakit di mo subukan puntahan yung mga suking restaurants, canteens o yung me catering business?

[ghosthunter]

There is an episode on FIFTH GEAR where the presenter has this old diesel M.BENZ and simply poured pure used vegetable cooking oil after filtering it overnight into his fuel tank. He used ordinary coffee filters to remove the dirt from the oil. He drove the Benz coast to coast of the United Kingdom and it was fueled by used vegetable cooking oil he asked from restaurants he found along the way.

[badkuk]

There is an episode on FIFTH GEAR where the presenter has this old diesel M.BENZ and simply poured pure used vegetable cooking oil after filtering it overnight into his fuel tank. He used ordinary coffee filters to remove the dirt from the oil. He drove the Benz coast to coast of the United Kingdom and it was fueled by used vegetable cooking oil he asked from restaurants he found along the way.

saw something similar on top gear, although maikli lang ung segment. they filtered used cooking oil, then added some liquid to it, supposedly to make the oil more runny(no idea what it was; ethanol kaya?), then they loaded it onto an old volvo. tumakbo naman siya B)

[kihtmaine]

What is funny is his bicycle is powered by an agricultural pump engine ang clutch system niya fan belt. I now wonder if he buys the used oil to run that engine.

Dude patok dito sa manila especially yung mga nasa palengke mean of transportation ng mga small retailers.

Gusto ko rin makakita ng Lister engine installed on this "vehicles"

sa you tube may mga vids tungkol sa WVO on merc. cars.

[sunny1214]

dead end talaga kasi kesyo di day pede sabihin dahil yung ngfranchise ang nag papakuha, di daw nila alam kung ano ginagawa. .. etc. pero i found a source na pero mukhang di sustainable kasi medyo mahal. pero try ko muna yun konti muna kasi for generator lang muna.

badkuk: na try ko na halos lahat sa pampanga wala puro kesyo walang idea
yun nga sana gusto ko malaman yung mismo nagkokolect pero ayw talaga sabihin.
GaryQ: filtered wvo diretso na, oo nga kailangan ko pa i painit. and balak ko start with diesel and end with diesel. para uminit muna yung engine saka switch sa wvo. btw my go signal nako ke airmat na i sacrifice yung generatorkasi di naman madalas mag magblack out.

hope someone from a fast food chain ang makabasa neto

And share ko lang mga bro. kasi pag kinakausap ko sila parang tumatawa sila
tuloy parang isip nila na bogus or may konti. pero one manager actually saw it on cable, ayun bingo nagkaintindihan kami.