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

[garyq]

kimpoy: you would suprise with the tons of data available if you want to use SVO (straight vegetable oil) or WVO(waste v.o) sa diesel. Sobrang daming supplier sa U.S! Basically it is a 2-tank set up wherein the VO is heated to a certain level para ma-burn ng diesel engine. Tapos switch over. Pwedeng pwede gamitin and WVO but you need to filter, dewater and do some mod sa engine. Walang halong iba yung VO. Not for everyone siya but for some DIY katulad ko very interesting. Madami na akong actually naipon na data to do an experiment sa WVO. Google Frybrid, Greasecar, Greasel, etc, etc.

[ifontok]

kimpoy: you would suprise with the tons of data available if you want to use SVO (straight vegetable oil) or WVO(waste v.o) sa diesel. Sobrang daming supplier sa U.S! Basically it is a 2-tank set up wherein the VO is heated to a certain level para ma-burn ng diesel engine. Tapos switch over. Pwedeng pwede gamitin and WVO but you need to filter, dewater and do some mod sa engine. Walang halong iba yung VO. Not for everyone siya but for some DIY katulad ko very interesting. Madami na akong actually naipon na data to do an experiment sa WVO. Google Frybrid, Greasecar, Greasel, etc, etc.

hi Garyq,
ive been reading about biodiesel from WVO, at nalaman ko n methyl alcohol and sodium/potassium hydroxide are one of the raw materials in making this BD. im just wondering if you know a distributor for these two components. because base on what i read in the internet any body can make biodiesel. im planning to make mine.

many thanks,
ifontok from baguio city

[jeanpierre]

Meron akong napanood noon sa BBC tungkol sa vegetable oil. It happened sa UK na the grocery owners were surprised bakit biglang naging mabili yong cooking oil. Then yon nga na discover nila na may mga diesel car owners na gusto maka tipid, mix nila sa diesel ang cooking oil. Daming nahuli bawal daw dahil di maganda ang emission ng car.

[Hibiki]

Try mo mag search sa http://www.eyp.com.ph (search by keyword). Isang example na pwede is:

Beta Chemicals
32 S. Santos Street
Sto. Rosario
1600 Pateros, Philippines

TELEPHONE
6410953; 6410960; 6415867

Based sa writeup nila meron silang Methanol, Caustic Soda, etc.

BTW, check mo ito:

http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html

[nugundam93]

some pajero owners in the UK are running about 3:1 diesel to veggie oil, oks naman daw, yun lang, they'd need a heater in the cold weather.

[garyq]

ifontok: sa yellow pages halos lahat ng chemical company carry methanol and potassium hydroxide(KOH).

[StraightSix]

Meron akong napanood noon sa BBC tungkol sa vegetable oil. It happened sa UK na the grocery owners were surprised bakit biglang naging mabili yong cooking oil. Then yon nga na discover nila na may mga diesel car owners na gusto maka tipid, mix nila sa diesel ang cooking oil. Daming nahuli bawal daw dahil di maganda ang emission ng car.

The enforcers were called the "frying squad" daw

Actually, veggie oil has cleaner emissions, and it is legal in the UK to use it as fuel. What's illegal is not paying taxes when it is used as fuel. Here's the story.

[nugundam93]

hehehehehehe. cooking oil now has higher taxes... so sad.

[corbon44]

on a large-scale operation, as in mini-refinery size, maging profitable kaya ito? i'm thinking jollibee, mcdo, kfc, and other fastfood chains as main sources of the oil -- they have to put that oil somewhere!

and do they pay for its disposal? think of it - you get paid to take their oil, you spend some money to process it into usable fuel, then sell it to other people.

...anyone into waste management here?

[garyq]

corbon44: you would be suprised that unlike in the US, WVO is being sold here by fast food chains!