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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Authors Note
Chapter 1: Biodiesel Overview 1
Biodiesel Introduction 2
The Man Who Started it All 3
Effects on the Environment 3
- Biodegradability and Toxicity 3-4
- Biodiesel Emissions 4-5
- Helps Decrease CO2 Levels 6
Biodiesel and Your Engine 6
- Conversions 6-8
- Biodiesel Cleans Out Your Fuel Lines and Engine 7
- Fuel Lubrication: Lube it up Baby 8
- Cold Flow Impacts 9
Legislation 9
Chapter 2: Home Grown Oil 10
Grow Your Own Oil 11
Oil and Ethanol Crops 11-13
Oil Crops 13-15
Pressing the Oil 15-16
Chapter 3: Ethanol 17
Ethanol 18
Making Anhydrous Ethanol 18-19
Mixing Ethanol With Petroleum Diesel 19
Using Ethanol instead of Methanol 19-20
Producing Ethanol from raw materials 20
Types of Feedstock for Ethanol Production 20-22
- Sugar Crops 21
- Starch Crops 21-22
- Cellulosic 22
Basic Equipment Needed for Making Beer 23-24
Mash Making Recipies 24-27
Distilling Your Ethanol 28-31
- Passive Solar Distiller 28-29
- Reflux Still 30
- Heat Sources 31
Distilling Waste Beer 32
Other Uses for Ethanol 32
Chapter 4: Read This Before Chapter 5 33
Health and Safety 34
Ventilation Systems 34-36
- Hood fan 35
- Attic Ventilation Fan 35
- A Squirrel Cage fan 35-36
- Work outside 36
- The Smoke Test 36
Material Data Safety Sheets 37
Chapter 5: Making Your Own Biodiesel 38
Making Biodiesel in the Dual Tank Processor 39
Making Biodiesel With One Mixing Tank 39-40
How to Make Biodiesel in a Blender 40
Step 1: Collecting and Filtering Your Used Cooking Oil 41
Step 2: The Titration 41-43
Step 3: Making a Blender Batch of Biodiesel 43-45
Making a mini test batch 45
Step 4: The Water Wash 46-47
Step 5: Make Sure You Have High Quality Fuel 47-48
What Do I Do With The Glycerin? 48
Alternatives 48-49
- Don't want to do a titration 48
- Using KOH instead of Lye 49
- Using Ethanol instead of Methanol 49
Alcohol Recovery 50
Big scale batches 50
Chapter 6: Building a Dual Tank Processor 51
The Basic Needs List 52
A Biodiesel Mixing Tank 52-53
- Conical Bottom 52
- Flat Bottom Oil Drum 53
A Chemical Mixing Tank to Mix Alcohol and Catalyst 53-54
A Mixing Device 54-59
- Electric motor mixer 55
- Pedal power Mixer 56
- Portable Pedal Powered Biodiesel Processor 57
With Passive Solar Oil Heater
- Water pump mixer 58
- Submersible pump 59
- Modified electric drill 59
Methods of Heating Oil 60-61
Hot Box Passive Solar Oil Heater 61
Chapter 7: Biodiesel and the Marine Environment 62
The Effect of Unwashed Methanol Biodiesel, 63-67
Versus Petroleum Diesel on the Marine Environment.
Apendix 1: Material Safety Data Sheets 68
Methanol 69-71
Ethanol 72-74
Lye (NaOH) 74-76
Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) 76-78
Biodiesel 78-79
Glycerin 79-80
Apendix 2: Soap Recipes 81
Making Soap From Waste Glycerin 82
Liquid Glycerin Soap 82
Hard Glycerin Soap 83
Make Soap From a 1-liter Test Batch 84
Apendix 3: Biodiesel Contacts List For The USA 85
Alabama thru Wyoming 86-98
Work Cited 99-103
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