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Biodiesel This
website contains information about biodiesel specifications, existing
biodiesel plants, and other biodiesel information.
This
website details about biodiesel production and quality.
While
I was doing research, I found an amazing article by Jon Van Gerpen. It
describes a process for taking a waste oil with a high free fatty acid
content and reduces it to <1%. It was incredibly useful and very
in-depth, describing the machinery used as well as the chemical
process. Enjoy!
This
web page describes filtering
waste oil before conversion to biodiesel. It has some good ideas for
equipment and ideal sizing of particles for our end product.
http://www.biodieselcommunity.org/filteringoil/ This web page depicts a home-made version of how to produce biodiesel. It is useful to understand the basics of what processes need to be accomplished to condition the oil for biodiesel. http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/biodiesel.html#resources Publications sent to us by Joe Thompson. Biodiesel from WVO Part 1 Biodiesel from WVO 2 Biodiesel from WVO Mustafa Canakci Other publications about treating high free fatty acids by: M. Canakci, J. Van Gerpen BIODIESEL PRODUCTION FROM OILS AND FATS WITH HIGH FREE FATTY ACIDS Project Equipment Heaters www.heattracecables.com www.watlow.com www.nelsonsheaters.com Filters McMaster-Carr Supply Company Pumps www.goulds.com Falling Film Evaporator Treasure Valley Feasibility Study
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