You cannot run straight vegetable oil in your diesel powered vehicle for many reasons. First, the EPA does not recognize vegetable oil as a "fuel grade" product. Second, the flash point is different, it can congeal in your fuel pump, injectors, and fuel lines. Third, it can eat up those fine little rubber seals that help hold all that fuel pressure together.
Vegetable oil must be "processed" into "Biodiesel" which does several things that improve the performance of pure vegetable oil. It also allows it to be blended with regular diesel. It needs to be washed, tested, and processed to become a practical Biosiesel fuel that is safe for your equipment. You can find "real" quality research about making, buying, or using Biodiesel by clicking here.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
You cannot run straight vegetable oil in your diesel powered vehicle for many reasons. First, the EPA does not recognize vegetable oil as a "fuel grade" product. Second, the flash point is different, it can congeal in your fuel pump, injectors, and fuel lines. Third, it can eat up those fine little rubber seals that help hold all that fuel pressure together.
vegetable oil must be "processed" into "Biodiesel" which does several things that improve the performance of pure vegetable oil. It also allows it to be blended with regular diesel. It needs to be washed, tested, and processed to become a practical Biosiesel fuel that is safe for your equipment. You can find "real" quality research about making, buying, or using Biodiesel by clicking here.
vegetable oil must be "processed" into "Biodiesel" which does several things that improve the performance of pure vegetable oil. It also allows it to be blended with regular diesel. It needs to be washed, tested, and processed to become a practical Biosiesel fuel that is safe for your equipment. You can find "real" quality research about making, buying, or using Biodiesel by clicking here.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Buying Biodiesel
The National Biodiesel Board is a good source to find a quality Biodiesel product. Biodiesel producers listed there can assure a quality product. Home made Biodiesel can have a volitile flashpoint. It may not have been tested or properly cleaned. You do not want your engine to become a lab experiment. Other considerations are components like seals, ports, and other contact points inside your engine. Look for producers who fall under the BQ-9000 Biodiesel Quality Program. The National Diesel Board rates these producers and approves their certification.
Pure Biodiesel is referred to as B100 or "neat" Biodiesel. Blends of Biodiesel and petro-chemical diesel are known as Bxx. The xx is the percentage of Biodiesel product to petro-diesel. Or, B20 means 20% Biodiesel blended into regular diesel. You will learn more on Biodiesel by simply clicking here. http://tinyurl.com/p9gqw
Pure Biodiesel is referred to as B100 or "neat" Biodiesel. Blends of Biodiesel and petro-chemical diesel are known as Bxx. The xx is the percentage of Biodiesel product to petro-diesel. Or, B20 means 20% Biodiesel blended into regular diesel. You will learn more on Biodiesel by simply clicking here. http://tinyurl.com/p9gqw
Monday, April 24, 2006
I just returned from a truck show in Toronto, and wanted to see information on Biodiesel. There are some commercial producers but not hardly enough. Not as much information as I expected to see on Biodiesel. You can find a lot of information here at http://tinyurl.com/p9gqw. You can learn a lot about Biodiesel. Pros and cons of Biodiesel. Environmental benefits. The basic properties of Biodiesel. Energy, performance and efficiency. How to safely use Biodiesel. OME warranties and use. Biodiesel compatible engines and where to buy Biodiesel.
We were hauling some horses to Regina Canada a few years back, we fueled up at a station in Nebraska. My first experience with Biodiesel was interesting. As trucks pulled in and out the truckstop, the exhaust smelled like burned burnt peanuts. Even though it was a blend, it really didn't smell all that bad. At that time, we weren't even considering what the effect Biodiesel may have had on our equipment. We never even considered OME Biodiesel requirements. We just assumed all would be OK. Well, it was. The big turbocharged Powerstroke droned along like normal.
I also noticed a couple hydrogen producing systems at the show that say you can save as much as 20% on diesel fuel. I think if it is possible to blend or make Biodiesel, then add some of these new technologies, we can beat these high fuel cost problems.
I am in the transportation industry and talk to truckers and trucking companies all day. Diesel fuel prices are all consuming these days with no end in sight. I can't seem to figure out why gasoline used to be high and diesel fuel was always less expensive because the refining process was less. I can vouch for that because if you were raised on a farm as I was, and spent any time at all cleaning the fuel system in a diesel tractor, you know all about all the silt that settles in the settling bowl. For all intents and purposes it is mud.
We just need to spool up making good clean home made Biodiesel. More soon.
We were hauling some horses to Regina Canada a few years back, we fueled up at a station in Nebraska. My first experience with Biodiesel was interesting. As trucks pulled in and out the truckstop, the exhaust smelled like burned burnt peanuts. Even though it was a blend, it really didn't smell all that bad. At that time, we weren't even considering what the effect Biodiesel may have had on our equipment. We never even considered OME Biodiesel requirements. We just assumed all would be OK. Well, it was. The big turbocharged Powerstroke droned along like normal.
I also noticed a couple hydrogen producing systems at the show that say you can save as much as 20% on diesel fuel. I think if it is possible to blend or make Biodiesel, then add some of these new technologies, we can beat these high fuel cost problems.
I am in the transportation industry and talk to truckers and trucking companies all day. Diesel fuel prices are all consuming these days with no end in sight. I can't seem to figure out why gasoline used to be high and diesel fuel was always less expensive because the refining process was less. I can vouch for that because if you were raised on a farm as I was, and spent any time at all cleaning the fuel system in a diesel tractor, you know all about all the silt that settles in the settling bowl. For all intents and purposes it is mud.
We just need to spool up making good clean home made Biodiesel. More soon.
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