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Comment on Bulk Vegetable Oil by Ken

Ken — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:13:42 +0000

I am also looking for a new supplier for Waste Vegatable Oil. I use it it cleaned with a small mixture of unleaded and Diesel Klean straight, no conversion. Sometimes on cold morning I need to spray a little starter fluid in the the airbox. But runs great and quieter than diesel.

Comment on Bulk Vegetable Oil by William

William — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:11:58 +0000

Anybody in North Carolina find bulk oil. I would like to buy 250 to 500 gallons at a time. I’m in Raleigh

Comment on How much does vegetable oil weigh? by Bill T.

Bill T. — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:03:50 +0000

Ed, thank you for stealing the audience and bashing a post from 2006. Hopefully being a year after your posting will still be ‘acceptable’. This is a reasonable enough article for ball parking weights and measures for the average bio diesel brewer.

Thank you Ed for sharing your endless knowledge to the rest of the world, but even the crickets are tired from reading your post.

To the Author,

Thank you for getting away from your computer and to figure out the densities so others would be able to finish off rough calculations from home. Hrmm, will 4 caster wheels each rated at 750lbs work? I’m hoping so!

Comment on Bulk Vegetable Oil by Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:17:58 +0000

If you live near a packing house you can process raw talow.
It doesn’t matter what animal (beef, pork, chicken ect) but
Animal biodiesel will gel at around 40F. I live in utah and can run it
From may to sept. Some towns may have a small rendering plant that
Processes road kill. Sounds terrible but amimal fat works. There
Was a plastic surgeon in calif that ran his SUV on fat he took off
His liposuction patiences. He was arrested and had his licence
Revoked but his truck ran great. Stick with animals.

Comment on How much does vegetable oil weigh? by Charla

Charla — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:49:44 +0000

Thanks to Ed Brown for the refined calculations. I am now able to calculate the price per FLUID ounce of vegetable oil for my food coop based on buying a 35# container.

Comment on How much does vegetable oil weigh? by S.G.Tantawy

S.G.Tantawy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:24:16 +0000

correction of volume & density for bulk sunflour oil at 15 deg.cent.

Comment on Bulk Vegetable Oil by Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:48:43 +0000

To Chris and any others that might be curious; no you cannot run straight veg oil in a diesel. It has to be preheated, then purged from the lines and injector when stopping, and the setup for that is quite complicated. I know, I just finished doing it. The resource for that is http://www.plantdrive.com. Craig Reece, one of the owners, is very helpful if you have questions.

For bulk oil shipments, you can get 20 metric tons, or 44,000 pounds, from China for something like $1150 dollars, or about 20 cents a gallon. You would need to have a cooperative for this, be near a port, and to find out more, go to alibaba.com for the sources.

Comment on Biodiesel and Vegetable Oil are Safer than Gasoline by RODE GOUIN

RODE GOUIN — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:05:10 +0000

Re: Gas car off of vegetable oil, can it be done?
I was desperate! I had very little gas money in 2006. I added on several occasions, one quart of pure vegetable oil to ten gal of gas because i recieved food stamps. When added i saw no performance degredation. My six cylynder gas dodge van ran great! I know it was a chance of failure, but no problem. It makes me wonder just what is marvel mystery oil? Marvel says to add it to your gas tank? My experiment was a sucess. I cant gurentee long term results because i only did it three times with 10 gallons each time. If you can afford possible failure, try it. I had no problems.
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Comment on Run Your Car on Water by Ian

Ian — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:24:44 +0000

Actually, if done properly, these devices work. I have one installed on my van and know of another person who is getting between 30-50% mileage gain. I did a test and the hydrogen coming out of my system was filling a balloon to about the size of a cantaloupe in about 1-2 minutes. Hung it over a candle… and BOOM!!! Freakin’ Loud!! There are also more hydrogen on demand companies popping up on the internet.

Comment on How much does vegetable oil weigh? by Ed Brown

Ed Brown — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:25:41 +0000

I forgot to mention temperature variations, since temp affects volume and volume affects mass. Vegetale oils average a specific gravity of .92, which means at any temperature they weigh 92% of the weigh tof water, or 8.3453 lbs per gallon times .92 equals 7.68 pounds per gallon vegetable oil. This will vary by carbon saturation.
Ciao, Ed