If you use WVO before you can begin the Process you must remove any suspended particles: pieces of French Fries, crumbs of chicken crust, broken wontons, and etc.
You must also eliminate any water mixed with the oil.

These are must steps, especially the water, and heating does both; it allows suspended particles to settle quicker makes straining easier and causes the water to evaporate faster.

 

Yes well how do you guys heat yours. i read it had to be over 160F, i dont think a hotplate under a 55gal oil drum is gunna get it up that hot. but i dont really know. also how big of pumps do you fellas have? will a little pump off of a grass or fly sprayer work well {gas powered} for stiring and pumping oil in and out of the main barrel?
thanks
Mitch

 

here is the pump that I use.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=1479

 

[QUOTE=monsterbaby]here is the pump that I use.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=1479[/QUOTE]

I like no i love the price. now what kind of valves are you useing? and hose? also where did you get them from?
thanks
Mitch

 

Go here for a complete shopping list and a set of how-to insturctions:

http://www.biodieselcommunity.org/appleseedprocessor/

Maria Alovert (Girl Mark) got her stuff at Harbor Freight, Lowe's, Home Depot, and various hardware stores. She describes the best places to buy the different components. Well worth reading. In fact, I bought her book and used it as the blueprint for my setup.

 

thanks for the link.
Mitch

 

how big of a hot water heater do i need? i was driving today and seen one on the side of the road. dont know if it works and dont know how many gallons it is. it was like 5 foot tall but it was skinny like a foot and a half wide.
should i go back and pick it up?
Mitch

 

Up to you. It's probably a 30 gallon WH. Keep in mind your percentages and how they effect the total size of the batch of bioD you want to make. I went with a 50 gallon unit, so I can make around 30 gallons of bioD at a time.

I bought a new unit; I was kinda worried about all the nasty crap inside an old WH. Even if I tried to clean it out, it's a closed system, and I'd never know for sure just how clean the inside really was. I didn't want to deal with contamination problems while trying to learn a totally new process.

 

i think ill go snag it if it looks good
thanks for the reply back
Mitch

 

The problem with using a water heater that someone has thrown out, is that it's probably leaking already.

 

can i see some of your guys home make biobrewer?
im kinda back on doing this because diesel just jumped up to 4.09 a gallon.
thanks
Mitch