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Q: Biofuel/oil?
How much more does biofuel cost than oil? Biofuel is Better?

A: I think biofuel made form algaes and bacterias is much better than normal oil. Biofuel made from corn or sugar cane, can be problematic because it is needed a huge amount of food to produce one liter.
If you want to know more about biofuel produced from alages check:

http://biotechtouch.blogspot.com/

Q: How can I make home made biofuel from used cooking oil?
I tried searching the web but most don’t explain how, what ingredients are needed and the actual process to make biofuel from used cooking oil.

A: Google “goat industries” it tells you absolutely everything you could possibly want to know about SVO, WVO, and biodiesel.

Q: How is palm oil biofuel produced?
Please give me the exact details if you can. Thank you!
Please give me the EXACT details. Also, I want the production PROCESS, not what it is. So it’s not of any use to just copy something from Wikipedia and submit as an answer.

A: Palm oil is an edible plant oil derived from the fruit and kernels (seeds) of the oil palm Elaeis guineensis. Palm oil is naturally reddish because it contains a high amount of beta-carotene (though boiling it destroys the carotenoids and renders the oil colourless). Palm oil is one of the few vegetable oils relatively high in saturated fats (like coconut oil) and thus semi-solid at room temperature.

The oil is widely used as a cooking oil, as an ingredient in margarine, and is a component of many processed foods. It is also an important component of many soaps, washing powders and personal care products, is used to treat wounds, and also controversially as a feedstock for biofuel.

Palm oil was previously the second-most widely produced edible oil, after soybean oil,[citation needed]. However, in the 2004-2005 marketing year, 33.5 million metric tonnes were produced worldwide, compared to 32.6 million metric tonnes of soybean oil.[1]

Q: How would I make a Biofuel from cooking oil to make gasoline?
I have been told that there is a process that you can purchase to make your own fuel for cars from cooking used cooking oil. You will need a 2 thousand gallon tank and whatever else is needed. It averages out to sixty cents per gallon to make
I did make a mistake it was suppose to use cooking oil to make a DIESEL FUEL not Gasoline

A: you are dreaming
you can convert a diesel to run on cooking oil but not a
gasoline powered engine.
gas engines use combustion via sparkplug
diesels use compression via ratios/ glowplugs

Q: What are the chemicals and equipment need to make a home made biofuel from cooking oil ?
I have a old ford pick up and the price of crude oil is outrageous and I want to divert my source of fuel like the bio diesel but I don’t know where to start converting cooking oil into biodiesel. Can anyone help me. I will trully appiciate it

A: A link to the “foolproof” biodiesel recipe is below.

According to an article I caught the other day, “yellow grease” is now going for about 33¢/lb, or around $2.50/gallon.  But with diesel fuel around $4.70/gallon around here, biodiesel still looks like a good deal even if you have to buy your grease.

Q: How do you analyze the free fatty acid content of oil, specifically oil for biofuel production?
i am looking for specific steps. thank you very much

A: You take the PH of the substance. And titrate it to see how much base you need to get a PH level of about 7.

Q: Is there any down side to burning biofuel in a diesel engine or cooking oil?
Fuel prices are getting so high I am considering biofuel for my diesel.

A: picking up the wvo, finding methanol, finding good lye, buying or building your cooker which the nice ones are like 4k. then you have to water wash your bio diesel 3 times or you run the risk of harm to your injector system. some of the downside but you allready know the goodstuff.

Q: Are biofuel cars and/or cars that run on vegetable oil legal in Russia?
I’m driving to Russia in the summer, hopefully in a car that runs fully/partially on vegetable oil. And i know that this kind of fuel is illegal in some countries. But i have had no joy in finding out what the status is in Russia. Any help would be very gratefully received. Thanks!

A: I do not think that bio fuel is illegal, but I also do not think that you can find a gus station that sells bio fuel (perhaps there are some stations that do, but actually I strongly doubt that and in any case those will be extremely hard to find). So, I would suggest not to drive to Russia in a bio fuel car, as you will likely not be able to find fuel for your car.

Q: Do you know what is the relation of turning oil into biofuel in Physics?
It’s for our investigatory project in physics i have no idea what is the connection so please leave an idea that is useful tnx a lot…

A: What do you mean by “relation”?

Turning oil into biofuel is impossible. Yes, you could make it do the same, perform the same, etc. But biofuel by definition is a fuel made from renewable plant waste material, and oil does not fit that definition, as it is not renewable.

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Q: where can i find information of converting cooking oil waste to biofuel?

A: How to guide Straight vegetable oil

http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_svo.html

How to guide for Bio diesel

http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel.html

There are many waste cooling oils that have additives in them that make the process difficult. (Coconut essence e.g.)
You can filter these out but it adds to the process significantly.

Good project though.

Q: Why is it necessary to remove the glycerin from used vegetable oil before using it as a biofuel?

A: glycerin is basically a sugar when heated it caramelizes this would gum up an engine very quickly.

Q: Is oil a biofuel or a fossil fuel?
Specifically petroleum oil, the oil we use in cars, retaining to the depletion of this resource (and is it a natural resource?)

A: It’s oil.

Ultimately, fossil fuels are still biofuels just ancient biofuels accumulated over millions of years by geologic forces at a rate that’s inconsequential when compared to how quickly we’ve been extracting it and using it. What we usually refer to as a biofuel is one where the rate at which we produce it from our environment matches that at which we use it so it’s use does not present a net increase in atmospheric CO2 levels.

Fossil fuels are a natural resource but has been sequestered out of our environment for millions of years, it’s rapid use has dramatically changed the composition of our environment and unfortunately it hasn’t been for the better.

Q: Can potato chip and other fried food producers use the used oil they make as a waste product to make biofuel?
to power the proccessing plants with scaled to the sites biowaste power plants? Would this be good for the environment, the economy, power production, energy independence and resource conservation?

A: You can make biodiesel out of just about anything, including used food oil. Biodiesel manufacturers, however, prefer untainted, or virgin, oils.

Many vehicle manufacturers are working very hard to make diesel engines quieter and more efficient in the hopes that it might catch on in America in applications other than trucks and heavy equipment. If it ever does, biodiesel will be a great way to help out American farmers, boost the economy, and alleviate the stranglehold that OPEC has on our gas pumps.

Q: Biofuel better than oil?
How much more does biofuel cost than oil?

A: there are all types of biofuel. b5,b10,b20. and so on. then there is things like e85 wich is a form of biofuel as well. If you are talking about diesel bio then it depends on the mix percentage, and were you get it (store bought vs. homemade). biodiesel can be anywere from free to $5.00+ a gallon.

Q: Since Biofuel can be made from the discarded parts of corn isn’t it cheaper to make than drilling for oil?
And if so why are we not all using biorenewable fuel because it is less damaging to the environment. My understanding is it is more powerful such that they use it to run many race cars. So what is the hold up on the technology if all it requires is a slightly altered system?

A: 1. Biofuel that can be readily produced from plants — ethanol or methane — is more volatile but less dense than gasoline. Not necessarily more “powerful.”

2. Gasoline cars can be altered to run on high-ethanol mixes. But they get lower mileage because of the reduced energy density.

3. At present ethanol is in such limited supply in the United States that it actually costs more than gasoline.

4. Biofuel doesn’t come for free from biomass. You have to ferment and distill the plant debris to get fuel in this form. That production requires input of energy, which often comes from fossil fuels.

There is a big debate in the scientific comunity as to whether biofuel can be produced in a large scale without consuming more energy than it produces.

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