In all likelihood, making biodiesel may not have entered your mind before. Maybe you will have seen one of those soy powered buses around the place, peaking your interest, or you might just be fed up with those horrible prices at the petrol station. Do you know what the size of your carbon footprint is? Each one of us is pausing to consider how we contribute in one way or the other to the threat of global warming and as we get increasingly more frustrated at the site of politicians bickering and taking no action, we must step in.
Some people think that they cannot make biodiesel fuel cost effectively or safely, but they are incorrect. Many thousands of people do this and use the fuel that they manufacture to get back and forth to work each day and live their lives normally. So long as you have a modicum of common sense and take some time to understand the process, you will be able to proceed perfectly well. You do not need a degree in chemistry and will be able to find the ingredients required rather easily.
It’s absolutely crucial to keep in mind that you need to beware of applying any overly simplistic advice or a simply written ‘how to,’ such as the example below, and before ever attempting to produce biodiesel, you must be in possession of highly detailed information on the steps involved along with thorough, in-depth safety advice and guidelines:
Making homemade biodiesel requires you to engage in a process called transesterification. You will be using a catalyst (lye) to remove glycerine from vegetable or animal oils or fats and you will effectively be extracting the oil that you can use in your diesel engine.
Use potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide, caustic soda and pick up some methanol as well. The lye and the methanol must be kept protected from the environment as they absorb moisture and you must use pure products.
Take a sturdy plastic container, insert 200 mL of methanol and add the caustic soda. All containers, including the plastic bottle should be tightly closed. Ensure that everything is dissolved by shaking the container vigorously.
The soy or vegetable oil needs to be heated to 130
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