Biodiesel renewable fuel

Biodiesel's fuel features

Power: one of the major advantages is the fact that it can be used in existing engines and fuel injection equipment (no modification required) without negative impact to operating performance.

Fuel availability/economy: virtually the same MPG rating as petrodiesel and the only alternative fuel for heavyweight vehicles requiring no special dispensing and storage equipment.

Production/Refining: can be done at home (wasted veggie oil) and farms (virgin oils from seeds), being the only alternative fuel that can boast of a zero total emissions production facility. By selling the simultaneously produced glycerol, the cost of BD is basically the same cost of the oil used to make it.

Storage: readily blends and stays blended with petrodiesel so it can be stored and dispensed wherever diesel is stored or sold.

Combustibility/Safety: biodiesel has a very high flash point (300°F) making it one of the safest of all alternative fuels.

Lubricity: the only alternative fuel that can actually extend engine life because of its superior lubricating and cleaning properties. The present "low sulfur" diesel fuel is badly wearing the injection pumps of not protected diesel engines. (You should add biodiesel to the present commercial "dinofuel")

Environmental Impact: the only renewable alternative diesel fuel that actually reduces a major greenhouse gas components in the atmosphere . The use of biodiesel will also reduce the following emissions:

carbon monoxide
ozone-forming-hydrocarbons
hazardous diesel particulate
acid rain-causing sulfur dioxide
lifecycle carbon dioxide

What is "Biodiesel"

Biodiesel is a completely natural, renewable fuel applicable in any situation where conventional petroleum diesel is used. No modifications on engine are needed.

Even though "diesel" is part of its name, there are no petroleum or other fossil fuels in biodiesel. Biodiesel is 100% vegetable oil based. From new or used cooking oil too. By recycling WVO we prevent pollution of city water.

This environment-friendly fuel reduces tailpipe emissions, visible smoke and noxious odors. Can also be used in a blends with conventional diesel while still achieving substantial reductions in emissions.

Technically, biodiesel is Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME). It is formed by replacing the glycerol from each triglyceride molecule of veggie oil. Once the glycerol is removed from the oil, the remaining molecules are, to a diesel engine, similar to petroleum diesel fuel.

But there are some notable differences. The biodiesel molecules are very simple hydrocarbon chains, containing no sulfur, ring molecules, nor aromatics associated with fossil fuels.

Biodiesel is made up of almost 10% oxygen, making it a naturally "oxygenated" fuel.

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Get the best reaction yield with high temp, by installing the SAVOIA M4 module.
It includes:

1 (one) BD2-D, vacuum dryer for dewatering 100-200 L/h of oil
1 (one) BD2 reactor
1 (one) SA-T pendular compressor, for supplying oilless and dry compressed air

** High temperature BD2 reactor, single-vessel, stainless steel made, with on-line mixer, double pump feeding, electric heating on line, 3 safety devices. Ask full details here!!

- minimum production is 2 x 200 L/batch (400L/day).

* The 8-9h settling time defines the daily production. Each batch time, from drying to the
reaction end, is 1.5 hours only.

<==== M4 module price: U$S 14,460.- FOB Buenos Aires

- by sending the mixture to external settling vessels (BD2-E type), the modules will settle up to
2,000 liters/day (500 gal/day). Ask details here!!

dot Just released!: M24/32/40 modules with the new BD4 reactor

400 L/batch each BD4 reactor, reaches a production of 4000 L/day (over 1000 T/year) by adding 4 BD4-E settling vessels. Manpower: two not skilled people

Modular system: several M40 units can be placed in parallel for no limits production

all them include the BD JET manual with recipes, installation instructions and quality control instrumeters

Energy consumption is around 60 Wh/liter

they also include a new BD2-F vessel for 0.5 micron centrifugal filtering, that can be eventually used for
a "dry washing" with Magnesol type adsorbent

** Ask prices of the M8 to M40 modules here!.

dot Glycerol for cattle meal

BD2-G reactor for glycerol treatment. It produces 200L/batch of glycerin and sodium acetate, both purified for safe animal feeding.

Price: U$S 5,800.- FOB

** Ask details here!

** Glycerol purification plant for producing up to 200kg/h of pharma glycerin

** Ask prices of the Glycerol refining here!.

Integrated plants from oil seeds:

As the biodiesel cost is mainly the oil cost, we recommend to make your own cheap oil from seeds.

We offer affordable and strong screw presses for crushing up to 600 kg/h of Groundnut, Soyabean, Sunflower, Castorseed, Sesame, Palm kernel, Rapeseed, Cottonseed, Linseed, Copra.

Ask their FOB price here! (seeds cracker + screw press + SP1 filter )

See an oil microfactory here!

dot See here pictures of the world's first integrated biodiesel plant at farm (2003 year)