Taking biodiesel one step further
One way to avoid the controversy of making biofuels from foodstocks is to make it directly from waste cooking oil–and better still if you process it first and don’t simply dump the oil straight in your fuel tank. Ben Holmes, owner of Rye Beach Landscaping, has been doing just that for four years now, powering his company’s 10 trucks, and heating his garage, on biodiesel that he makes himself, using the transesterification process with methanol and lye. The feedstock for his biodiesel? Waste cooking oil from Petey’s Summertime Seafood and Bar, also located in Rye. Holmes even composts the glycerin that is generated as a byproduct. Read more in this article in the Portsmouth Herald.
Posted: Sunday, Jun 15, 2008 11:07 am by adam
File as: Biofuels; NH and Seacoast Area
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Comment from easyrt
Time: Sunday, Aug 10, 2008, 12:01 pm
Great idea! Everyone should raid their local restaurants and get their waste oil. Another alternative is to use algae to create the biofuel. Algae can be created using any water source and this could signifigantly relieve lands from have to produce the material.
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