Vegetable Oil for Gas (Diesel Engines Run on Cooking Grease)

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[taxed2death]

"That would be true in the past but thanks to common-rail pressurized direct fuel injection for extremely precise fuel delivery, a new generation of catalytic converters for diesel exhaust that also double as particulate traps and computerized engine controls, today's diesel engines aren't the smokey, clattering engines of the past. If you've driven the Mercedes-Benz E320CDI you know what I mean..."

Thank you.

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>Another downside is that Bio-Diesel fuel is far more expensive the #2 Diesel.

Got anything to prove that or are you vocalizing from your sigmoid colon?

[Cagey]

Well, you can always do a google search and find out. And after you do, you can do some research and find out about the BTU content of Bio Diesel and compare it to #2 and see which fuel produces the most mpg.

Then, you can purchase a fleet of trucks and decide which fuel you'll purchase to run your fleet efficiently.

[Keith in Iowa]

Thanks. For nothing.

[Cagey]

You get what you pay for.

[Fred Hayek]

Biodiesel is currently intended to be blended at the pipeline terminal. The biodiesel tank and piping does need to be heat traced, however when blended to up to 20% biodiesel, waxing at cold temperatures so far does not seem to be a problem.
Another upside with biodiesel (including blends) is better lubricity than straight petro-diesel.

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>You get what you pay for.

And you've given almost as much as your original comment is worth.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Yeah, that's it! The "Dirty Jobs" show!!! Well, you can't really find fault with someone ingenious and industrious enough to make this type of thing work for them.

[Darnright]

>Another upside with biodiesel (including blends) is better lubricity than straight petro-diesel.<

Yes, I've heard that. If I'm not mistaken, I've heard it really cleans better than petrodiesel.

[Darnright]

>theres a lot of by-products, and I was thinking "lye"<

Lye is used in the manufacturing process, to rid the oil of saponins, the soapy elements that are in vegetable oil. I think the glycerin can be caustic, and so it's neutralized with an acid. This makes it pretty harmless, and once neutralized it's biodegradable. In addition, it can be sold for use in industry.

The manufacture of biodiesel does use some rather harsh chemicals, 2 of which are the above mentioned lye, and wood alcohol, which has toxic fumes. However, the finished biodiesel is nowhere near as toxic as the chemicals used in its formation.

[Yo-Yo]

Dino-diesels produce less CO2 than standard gasoline. Veggie-diesels produce less CO2 than dino-diesel. CO2 emissions are not a viable ojection to bio-diesel.

That is interesting. In my Freshman college chemistry class we learned that the result of perfect and complete combustion of a hydrocarbon was two components: H₂O and CO₂. It was the less than perfect combustion of a hydrocarbon, combined with impurities in the hydrocarbon, that produced pollutants such as hydrogen suflides and carbon monoxide.

You're saying that veggie diesel produces less CO₂, so then it also produces less energy. Am I wrong?

[Yo-Yo]

Can you be specific as to what "more maintenance" a....ummmmm "Thin" diesel engine would require as compared to it's gasoline counterpart? I'm just curious.

Just ask any owner of a 1980's vingage GM diesel car. Back then GM tried to convert their basic gasoline V8 block into a diesel, and the resulting GM just couldn't handle the stress of diesel operation.

Just my $2/100.

[taxed2death]

Thanks for proving my point.

The person I posted to is griping about technology 30 years old. Look at the 2006 Volkswagon TDI. 50+ MPG and the engines last for 300,000 miles.

You CAN have a lightweight TD engine that is reliable.

[B Knotts]

Diesel has a HIGH! HIGH! pollutant output compared to the refine octane of the common ICE vehicle. The manipulation of information that comes with the hypocricy of "bio diesel" is worthy of ridicule

Your post is full of lies.

Diesel engines, because they use less fuel per mile than equivalent gasoline engines, emit less CO2. That's why they get tax breaks in Europe.

Because biodiesel is made from plant matter, the overall CO2 emissions are even less, because most of the CO2 that gets emitted will be absorbed in the grow cycle.

Diesels also put out less HC and CO.

The only pollutants they put out more of are "local" pollutants: NOx and PM, which can be cleaned up with catalysis and urea injection.

[B Knotts]

Hey, genius: there are no sulfurs in biodiesel.

[B Knotts]

Biodiesel has about 8% less BTUs per gallon than petroleum diesel.

[B Knotts]

But I think what he was talking about was that the CO2 that is emitted is absorbed by the plant matter that is grown to produce the biodiesel.

[SwinneySwitch]

Now we know were the food smells, in the middle of nowhere, are coming from!

[adiaireton8]

There is no sulfer in biodiesel.

[adiaireton8]

Biodiesel burns much much cleaner than petrodiesel. Very little soot. I have been using it for three years. I've been burning B100 for the past year. You can never see any smoke soot coming out of my tailpipe, even on start up.