From Crankcase to Gas Tank: New Microwave Method Converts Used Motor Oil Into Fuel

Science Daily ^ | 03-28-2011 | Staff

[Red Badger]

hat dirty motor oil that comes out of your car or truck engine during oil changes could end up in your fuel tank, according to a report presented March 29 at the 241st National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Anaheim, California. It described development of a new process for recycling waste crankcase oil into gasoline-like fuel -- the first, they said, that uses microwaves and has "excellent potential" for going into commercial use.

"Transforming used motor oil into gasoline can help solve two problems at once," said study leader Howard Chase, Professor of Biochemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. "It provides a new use for a waste material that's too-often disposed of improperly, with harm to the environment. In addition, it provides a supplemental fuel source for an energy-hungry world."

Estimates suggest that changing the oil in cars and trucks produces about 8 billion gallons of used motor oil each year around the world. In the United States and some other countries, some of that dirty oil is collected and re-refined into new lubricating oil or processed and burned in special furnaces to heat buildings. Chase noted, however, that such uses are far from ideal because of concerns over environmental pollution from re-refining oil and burning waste oil. And in many other countries, used automotive waste oil is discarded or burned in ways that can pollute the environment.

[Red Badger]

Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.....

If you want ON or OFF the DIESEL ”KnOcK” LIST just FReepmail me.....

This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days.....

[Red Badger]

Used motor oil ping!.............

[WOBBLY BOB]

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[Jack of all Trades]

“Honey! Are you through heating up the leftovers? ...”

[Koracan]

Method Converts Used Motor Oil Into Fuel

The real Breakthru will come when we can convert used Gasoline into fuel.

[taxcontrol]

Hmmm, I wonder if this technology can be adapted to:

Refining of heavy crude
Improve oil sands recovery
Improve recovery of waste cooking oils
Recover oil from waste tires
Recover oil from used asphalt

[taxcontrol]

Hmmm, I wonder if this technology can be adapted to:

Refining of heavy crude
Improve oil sands recovery
Improve recovery of waste cooking oils
Recover oil from waste tires
Recover oil from used asphalt

[muir_redwoods]

Heck, I had a 1960 chevy that burned crankcase oil for fuel all the time

[TexasTransplant]

Just like Used Deep Fry Oil and Wind Mills... Whoopiiii! (Isn’t enough of the stuff to get very excited about) every little bit helps but if it proves efficient or to be profitable the EPA will come in and shut it down.

Legislation is our biggest hurdle .... Drill here drill now and another biggie, just change the stupid “Low Sulphur” requirements to a reasonable ppm and Diesel Prices will fall dramatically.

Diesel is such a fantastic fuel

TT

[rellimpank]

-—great—every “microwave” generated means a little more coal goes onto a grate and up a flue and a rod gets pulled a little farther out-—preventing global cooling one little bit at a time——(sarc)—

[Venturer]

Like the 5 quarts I use every 3 months is going to solve the fuel crisis.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

If people would just eat a lot of straw, or hay, we could use the stuff as building bricks AND stove fuel! And talk about fiber!

[DaxtonBrown]

“Transforming used motor oil into gasoline can help solve two problems at once,”

The first is how to oil your microwave and I forget the second one.

[CORedneck]

I am sure regulations will be passed to prevent this !

[HiTech RedNeck]

I’m not sure why microwaves would be any more advantageous than conventional resistance electrical heating for applications where small amounts of liquid need to be brought to a high temperature. After all, have you ever seen a microwave coffee percolator?

[B4Ranch]

Would you care to make a bet that the United Nations will come out with a rule that ONLY Muslums can produce fuel from used motor oil?

2nd Bet

Our Congress will go along will it.

[Clay Moore]

Been dumping used motor oil (among other things) in the old diesel for years. Drain it out, let it sit in the jugs for a while so the big stuff drops out of suspension (hot weather about a week, cold about a month) and into the tank it goes.

Do not try to burn synthetic.

I still change fuel filters at 15K or so.

It appears to increase cetane because the mileage increase is greater than the added volume.

Cummins says you can run 5% by volume.

I have heard people running a lot higher percentages.

[AnalogReigns]

I think a better question is:

Is this method cheaper than:

conventional refining heavy crude
conventional oil sands recovery
conventional recovery of waste cooking oils
bothering to mess with tires
bothering to mess with used asphalt

If not, it could be as big of a waste as our current practice of recycling glass (about the most abundant resource in the world, in the form of sand)—due to stupid government intervention with taxpayer funds....rather than letting the market decide.

[Red Badger]

You must have an older mechanical fuel injection system. I don’t think the peizoelectric injection systems can handle motor oil..............

[Red Badger]

You change your oil?...............I change mine every 50k miles.....whether it needs it or not...................