Since Diesel & Fuel Oil #2 are simmilar than why doesn't someone convert a furance to run on veggie oil?

Question

If anybody want to share ideas to do something like this we can develop and sell this kind of system!

I know diesel cars can run on veggie oil here in the USA, but used veggie oil is very inexpensive & free from restaurants try to get rid of it. I mean we are into biodiesel now. And there is an overflowing abunance of this used veggie oil that cannot be reused in food, but can be used in other sources. Why not heating homes???

Of course you would have to filter this veggie oil, but you can make or buy a great high output pump & filter to do this. Making this very automated in homes or storage.

Answer 1

Well, that's nothing new. Here in Europe there are several cars running on special veggie oil - and you can buy Mercedes which are equipped for using such special oil on choice.

Some plastic parts have to be checked or replaced because the veggie product seems to be more aggressive - and in strong winters the veggie product would quicker become solid than other fuel.

The link leads to a German website supplying all information about the topic - sorry it's German but someone surely would answer an English e-mail or request.

Answer 2

veggie oil is actually pretty expensive. i believe in terms of physics the process of making vegetable oil uses more energy than you get out of burning it (harvest, production etc), so it's not a very smart way to power things for the general pop. you could recycle used stuff but it's gross and has food stuff that would muck up your engine.