biodiesel production and analysis?

Answer 1

Please see the webpage for more details on Biodiesel.

Answer 2

As the web links on other answers point out, bio-diesel is a good outlet for waste cooking oil products but using essentially a foodsource as a fuel is a dangerous track to follow. Market economics do not take into consideration our global need to feed people - including the significant proportion of the planet who are economically dis-empowered.

Indeed, market economics are driving the growth of palm-oil production to devastating effect by depletion of vast areas of virgin forests. (Palm oil is also a pretty good base for bio diesel!) So although the principle of bio diesel it is a potentially sustainable fuel, we are using all fuels including any potentially sustainable fuels at an un-sustainable rate. it isn't sustainability of the fuel that will be the issue, it is the sustainability of our use of it.
Pedro.

Answer 3

If you mean that stuff thats made out of chip oil, I live on the Isle |Of Man, and one of the local farmers has made a plant on his farm, and he is selling loads of it! so it can,t be that bad, it,taken off like a house on fire, he's just a tad surprised himself, don't think he can keep up withy the demand, got to be a good idea anyway if only for environmental purposes!

Answer 4

Read about a couple in Scotland coverting chip fat into fuel. The blood charlatans were only undercharging by 10p compared to usual price!

Answer 5

Look it up on the Internet, like the rest of us,dude.

Answer 6

Triglycerides + MeOH (+ H+ acid catalysis)-----------> Glycerol

something like that i think but i never know how wrong i could be