What is Biodiesel?

Biodiesel Basics

What is Biodiesel used for?

Biodiesel is made from VEGETABLE OILS like soybean, canola, corn and coconut oil Waste cooking oil from McDonalds and McDonald Jollibee are good biodiesel sources Direct substitute for diesel fuel Blend stock for mixing with diesel fuel to create B50, B20, B5

Why is Biodiesel better?

Renewable Clean burning High Lubricity Fuel Efficiency Very low greenhouse gases Reduces need to import oil Biodegradable Safe: non-toxic, non-hazardous, non-flammable nonnonnon-

Benefits of coco biodiesel

CLEANS YOUR ENGINE: superior lubricating and cleaning properties. BURNS BETTER: higher cetane number and inherent oxygen content. BOOSTS ENGINE POWER: improves fuel economy by as much as 20%,

How is biodiesel produced?

The process is called transesterification The process thins down the oil to allow it to run in an unmodified diesel engine The end product are biodiesel and glycerin or the raw base of soap!

Biodiesel Emissions
Emissions (grams/mile)

Particulates reduced Carcinogens very low Carbon monoxide very low Trial by dead rat

0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 TDI B100 TDI B100 Prius (Gas) (Oxy Cat) Insight (Gas)

2.5 2 1.5

Unburned Hydrocarbons (HC) Nitrogen Oxides (Nox) Particulate Matter (PM) Carbon Monoxide (CO)

1 0.5 0 Green House Gases (CO2 eq. Per 100)

OK, wheres the catch?

Cold weather Powerful solvent NOx Feedstock Cost

Legality of Biodiesel
Biodiesel (coconut methyl esters) is promoted by the Department of Energy President Arroyo has ordered government offices to use 1% CME blend in vehicles. Alternative Fuel Bill in Congress. However Congress is obsessed with Jueteng and Impeachment

Biodiesel
Modify veggie oil so thinner No vehicle modifications Splash blend with diesel Tested millions of miles
Vs.

SVO (Straight Veggie Oil)

Modify vehicle Heat veggie oil so thinner Model-specific ModelExperimental May result in engine deposits

Diesel Engines
Invented by Rudolph Diesel in the late 1800s
Could run on a variety of fuels including vegetable oil

Modified in 1920s to run on stinky petro diesel Most efficient internal combustion engine
Works by compression

40-60% of the cars in Europe are diesels 40-

Benefits of Biodiesel
Easy to make Non-toxic NonNon-flammable NonGood for Your Engine Renewable Sustainable

Cautions of Running Biodiesel in Your Vehicle

Paint Natural rubber hose and gaskets in fuel system Fuel filter clogging Cold weather gelling

Freedom from Caltex, Shell and Caltex, Petron! Petron!

Make it yourself Never go to a gas station again (except to wash your windshield) Fill up under a tree Find out how gross your favorite restaurant really is

Diesel Vehicles available

Mercedes Volkswagens
80s & early 90s TDIs

Small Trucks - early 80s

VWs, Isuzu, Datsun, Mazda VWs, Datsun,

Large Trucks
Ford F250s, Suburbans, Dodge Cummins Suburbans,

Can you make biodiesel at home?

Yes But take note that the ingredients needed are extremely toxic. Sodium hydroxide is caustic Methanol is a toxic substance. Methanol when mixed with NaOH produces methoxide, an extremely toxic gas! methoxide,
How to make one liter of biodiesel

Homebrewing Biodiesel
How much does it cost? How long does it take? What do you do with the glycerine and wash water? How much room do you need?

Some problems

What now?
What can make biodiesel more attractive to consumers?

1 liter of 1% biodiesel blend is 1 peso more expensive than diesel. About 36 pesos. 1 liter of 100% coco biodiesel costs about 125 pesos What about the increased NOx emissions? Coconuts, soybeans production cannot supply potential demand. Why?

Who sells biodiesel?

Flying V Unioil Seaoil