Run Your Diesel Vehicle on Biofuels by Starbuck, Jon -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Run Your Diesel Vehicle on Biofuels Copyright Page Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Introduction

The birth of biodiesel Vehicle emissions and biodiesel Introducing … biofuels Emissions from biodiesel The lowdown on biodiesel maladies Great … but I’m skeptical … nowhere I know sells biodiesel Final remarks

Chapter 2 History of Diesel and the diesel engine

Early life Birth of the diesel engine Death Legacy

Chapter 3 How does a diesel engine work?

Differences between petrol and diesel engines The diesel engine fuel system Fuel injection system configurations Fuel injectors explained Improving the efficiency of your diesel engine

Chapter 4 Collecting waste vegetable oil

Buying WVO Regulations Transporting it Suckers Storage of waste oil Health and safety How to titrate Testing for water

Chapter 5 Biodiesel chemistry

Introduction to the chemistry of biodiesel Chemistry refresher Organic chemistry, hydrocarbons … and all that jazz! Representing chemicals Alkanes Alkenes Alkynes Introduction to functional group chemistry Alcohols Fatty acids (carboxylic acids) Oils and fats Esterification Transesterification Triglycerides 66

Chapter 6 Fuel modification: making biodiesel

Introduction Health and safety Where to obtain the chemicals Making biodiesel Titration Water in your WVO Requirements How to achieve high-quality biodiesel Other methods of making biodiesel Two-stage reactions Buying biodiesel

Chapter 7 Biodiesel reactors and processors

Where to put the processor? Electricity Water Lighting Ventilation Bunding and spills Reactor materials The US Appleseed biodiesel reactor UK hot water tank Vents and methanol recovery Recovering leftover methanol Plans, kits, and readymade reactors Fully automated reactors

Chapter 8 Engine modification – running on SVO

The basics Heating the fuel How to make a heat exchanger Filters Heated fuel tanks Lift pumps Injection systems Valves Bleeding Advantages and disadvantages of the twin tank Putting together your own two-tank system Commercially available two-tank systems One-tank systems Advantages and disadvantages of single-tank conversions One-tank DIY Commercially available one-tank systems

Chapter 9 Using WVO in your SVO engine

Introduction Processing waste oil Test first, WVO or biodiesel? What is filtering? Dewatering your WVO So what does all this mean? Testing for water Dewatering WVO in the cold weather Summary

Chapter 10 Other options and solutions

Diesel, kerosene, and heating oil Solvent thinning and blending White spirit Open source, not secret sauce That is too good to be true! Anecdotal evidence is not good evidence Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof Magnets HHO and water-powered cars Acetone Adding engine oil or automatic transmission fluid to diesel The great gas conspiracy Pogue’s carburetor Not a diesel engine? Wood gas Bioethanol Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or Autogas) Electric vehicles Hydrogen as a future energy vector Human-powered vehicles

Chapter 11 Engine conversion or fuel conversion?

How many vehicles are you running? What is your location? How are you going to dispose of the waste? What is your typical journey duration? Who else uses your car? Which is greenest? How proven is the technology?

Chapter 12 Waste streams

Glycerol Soapy water Oily empties

Chapter 13 Health and safety

Heavy things and manual handling Working with/under vehicles Biodiesel risks Practical safety hints for biodiesel production Electrical safety Slippery oils Heat Chemical burns

Chapter 14 Biofuel ethics

Introduction The carbon cycle – the bike with the wonky chain Interdependence, not independence Can we grow enough biofuels? Biofuels, global warming, and big business Food vs fuel Biofuel from waste oils Biofuel from agricultural waste Fuel from algae Other alternative transport technologies Conclusions References Further reading

Chapter 15 Biodiesel and vegetable oil are not just for cars!

Introduction Motorbikes Boats Airplanes Portable generators

Chapter 16 Epilogue

The kids from NERD? Algae Nanotechnology in the production of biodiesel Final remarks

Appendix Index