Gasifier Experimenters Kit - Pole Shift Survival Information
Gasifier Experimenters Kit - Pole Shift Survival Information Gasifier Experimenters Kit - Pole Shift Survival Information
TO: People interested in making BiodieselFROM: Thomas B. Reed, the Biomass Energy FoundationSUBJECT: Making Bio-diesel in the kitchenBiodiesel is a new, alternative, renewable, clean diesel fuel made from Nature’striglycerides - oils, fats, waste cooking oils and many other natural products. 1 , 2However, if you would like to try the reaction in your kitchen, here's the recipe for asimple demonstration you can try, using common household chemicals. 3 (REMEMBERTO HANDLE ALL CHEMICALS WITH CARE! While these are common "household"chemicals, the methanol will burn with an almost invisible flame, so extinguish all fires;the lye can burn your fingers or blind you. Read the warnings on the can!)The reaction (with the terrible names “transesterification” or “alcoholysis” 3 ) substitutesmethanol (wood alcohol) for the Glycerol in triglycerides (fats, oils) to make the methylesters called biodiesel. It uses lye as a catalyst. A junior chemist might write it:Triglyceride (fats or oils) + Methanol! Biodiesel + Glycerol (+soap from catalyst)The lye converts a small amount of the oil to soap so that the methanol will be soluble inthe triglyceride. After the reaction is over, the glycerol and soap settle to the bottom ofthe vessel and the biodiesel floats on top.In a measuring cup measure 200 ml of methanol. 4 To this add 1 level tsp of lye (sodiumhydroxide). 5 In a separate pan, heat 500 ml (1 cup) of any vegetable oil cooking oil(such as Mazola, Canola etc.to about 120F (using a candy thermometer). Put the oil ina blender and add the methanol-lye mixture to the warm oil while vigorously stirring. Stirfor 30 minutes. This solution is opaque at first, but as the reaction progresses itbecomes thinner than the original oil and translucent.Allow the mixture to settle for a day in a tall thin vessel. You will see two separatelayers. The biodiesel floats to the top as a clear liquid, and can be poured off into acontainer for display(or into your diesel car or truck). The glycerol and some soap go tothe bottom and can be discarded in this experiment. In commercial practice the glyceroland soap can be further processed to other fuels.You have now made biodiesel on a small scale and can better appreciate the use ofrenewable fuels from farms.BIODIESEL FROM WASTE VEGETABLE OILSEvery fast food restaurant discards large quantities of waste vegetable oils weekly.They are collected and sold as “yellow grease” and can contain fats from cooked meatand free fatty acids from the breakdown of the oil. Yellow grease is an attractive sourceof biodiesel, but is more difficult to convert to biodiesel because it contains 2-10% freefatty acids (the cause of the rancid taste) which consume some of the lye catalyst.
Many people are converting “yellow grease” to biodiesel or using it directly. (Seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_grease)andhttp://www.easternct.edu/depts/sustainenergy/calendar/biodiesel/Geise%20-%20Biodiesel%20from%20Recycled%20Vegetable%20Oil.pdfIt requires additional lye to neutralize the free fatty acids and the process so morechemistry than the kitchen provides.1Corn based ethanol has been a “renewable fuel” since about 1980,available as a 10%blend with gasoline. It competes directly with corn for food and can cause economicupsets if we make too much. Biodiesel is made from soy oil and many other vegetableoils and animal fats. Soy beans are raised primarily for their protein content and the oilis a by product, since many other plants also contain vegetable oils. Used cooking oil(yellow grease) is a waste product, but is fed to cattle or burned for heat.I have been running my diesel vehicles on biodiesel since I first discovered it in 1990and it is now the most successful of our “renewable fuels”.2 Don’t worry about long complicated chemical names. They are usually descriptive ofthe molecule and more like a map. You probably heard them in high school chemistryand promptly forgot them. Your doctor measures the “triglyceride” content of your bloodon any blood test. Healthy humans are typically about 20% triglyceride (fat) or else allyour joints would squeak. Making biodiesel on a large scale is a task for chemicalengineers. It is a relatively simple process, but requires purification and washing tomake a commercial fuel3 Don’t worry about these long and complicated chemical names. They are usuallydescriptive of the molecule and more like a map. Your doctor measures the“triglyceride” content of your blood on any blood test. Healthy humans are typicallyabout 20% triglyceride (fat) or else all your joints would squeak. Making biodiesel on alarge scale is a task for chemical engineers. It is a relatively simple process, butrequires purification and washing to make a commercial fuel.4 The easiest source of methanol is Dri- Gas, obtainable from any automotive store. Besure to get the cheap yellow variety - contains methanol - not the red one containingiso-propyl alcohol. Methanol is also used as the preferred fuel at most race tracks andyou can buy a 5 gallon can.) The methanol must be new and DRY.5Red Devil lye or the equivalent is carried by most grocery and hardware stores. Readthe safety instructions. Stir well into the methanol with a wooden spoon, crushing asneeded until all the flakes disappear. The mixture will be slightly cloudy and is called"sodium methoxide".
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TO: People interested in making BiodieselFROM: Thomas B. Reed, the Biomass Energy FoundationSUBJECT: Making Bio-diesel in the kitchenBiodiesel is a new, alternative, renewable, clean diesel fuel made from Nature’striglycerides - oils, fats, waste cooking oils and many other natural products. 1 , 2However, if you would like to try the reaction in your kitchen, here's the recipe for asimple demonstration you can try, using common household chemicals. 3 (REMEMBERTO HANDLE ALL CHEMICALS WITH CARE! While these are common "household"chemicals, the methanol will burn with an almost invisible flame, so extinguish all fires;the lye can burn your fingers or blind you. Read the warnings on the can!)The reaction (with the terrible names “transesterification” or “alcoholysis” 3 ) substitutesmethanol (wood alcohol) for the Glycerol in triglycerides (fats, oils) to make the methylesters called biodiesel. It uses lye as a catalyst. A junior chemist might write it:Triglyceride (fats or oils) + Methanol! Biodiesel + Glycerol (+soap from catalyst)The lye converts a small amount of the oil to soap so that the methanol will be soluble inthe triglyceride. After the reaction is over, the glycerol and soap settle to the bottom ofthe vessel and the biodiesel floats on top.In a measuring cup measure 200 ml of methanol. 4 To this add 1 level tsp of lye (sodiumhydroxide). 5 In a separate pan, heat 500 ml (1 cup) of any vegetable oil cooking oil(such as Mazola, Canola etc.to about 120F (using a candy thermometer). Put the oil ina blender and add the methanol-lye mixture to the warm oil while vigorously stirring. Stirfor 30 minutes. This solution is opaque at first, but as the reaction progresses itbecomes thinner than the original oil and translucent.Allow the mixture to settle for a day in a tall thin vessel. You will see two separatelayers. The biodiesel floats to the top as a clear liquid, and can be poured off into acontainer for display(or into your diesel car or truck). The glycerol and some soap go tothe bottom and can be discarded in this experiment. In commercial practice the glyceroland soap can be further processed to other fuels.You have now made biodiesel on a small scale and can better appreciate the use ofrenewable fuels from farms.BIODIESEL FROM WASTE VEGETABLE OILSEvery fast food restaurant discards large quantities of waste vegetable oils weekly.They are collected and sold as “yellow grease” and can contain fats from cooked meatand free fatty acids from the breakdown of the oil. Yellow grease is an attractive sourceof biodiesel, but is more difficult to convert to biodiesel because it contains 2-10% freefatty acids (the cause of the rancid taste) which consume some of the lye catalyst.