This document discusses how individuals produce biodiesel at home from used vegetable oil through a multi-step process. It explains that home brewers collect used cooking oil from restaurants, then filter out food sediments in the first stage. They check for and remove any water before regulating acid levels. A catalyst is carefully added to speed up the process of converting the oil to biodiesel and glycerin. Multiple washings are done to remove soap and other residues, leaving a finished biodiesel with a distinct fruity smell. Experts advise using biodiesel with caution, as commercial production requires expensive equipment.

1. By Tessa Salazar
A brew to
refill
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2. “ A Government That
Governs Least Governs
Best”
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3. Survivalist/naturalist
off-grid
Home-brewers
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4.  But how exactly, do these
survivalist get their hands on a
seemingly magic such as
biodiesel?
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5. Using…….
Used oil
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6. The beekeeper brews
diesel too…
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7. Joel Magsaysay……….
“Biodesiel cleans your fuel tank,lines
injection pump,and injectors”
“The only thing you can convert is your
mind”
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8. They’re dirty….
Joel reiterates that the regular
diesel fuels should be the ones
to blame for clogging up the fuel
systems of vehicles….
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9.  “If your vehicles clog up after using
biodiesel, it’s because the regular diesel
contains high levels of
sulfur, sludge, algal bacteria, and even
water. Biodiesel cleans these residues out
of the fuel systems for the first few
months.”
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10. Christopher s. tan
Chemistry teacher at
the PSHS
studied and
experimented on
different vegetable oil
blends
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11. Biodiesel enthusiast,,,,
Cuenca, a us immigrant laid off from a
real estate firm in 2005, got into jobs to
pay for his training with Morris.
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12. Commercial volumes….
 Big step to invest multimillion-
peso biodiesel equipment
 Aiming to biodiesel cheaper
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13. Use with caution…
 Jun Lao
 chief operating of Chemrez
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14. From the kithchen
to the car…..
 1. Collect used vegetable oil. Home brewers
usually get(or buy their used cooking oil
from fast food restaurants. The tediousness
of processing from oil to fuel, however,
depends on how clean” the used oils are
collected in a safe storage area away from
heat and water and the container must be
airtight.
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15. 2. First filtration stage-
the crude stage-
removes all food
sediments
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16. 3. Removes all traces of
water. a hydrometer detect
water content.
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17. 4. The acid content is then kept in
check. Too much acidity
produces glycerine, soapy, sticky
substance that is no- no for
engine.
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18. 5. The catalyst methoxide is
carefully added. Methoxide is
mix of sodium hydroxide and
alcohol which is added in the
right amounts, speeds up the
refinement process the fuel.
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19. 6. Sodium methoxide is dissolve
with the alcohol (white container
with hose
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20. 7. The methoxide with alcohol is
mixed into the filtered oil for one
hour at 50 degrees c. during this
process glycerine sloughs off.
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21. 8. The biodiesel is washed with
water to remove all traces of soap
and NaOH.
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22. 9.The washed biodiesel is “
dried.” The finished product
has distinct “ fruity smell.
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23. TAPOS NA!!!
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24. TENK YAH!!!
(-____-)
HI HI HI !!
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