You can also compost it.

How to produce biodiesel. Approximately 100 pounds of oil or fat are reacted with 10 pounds of a short-chain alcohol usually methanol in the presence of a catalyst usually sodium hydroxide NaOH or potassium hydroxide KOH to form 100 pounds of biodiesel. Esterification process was purpose to reduce the free fatty acid FFA by converting it into esters. This involves vegetable or animal fats and oils being reacted with short-chain alcohols typically methanol or ethanol.

2013 proved that it is economically competitive to produce biodiesel using ethanol and Martín Grossmann 2013 integrated the production of bioethanol and biodiesel from algae based on the rich composition in oil and starch resulting in competitive production costs with the use of methanol. The fuel is produced by transesterificationa process that converts fats and oils into biodiesel and glycerin a coproduct. Biodiesel production is the process of producing the biofuel biodiesel through the chemical reactions of transesterification and esterification.

Vegetable and other natural oils are thicker than diesel fuel so must be thinned in order to properly operate in a diesel engine. JP2008502780A JP2007516694A JP2007516694A JP2008502780A JP 2008502780 A JP2008502780 A JP 2008502780A JP 2007516694 A JP2007516694 A JP 2007516694A JP 2007516694 A. Glycerin is useful and can be used to make soap and things.

If the reaction is higher than 65C a pressure vessel is required because methanol will boil at 65C. The reaction typically takes place at between 40-65C. Biodiesel production is the process of producing the biofuel biodiesel through the chemical reactions of transesterification and esterificationThis involves vegetable or animal fats and oils being reacted with short-chain alcohols typically methanol or ethanol.

Biodiesel can be made from plant oils such as soybean oil canola oil cottonseed oil and others or from animal fats such as beef or chicken tallow or pork lard. Recently Severson et al. I tend to think of it as liquid goldand.

Weve focused on the processes used to make ethanol from fermentation and to create other products using thermochemical methods. An inquiry based activity that could be added in lieu of the provided activity is to have the student groups come with their own history background material safety and process for making biodiesel and an additional experiment that they developed. Just be sure to boil off any leftover methanol before you use it.