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Publisher's Noteguaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Run Your Diesel Vehicle on Biofuels has everything you need to make the switch from expensive, environment-damaging carbon fuel to cheap (and, in many cases, free), clean fuel for your vehicle. Practical and decidedly apolitical, this unique guide focuses on technical details, parts, and instructions.Inside, you'll find step-by-step instructions accompanied by helpful illustrations for such projects as building and properly using a homemade biodiesel reactor, which enables you to drive you car on vegetable oil purchased at a fraction of the price of gas or even on second-hand oil obtained from restaurants free of charge. Run Your Diesel Vehicle on Biofuels also includes a list of international parts suppliers and various manufacturers' warranty statuses regarding vehicles converted to biodiesel. Projects include:Collecting waste oilBuilding a waste-oil processorCreating biodiesel fuelConverting your car to professional standards Constructing heat exchangersRun Your Diesel Vehicle on Biofuels covers:* History and functions of the diesel engine * Benefits of biofuel * Where to obtain raw ingredients * Theory of fuel conversion * Existing conversion kits o Blends, emulsions, and thinners * Processing and discarding waste oil * Laws and regulations * Green retail o Health and safety * Limitations of environmental benefits
Contents
ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. History of Diesel and the diesel engineChapter 3. How does a diesel engine work?Chapter 4. Collecting waste vegetable oilChapter 5. Biodiesel chemistryChapter 6. Fuel modification: making biodieselChapter 7. Biodiesel reactors and processorsChapter 8. Engine modification--running on SVOChapter 9. Using WVO in your SVO engineChapter 10. Other options and solutionsChapter 11. Engine conversion or fuel conversionChapter 12. Waste streamsChapter 13. Health and safetyChapter 14. Biofuel ethicsChapter 15. Biodiesel and vegetable oil are not just for cars!Chapter 16. EpilogueAppendixIndexNER(01): WOW