| Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Consider
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| | filtered through fuel filters and is then
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| Making Your Own Biodieselby shana
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| | ready to be used.
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| 1. Biodiesel is EASY to make.
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| | So, do you think yo can make biodiesel
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| You can make Biodiesel in your kitchen!.
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| | now? No, of course not. If it is so
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| Anybody can make biodiesel.
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| | simple, then everyone will be making it.
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| 2. Biodiesel is BETTER than the
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| | You need to obtain more information and
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| Petro-diesel fuel
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| | gain more knowledge in this area. Come
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| Biodiesel is cleaner. It cuts down on
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| | and visit There is plenty of information
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| targeted emission - better for the
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| | there.
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| environment and better for health.
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| | More on making Biodiesel Below:
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| 3. Biodiesel provides good engine
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| | Picture an oil molecule? Now that's
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| performance.
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| | probably a bit hard, without a microscope
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| Your diesel motor will run better and
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| | you can't actually see one. Instead lets
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| last longer on your home-made fuel.
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| | look at a ping pong ball with three
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| 4. The production and use of biodiesel
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| | tennis balls stuck to the side. The three
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| create less carbon dioxide emission
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| | tennis balls are what we are interested
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| compared to petroleum diesel.
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| | in, the ping pong ball is glycerin
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| Hence Causing less damage to the
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| | A simple chemical reaction with a big
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| atmosphere.
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| | name will separate these tennis balls
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| 5. The Raw Material for making Biodiesel
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| | from the ping pong ball. In fact this
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| is Renewable and Biodegradable.
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| | chemical reaction will do a lot more. You
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| You can make biodiesel from Vegetable Oil
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| | will note when you get used veggie oil
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| such as palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Soy Oil,
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| | from the local fast food store that it
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| etc.
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| | looks a bit yuk. Apart from the veggie
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| 6. Petroleum Oil Prices is increasing.
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| | oil you will have bits of cooking
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| Now, Biodiesel is at it's infancy. It is
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| | detritus like chip bits, crumbs, bits of
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| the best time for you to start
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| | burnt stuff and other gunk that make the
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| experimenting with biodiesel and if you
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| | oil unsuited to healthy cooking.
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| know how to make it, then when biodeiesel
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| | Performing this chemical reaction will
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| is in demand, you will be at the top.
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| | separate this stuff as well as the
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| 7. Biodiesel can be used neat or blended
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| | glycerin. What you will get is clean
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| with petroleum diesel in any proportions.
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| | biodiesel separated from and lighter than
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| So, when petroleum diesel is too highly
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| | the glycerin and gunky stuff that once
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| priced, like it is now, your biodiesel
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| | made up your used veggie oil.
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| will be very much in demand.
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| | This simple process of making Biodiesel
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| 8. No modification is required on your
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| | with a big name is called
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| diesel engine.
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| | transesterification! At right is a sample
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| Biodiesel operates in conventional
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| | of transesterised veggie oil or
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| combustion-ignition engines, from light
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| | biodiesel, (keep reading for a recipe)!
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| to heavy-duty just like petroleum diesel
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| | In this sample you can clearly see the
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| and no engine modifications are required.
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| | clean biodiesel fuel above and distinctly
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| 9. Fossil fuel is depleting.
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| | separated from the
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| Fossil fuel products have been used by
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| | Transesterification of veggie oil (making
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| mankind as a source of energy and it was
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| | biodiesel) can be performed at home using
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| assumed that they will last forever. Time
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| | a home made mixing tank and two readily
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| has changed: with fossil fuel on
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| | available ingredients. The mixing tank(s)
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| depletion and global warming on the
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| | I use are pictured below, the simple
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| increase, it is time to create a
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| | ingredients are methanol and caustic
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| sustainable world.
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| | soda. Methanol is a racing fuel available
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| 10. Best of all is the GREAT feeling of
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| | from fuel agents and specialized fuel
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| freedom, independence and empowerment it
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| | providers, caustic soda or lye is
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| will give you.
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| | available from the cleaning goods section
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| Have you experience such a feeling? You
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| | of your local supermarket.
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| know what I mean.
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| | Basically what you do is mix the caustic
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| So, How to make Biodiesel?
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| | soda with the methanol and then mix the
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| Biodiesel is most commonly made by
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| | resultant brew into the veggie oil then
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| chemically altering an organic oil
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| | settle the resultant mix in a tapered
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| through the use of a catalyst and an
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| | bottom mixing tank. The biodiesel, which
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| alcohol, typically Methanol. The chemical
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| | is lighter than the glycerin and detritus
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| reaction that occurs through this process
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| | will sit on top of a totally separate
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| breaks down the oil molecules and
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| | layer of glycerin and contaminants.
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| replaces the glycerine portion of the
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| | You can try this at home. But before you
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| molecule with an alcohol molecule. The
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| | do that, come and visit
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| glycerine falls to the bottom and is
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| | I am going to tell you a little bit more
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| drained off resulting in Biodiesel.
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| | about Palm Oil Biodiesel.
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| Biodiesel is known chemically as a 'fatty
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| | Palm oil is the most productive vegetable
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| acid methyl ester'. Which is just a fancy
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| | oil crop and with agronomic techniques
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| way of saying it's a product made from
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| | developed it is sufficient to be used as
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| Methanol and an organic oil with fatty
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| | energy, oils and fats.
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| acid chains in it. It is easily made and
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| | Palm oil is eco-friendly as through
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| has many benefits, including
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| | production:
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| environmentally friendlier tailpipe
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| | It alleviates global warming,
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| emissions and improved engine
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| | It conserves soil and water quality,
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| performance.
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| | Its empty fruit bunches, old fronds and
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| Biodiesel is actually very simple to
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| | palm oil mill effluent are recycled back
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| make. Anybody can make biodiesel. It's
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| | to the land as inorganic fertilizers,
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| easy, you can make it in your kitchen --
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| | It utilizes positive energy balance,
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| and it's BETTER than the petro-diesel
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| | It uses minimum amount of pesticides,
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| fuel the big oil companies sell you. It
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| | Barn owls help control the rodent
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| is made by chemically altering the
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| | population in palm plantations,
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| molecular structure of any organic oil
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| | Its residues and waste materials are used
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| through the use of a chemical catalyst
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| | in the wood industries,
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| and an alcohol.
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| | The production of palm kernel cake is
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| This is how to make Biodiesel:
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| | used for animal feed,
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| To do this, oil is simply heated to a
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| | No burning is needed in replanting palm
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| designated temperature (to help with the
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| | trees.
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| chemical reaction) and then a mixture of
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| | And the end product, biodiesel creates
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| catalyst and an alcohol are added to the
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| | 78% less carbon dioxide emission, a green
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| oil. The oil, catalyst, and alcohol
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| | house gas that contributes to global
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| mixture are then mixed for a period of
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| | warming by preventing some of the sun's
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| time and then allowed to settle. If
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| | radiation from escaping the earth.
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| successful, the chemical reaction between
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| | Biodiesel fuel also effectively
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| the oil, alcohol, and the catalyst will
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| | eliminates sulfur oxide and sulfate
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| have broken down the oil into several
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| | emissions, which are major contributors
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| layers. The top layer will be biodiesel,
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| | to acid rain. That's because, unlike
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| chemically called an Ester, the next
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| | petroleum-based diesel fuel, biodiesel is
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| layer may contain soap, and the bottom
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| | free of sulfur impurities. Combustion of
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| layer will be glycerine.
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| | biodiesel additionally provides a 56%
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| Once the layering has occured, the
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| | reduction in hydrocarbon emissions and
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| glycerine and soap are drained off. The
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| | yields significant reductions in carbon
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| biodiesel is then washed with either a
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| | monoxide and soot particles compared to
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| mist-wash, a bubble-wash, or both. The
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| | petroleum-based diesel fuel. Also,
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| washing is done to remove any additional
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| | biodiesel can reduce the carcinogenic
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| soap, alcohol, or other impurities in the
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| | properties of diesel fuel by 94%.
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| biodiesel.
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| | Therefore, palm biodiesel brings
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| After it's been washed, it is then dried
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| | prosperous future where energy is clean,
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| to remove any water. Commonly it is then
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| | abundant, reliable and affordable.
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