Biodiesel in NZ.

[pestie Biofuels Forum Newbie Find all posts View Profile Close pestie]

Hi AllHas anyone seen the Biodiesel in NZ site, http://www.biodieselmaking.co.nz/index.html, where owner has obviously set up an Appleseed reactor but he talks about adding straight methanol to the oil as well as sulphuric and phosphoric acid and he also talks about heating the oil whilst adding NaMethoxide which sounds dangerous to me. I am a newbie to making biodiesel and am trying to sort out the wheat from the chalf so I would appreciate any advice offered. Thanks Paul in Darwin.

[barnabeat Biofuels Forum Newbie Find all posts View Profile Close barnabeat]

Re: Biodiesel in NZ.

I've purchased and used these instructions for quite a while now and received excellent results every time. The chemicals you mention are not used haphazard but to advance differrent processes. I'd suggest you perhaps attempt at least one biodiesel making process before asking questions in a diminishing manner.

[tillyfromparadise Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close tillyfromparadise]

Re: Biodiesel in NZ.

Hello Pestie

This procedure at the site you linked to is Aleks Kac's "Foolproof Method" #3.
More commonly refered to as the Foolproof Joke or Foolproof Disaster.
Crapola pretty well sums up this particular procedure.