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Books : From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil As an Alternative FuelIn association with Amazon.com Dewey Decimal Number: 629.2538 EAN: 9780966461619 ISBN: 0966461614 Label: Tickell Energy Consulting Manufacturer: Tickell Energy Consulting Number Of Pages: 162 Publication Date: 1999-08 Publisher: Tickell Energy Consulting Studio: Tickell Energy Consulting Sales Rank: 2303628 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank is the first and only book that details all aspects of running diesel engines on vegetable oil. Includes information on biodiesel, the diesel fuel substitute made from new or used vegetable as well as information on running any diesel engine on straight vegetable oil (SVO). This book is packed with history, information, instructions, photos, diagrams and resources. If you want to stop supporting Mid-East Petroleum oil, you must get this book. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Unless you're already a pro . . .This book is excellent in some ways. The most useful section details the basics of biodiesel home brewing, transesterification, titration, testing, building the processor (pp. 59-98). The bulk of the book (pp. 5-58) concerns preliminaries - a history and (useful) description of the functioning of diesel engines, a section on growing one's own fuel, renewable energy. Then, the author shifts gears and discusses the SVO (greasecar or 'straight vegetable oil' approach) (pp. 99 -116). There are numerous ... Read More Rating:  - Safety issuesI purchased this book before starting a biodiesel project with a local community development group. After researching, designing, building, and operating a biodiesel processor for myself, I would not recommend this book. It promotes open reaction tanks, which would expose the user to toxic methanol fumes, and possibly splashing methodixe- a corrosive, flammable chemical used in making biodiesel. It also says that washing biodiesel is unnecessary, which could cause engine damage. When researching biodiesel, ... Read More Rating:  - good introductionThe book is a good introduction to alternative fuels but for the svo conversion I found was not complete enough and doesn't have enough pictures and the diagrams are badly made. For the rest: recipes for biodiesel, and other it's good but still not much details. But anyway it's a must for anyone interested in the subject, being the only book available, but before doing anything ask around for more precise and recent advance in this technology. Rating: - From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel Very helpful but quite thechnical... Rating:  - Ecellent bio-diesel primerThis book is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in learning the basics of the renewable fuel bio-diesel. Mr. Tickell does an excellent job in presenting the argument as to why, from an economic and envrionmental standpoint, our government should invest in renewable fuels. Job creation, reduced trade deficit, and the environment to name a few. The most astounding bit of information I gleaned from this book is that the most promising future of bio-diesel lies in algea. ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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