propane for your truck

Originally Posted by easyrecycle

Why run on propane? Get a older diesel truck and make the bio diesel for around 30cents a gallon.

Maybe start a thread on Bio, then you could walk us through all the processes involved before this fantastic bio reaches the fuel tank.

1. Collection, fair bit of competition, waste cooking oil is in high demand.
2. Filtering is very time consuming. To be efficient the oil should be heated to make it flow easier, then have a $10,000 filter press.
3. Chemistry, chemicals and more heat.
4. Polishing the fuel, time consuming.
5. Excess Bio, environment requires double walled fuel tanks installed onto a damed enclosure, the list is much larger but you get the idea.
6. Disposing of the waste glycerin.
7. Reclaiming your alcohol to reuse keeping costs down, more heat.

$0.30 a gallon is unrealistic.

Originally Posted by easyrecycle

Why run on propane? Get a older diesel truck and make the bio diesel for around 30cents a gallon.

It costs tens of thousands to even think about it. Huge plastic tanks & drums & pumps & stuff & then the chemicals... & don't even think of selling it.
Cos if something happens to their engine, the first person they are going to want to talk to, is you.

You can do it if you run a fleet of vehicles, which will all need work done on them to run the bio fuel & don't expect savings for three years.
On the other hand you get to sell the alcohol for cleaning, glycerin & some other stuff too.