Open Source Biodiesel Production Apparatus: Difference between revisions

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Revision as of 00:49, 18 May 2018

Basics

  • A Chemical Reactor Specialized to Biodiesel Production
  • Part of the Open Source Fuels Construction Set
  • Takes in Oil (Waste oil, Vegtable Oil, Animal Oil, Algae Oil etc), Methanol, either Potassium Hydroxide or Sodium Hydroxide, As Well as Some Electricity for Running Stuff (Pumps, Sensors, Heaters, Ultrasonic Transducers)

Used For

  • Biodiesel Production

Industry Standards

Existing Open Source Designs

Minimum Viable Product

  • Scalable Capacity
    • 1L Test Reactor
    • 10L Small Scale Reactor
    • 50L Medium Scale Reactor
    • 100L Large Scale Reactor
  • Automated
  • Cheap to Produce
  • Cheap to Run
  • Modular
  • Uses Either the Sodium Hydroxide, or the Potassium Hydroxide From the Open Source Bases Construction Set

Basic Design

BOM

See Also

Useful Links