Open Source Biodiesel Production Apparatus

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

• Springboard Biodiesel's Device

Existing Open Source Designs

• This Instructable

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

See Also

• Open Source Fuels Construction Set

Useful Links

• Biodiesel
• Wikipedia Page on Biodiesel
• Wikipeda Page on Biodiesel Production
• This page has some designs for ultrasonically assisted reactors