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

• This 40gal Device
• Springboard Biodiesel's Device (Come in 50gal and 100gal models)

Existing Open Source Designs

• This Instructable

Minimum Viable Product

• Scalable Capacity
  • 1L Reactor
  • 10L Reactor
  • 50L Reactor
  • 100L Reactor
  • 500L Reactor
  • 1,000L 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

Internal Links

• Biodiesel
• Open Source Fuels Construction Set

External Links

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