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The Oil files DVD
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Introducing the 'Oil Files'
DVD . Featuring interviews with some
of the main players in the grassroots biodiesel and
SVO industry, this DVD gives a valuable insight into
the realities of running a small scale biodiesel plant,
running a biodiesel forecourt, converting modern engines
to run on SVO, the ethics of fuel crop production, funding
a biodiesel project and pressing pure plant oil. A complete
trip around the UK in a vehicle run on waste vegetable
oil. Make sure that you watch this DVD before embarking
on any biodiesel project, ESSENTIAL VIEWING, it could save you a fortune. About 3.5
hours of PAL DVD video on two discs, plus xtras.
Watch the short trailer: Trailer
. This product has been reviewed: Customer reviews
Price: £9.95 including p&p to mainland UK only.
Availability: Now . Delivery 5 days.
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Price: €23.00 Euros including postage to Europe, USA etc.
Availability: Now . Delivery 6 days.
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Homebrew DIY biodiesel plant: The Twyn Tub 150
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Probably the world's first intrinsically safe,
all in one, homebrew biodiesel plant. The design
features a hand operated mixer and main pump,
the cost effective way to comply with ATEX regulations
and run a legal and safe biodiesel production
plant for your own vehicle. Based on two weldable,
heavy duty open top powder drums. Full, professional
3D expanded drawing are given with explanations
of the design logic learnt from 6 years of experience
on larger industrial applications. Comes
with operating instructions on how to make the
highest quality biodiesel from waste cooking oil/
rapeseed oil etc. |
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| http://vegetableoildiesel.co.uk/twyntub100.html |
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Bare bones biodiesel processor
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Uses the Twin Tub 100 mixer system with conical bottom. Can be used for the biodiesel reaction, is fitted with a spray nozzle for water washing and will perform methoxide mixing with a suitable pump. Other features include: sight tube with isolation valve, 21/2" off set socket for immersion heater, sample point, breather vent, large valve on top surface for hydroxide input, smaller top valve for oil input, T piece and valve at cone bottom for glycerol and wet biodiesel take off. Price: £745.00 plus delivery. Availability: 5 weeks. |
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Conversion kits
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new product
The kit includes: The 3 way valve (as below), all
fittings required for standard 8mm and 10mm (outside
diameter, for extra flow with veg oil) nylon pipe
connections , 1 elbow, basic diesel filter, jubilee
clips,high quality electrical switch, electrical
cable, a length of 8mm and 10mm nylon pipe, etc.
etc. The second fuel tank is not supplied as this
can be easily obtained from a marine chandler at
far less postage expense.
Price: £180.00 for each kit including p&p
to mainland UK. Availability 23rd July. Delivery 5 days. |
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100 micron pre-filter
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Use this filter upstream of the 3 way valve to prevent
the valve from becoming blocked by debris in the
vegetable oil tank. Comes with fittings for either
8/6 (8mm OD/6mm ID) or 10/8 pipe, please specify
which is required.
Price: £25.00 including p&p to mainland UK.
Availability: Now . Delivery 7 days. |
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3-way valves
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High quality valve with viton seals.
Designed especially for vegetable oil with extra
large internal ports for least resistance to flow.
Price includes solenoid, electrical cap and fittings
for 8mm and 10mm nylon fuel lines as shown in photo.
Price: £90.00 for each valve and fittings including p&p
to mainland UK. Availability 23rd July. Delivery 5 days. |
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Compact heat exchanger
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new product
Alluminium high efficiency heat exchanger. Large effective surface area with 9 stacked plates gives the best heating solution. All materials compatible with vegetable oil. Purposely designed for heating vegetable oil fuel using the engine coolant system.
Price: £60.00 for each unit including p&p
to mainland UK. Availability: Now . Delivery 4 days. |
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Filterfarm 750
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This is a machine purposely designed to filter waste vegetable oil for semi-professionals. It features 4 large canisters, as shown in the image on the left, which give a combined filter area of about 0.750 meters squared. Much of the contamination is wax, which is removed very effectively at flow rates of between 1000 and 5 litres per hour, depending on how clogged up the cartridges are. |
| The photo on the right shows how a very waxy oil can be directly filtered into fuel grade oil (1 micron). With this system there is no longer any need for lengthy settling times or large settling tanks taking up valuable space. |
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| When the cartridges are completely full the wax can be scraped off and the cartridges replaced to continue filtration. The Filterfarm 750 is most effective when run 24 hours a day and there is a PLC option to prevent tank overfill, compressor over-run etc. Price of standard machine is £1225.00 including delivery to mainland UK. Availability: Now . Delivery currently 6 weeks. |
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| Buy the plans and instructions for this excellent machine
for £45.00 (terms and conditions apply). Full
3D views with assembly breakdown, sheet metal cutting
list and parts list. Easy to build. Availability: Now . Delivery 10 days. |
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Filter - separator
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Clean up your own waste cooking
oil with this machine.
It features a 4 stage filtration and
separation system now shipped with the 10 micron
industrial filter at no extra cost. The unit is
split into two main compartments and has a novel
gravity separation method in the left side with
a percolation take-off that runs into the right
side so that oil is skimmed off the top as it
separates, avoiding the 3 week settling time that
is normally needed. No electricity is needed, although there is an immersion heater now installed in the left hand compartment which can be used to greatly accelerate the settling time.
Unit size is 1m high x 1m wide x 0.5m deep on
a 0.55m stand.
The machine has a very small amount of
consumables and the bag filter is cleanable, with
very low maintenance. Just keep topping it up
with waste oil. Produces a minimum of 10
litres of fuel grade vegetable oil every day,
depending on how clean the filter is, the quality
of the oil and the ambient temperature. In Summer,
with good oil, it can process up to 50 litres
per day. Price: £850.00 not including packaging and delivery. Availability: Now. Delivery currently 3 weeks. |
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| Buy the plans and instructions for this excellent machine
for £45.00 (terms and conditions apply). Full
3D views with assembly breakdown, step by step fabrication sequence, sheet metal cutting
list and parts list. Take these drawings to your
friendly local welder. Professional welding and fabrication skills are required. Availability: Now . Delivery 5 days. |
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Cost analysis:
- Filtration machine cost = £850.00
- Conversion kit = £180.00 + £200.00 for fitting. Total = £1230.00
- Annual cost for hardware based on 10% interest on a loan = £123.00
- Waste vegetable oil = FREE if collected personally.
- Personnal fuel production allowance before tax is payable = 2,500 litres.
- Electricity cost per litre = 0.5 pence
- Total cost per litre of fuel = 5.42 pence per litre.
- Fuel cost saving per year = (109 - 4.92) x 2,500 = £2,602.00.
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Vegi-Boost combustion enhancer
Vegi-Boost combustion enhancer is available
in 500ml and 1000ml cans for people to create their own specialty
fuel. It is essential to anybody using vegetable
oil mixed into their diesel and will help protect
both the engine and the environment. The recommended
blend is 20% refined rapeseed oil, 80% diesel. Other blends with waste vegetable oil and petrol may be used, with petrol at 10%. Vegi-boost will compensate for the low cetane value of petrol. 10 % petrol lowers the viscosity of vegetable oil by approximately 50%. |
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| Price: £19.95 for each 1000ml can
including p&p to
mainland UK. Availability: Now . Delivery 5 days.
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| Price: £49.95 for 3 x 1000ml cans
including p&p to
mainland UK. Availability: Now . Delivery 5 days.
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| Price: €36.00 Euros for each 1000ml can including p&p to
Europe eg. Italy. Availability: Now . Delivery 6 days.
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This product has been reviewed: Customer reviews
Industrial sized
10 micron filter system
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10 micron industrial cartridge filter
system including filter head and 1" bsp fittings
on each end. The cartridge is rated to up to 5 bar
pump pressure. This is not your average automotive
fuel filter. It's huge! (about 2 litres). Price:
£110.00 each including p&p to mainland UK. Availability:
Now . Delivery 10 days. |
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Consultancy
by telephone
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We can help with your questions on biodiesel
production or using vegetable oil in your vehicle.
If you are a professional, ie you run a business
related to vegetable oil derived fuels, the fee
is £25.00. For amateurs it is £10.00.
You will get 10 minutes telephone consutancy. Availability: Now
- Step 1: Pay the fee using the button below.
- Step 2: Text me using the number on the contacts page.
- Step 3: Phone me a short while later using the same number.
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Books
| Stephan Helsbig's new book 'The edge of
veg' is highly recommended for anybody wanting to
use straight vegetable oil in their vehicle. It
can be bought from amazon.de for just 16.20 euros,
if you can translate the german on the website that
is! The book itself is written in english. If you
cant get your head round the german shopping basket,
we can buy it for you for £25.00, including
p&p (UK only). Availability: Now . Delivery 5 days.
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| This book is the classic book on veg oil
fuels and has been responsible for turning thousands
of people onto this idea. These guys were the first
people to publicise this stuff for the people and
the book is now many people's bible. |
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| How to Make Biodiesel is a hands-on guide
for those who wish to make biodiesel on a small
scale. It is also an introduction to this exciting
new fuel for vehicle users, policymakers and the
general public. The book has grown out of the manual
we have developed to use on the LILI biodiesel course
over the last 3 years. Key areas covered include
the chemistry of biodiesel, an introduction to Diesel
engines, the environmental benefits of biodiesel,
in-depth instructions about making biodiesel on
a small scale, hints for building a small plant,
and up-to-date coverage of relevant UK regulations.
Also covered are simple fuel testing and wider ramifications
of biodiesel use. A resources section gives UK and
international contacts for equipment and research |
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