Welcome to the

‘Gaspar D Espinoza’

Biodiesel Workshop

CAMBRIDGECOLLEGE

CMP 230
Copyright© 2007
 What we will cover
 What Biodiesel is
 Benefits & drawbacks of Biodiesel
 Who can use Biodiesel
 Feedstocks for making Biodiesel
 Safety Issues
 How Biodiesel is made
 Making biodiesel yourself
 What is Biodiesel?
 Made from vegetable oils or animal fats
 Can be made from new or used cooking
oil.
 Chemically known as a ‘Methyl Ester’
when made using methanol.
 Created from chemical reaction with an
alcohol catalyst solution, & cooking oil.
 The reaction process is called
‘Transesterification’.
 Benefits of Biodiesel
 Environmentally friendly
 Made from renewable resources
 Burns up to 90% cleaner overall
 Has NO Sulphur, unlike the New Ultra low
sulfur fuel
 Considered Carbon neutral
 Feedstock plants consume the carbon
dioxide produced when harvesting it and
burning it in vehicles & produce Oxygen
 Benefits of Biodiesel: II
 Safety
 Has a flashpoint about twice that of
Petrol diesel
 Considered Non Toxic
 Biodegrades as fast as sugar
 Requires no engine modifications
 Can be added to any newer engine, with
no mixing, or modifications required.
 Feedstocks
 Biodiesel can be
made from many
different
feedstocks
 Examples-
 Soybeans
 Rapeseed or canola
 Sunflowers
 Hemp
 Corn
 Jatropha
 Algae (very high
yield)

 How Biodiesel is made
 Biodiesel is made by reacting warm
cooking oil (130°F) with a methanol/
Catalyst mixture.
 Requires continual mixing for set
amount of time
 Requires washing to remove the
contaminants
 Requires drying to remove the water
 Other very important steps are
 A Complete Reaction
 If we achieve a
complete reaction
we end up with
high quality, fully
reacted fuel.
 Other steps are
necessary for truly
high quality fuel.
 End result is 3
Biodiesel
molecules & 1
 Benefits of Biodiesel: IV
 Can help engines run quieter
 Less particulates out the exhaust
 Smells better, both the fuel and the
exhaust
 Savings
 Made from used oil, biodiesel can be
made for under $1.00/ gallon
 Thank you

GASPAR DANIEL ESPINOZA

Independent dealer of Biodiesel
Processors
www.ezbiodiesel.com