Grease to Diesel
Grease to Diesel
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Hello,
I am new to this forum and is not expert at all regarding petroleum engineering. Somebody told me that diesel can be made from Grease by adding sulfuric acid to it. Is it correct? If yes then is it viable at large scale. Is it legal?
He told me that one of his friend is doing this business and processing 4000 drums per month. He is using Irani Calcium Grease and using so called chemical H2SO4 (Sulfuric Acid) and getting 90% diesel and 10% waste.
I would like to educate myself about this process and its technicality.
Thanks
I am new to this forum and is not expert at all regarding petroleum engineering. Somebody told me that diesel can be made from Grease by adding sulfuric acid to it. Is it correct? If yes then is it viable at large scale. Is it legal?
He told me that one of his friend is doing this business and processing 4000 drums per month. He is using Irani Calcium Grease and using so called chemical H2SO4 (Sulfuric Acid) and getting 90% diesel and 10% waste.
I would like to educate myself about this process and its technicality.
Thanks
RE: Grease to Diesel
See http://www.extension.org/pages/28000/used-and-wast... and follow the links under acid pre-treatment
As usual it is a bit more complex and time consuming (mixing period is days not hours)than might first appear....
My motto: Learn something new every day
Also: There's usually a good reason why everyone does it that way
RE: Grease to Diesel
If you're just interested in making stearic acid or mixed free fatty acid, that's not anywhere nearly what a person would call diesel, though you can probably run a diesel engine on it- if you keep it melted...
RE: Grease to Diesel
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