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Alternative fuels => Waste Motor Oil => Topic started by: compig on May 30, 2009, 05:40:48 PM

Title: Cracking Diesel from WMO ?
Post by: compig on May 30, 2009, 05:40:48 PM

Would appreciate views on small scale , home built cracking plants to distill Diesel from WMO ?  My main concern is how to viably fuel the process as the temperature has to up around 400 Deg C.

Title: Re: Cracking Diesel from WMO ?
Post by: Combustor on June 03, 2009, 12:54:56 PM

Hi compiq, jens and others,
                                     Have a look at the following site and see what you think. Go to www.freediesel.com.au/   These people advertise a set of plans to build a
cracking plant that runs on WMO and claims to produce up to a 60% diesel yield from the oil fed to it. I have yet to see a report from someone who has built and run
such a setup long enough to assess its safety and effectiveness, so I am still holding onto my money at this stage. It's an interesting idea though,  Regards,  Combustor.

Title: Re: Cracking Diesel from WMO ?
Post by: compig on June 03, 2009, 05:36:25 PM

Ditto that. I would at least want to see a rig set up and operating.