Project Biodiesel

I am just about finished with my biodiesel setup. Test batches have been made and tested for quality. The processor is just about done, the lye (NaOH) is hear, and the methanol was just delivered. I have a restaurant just waiting for me to provide them with an open-top barrel for WVO collection (I currently have about 40 gal now to start with).

The only thing left now is to make a big batch.

My large batches will be 80 liters (about 21 gal). Not sure what the yield will be with the oil I'll be collecting.

This entire project has cost about $700 before lye and methanol (witch totaled almost another $300).

Once my process is refined and I make a couple of batches, I estimate that it'll cost about a buck ($1.00) a gal.