I recently realized that I've never documented the process that we (mainly Russ) goes thru to make it possible for us to drive a car the runs on waste vegetable oil (WVO). So here it is....
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Step 1: Using air compressor, make sure vacuum has been created in tank that is hooked up to vehicle. |
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Step 2: Find WVO (waste vegetable oil- from restaurants that use a fryer) and suck decent looking oil out of container. |
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Step 3- transfer oil to barrel for stage 1 of settling. The settling process is important to let water/bad oil separate from the good oil. |
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Note: In the settling process the good oil separates from the bad oil. What we see in this jug is the amber color and the creamy color. We want the amber color. |
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Step 4: Good oil (amber colored) is transfer to this barrel where it is heated and sent thru the centrifuge. |
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This is the centrifuge. The particulate matter that is in the oil is spun out into a holding area letting only the good oil fall back thru into the tank. |
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Step 5: The clean oil is then transfered to this barrel for further settling. |
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Step 6: Final storage until it is needs to be used. |
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Step 7: This is how we get it from the big tank to the heated tank that sits in the trunk of our car. |
