There is a lot of information about vegetable oil and how it is made, its use from the time it is processed to the time it is considered as a waste product. Usually, the point when it becomes the waste product is when it leaves the fryer. But is that the end of its serviceable life some say no there is an increasing interest to use this waste oil as fuel, biodiesel and biofuel.
So how is waste vegetable oil or WVO turned into fuel? First of all, this needs to be done at room temperature at about 70 degrees Farenheit – add some sodium hydroxide (lye), methanol (heet), and vegetable oil. You add these three ingredients together in the correct quantities and mix them until they are completely blended . At this point you let the mixture settle it will separate into layers the bottom layer will be glycerin and the top layer will be Biodiesel .
