straight vegetable oil (svo)
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Straight Vegetable Oil (SVO). Jeremy Mineau. Rudolf Diesel. Showed the first Diesel Engine at the World Exhibition in 1990 Ran on peanut oil - a resource that was plentiful at the time When petroleum became abundant, engines were modified to use this new resource. The Basic Problem. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Straight Vegetable Oil (SVO)
Jeremy Mineau
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Rudolf Diesel
Showed the first Diesel Engine at the World Exhibition in 1990
Ran on peanut oil - a resource that was plentiful at the time
When petroleum became abundant, engines were modified to use this new resource
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The Basic Problem
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Biodiesel v.s. SVO
Modify the fuel Minimal startup cost No secondary fuel
necessary Making your own for
cheap
Modify the engine Significant startup cost Secondary fuel usually
necessary Free* to collect your
own
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Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO)
Restaurants must dispose of their used vegetable oil
Often collected by a rendering company that uses the oil in animal feed or other industrial products
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Pre-Filtering
Filtration for particulate removal
Heating and settling for water removal
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The Vegie-Car
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Setup
Diesel
Veg
IP
FPHE
Radiator
3
3
Batt.
Combined fuel return
Filters
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Costs Flat plate heat exchanger $100 Filter $90 3-way solenoid valve $150 Dash switch $10 Second tank $10 Oil temperature gauge $25 Electric injection line heaters $25 Misc. hoses, clamps, fittings $100 Pre-filtration setup $75 Vegetable oil FREE TOTAL $585
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Benefits
(5000mi/yr) / (25mi/gal) = 200gal/yr (200gal/yr) * (4.20$/gal) = 840$/yr (585$) / (840$/yr) = 0.7yr
The conversion pays for itself in about 8 months!