"Best Buy" Biodiesel Book
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Joe and Deborah Klecker of Watertown, Wis., recently contacted FARM SHOW to say they're building a biodiesel reactor that allows them to make their own diesel fuel. They used manufacturing instructions found in Maria Alovert's "Biodiesel Homebrew Guide".
The guide is a self-published, 107-page book that Alovert originally wrote as a textbook for the biodiesel classes that she teaches. It contains comprehensive how-to instructions for making, washing, and testing homebrew biodiesel, and plans for building biodiesel production equipment. It does not contain information on straight vegetable oil technology or methanol recovery.
"The book does a great job of explaining how to make biodiesel fuel at home," says Deborah. "Alovert also travels the U.S. teaching a series of classes in homebrew biodiesel subjects.
"Using this book, we were able to build our own biodiesel reactor for only a few hundred dollars. Commercial biodiesel reactors sell for thousands of dollars," says Deborah. "We raise beef and pork on a small scale and are trying to grow our own herd of registered Herefords. At the current time, we both hold off-farm jobs but eventually we want to live just off the farm. Biodiesel helps reduce our fuel costs.
"We use the biodiesel fuel to heat our home and to supply fuel for our Deere 4030 and 2020 tractors as well as our skid steer loader. We bought the book after talking to people online."
A big part of biodiesel production, says Klecker, is finding stores or restaurants that will give you their used cooking oil. "We bought a grease dumpster that's designed just for grease and doesn't leak, and has a lockable lid."
The book sells for $18 including S&H.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, B100 Supply, LLC, P.O. Box 1184, Woodstock, Ga. 30188 (ph 678 528-1899; sales@b100 supply.com; www.b100supply.com). More general biodiesel information is available at www.localb100.com.
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"Best Buy" Biodiesel Book ENERGY Alternative Fuels 30-3-32 Joe and Deborah Klecker of Watertown, Wis., recently contacted FARM SHOW to say they're building a biodiesel reactor that allows them to make their own diesel fuel. They used manufacturing instructions found in Maria Alovert's "Biodiesel Homebrew Guide".
The guide is a self-published, 107-page book that Alovert originally wrote as a textbook for the biodiesel classes that she teaches. It contains comprehensive how-to instructions for making, washing, and testing homebrew biodiesel, and plans for building biodiesel production equipment. It does not contain information on straight vegetable oil technology or methanol recovery.
"The book does a great job of explaining how to make biodiesel fuel at home," says Deborah. "Alovert also travels the U.S. teaching a series of classes in homebrew biodiesel subjects.
"Using this book, we were able to build our own biodiesel reactor for only a few hundred dollars. Commercial biodiesel reactors sell for thousands of dollars," says Deborah. "We raise beef and pork on a small scale and are trying to grow our own herd of registered Herefords. At the current time, we both hold off-farm jobs but eventually we want to live just off the farm. Biodiesel helps reduce our fuel costs.
"We use the biodiesel fuel to heat our home and to supply fuel for our Deere 4030 and 2020 tractors as well as our skid steer loader. We bought the book after talking to people online."
A big part of biodiesel production, says Klecker, is finding stores or restaurants that will give you their used cooking oil. "We bought a grease dumpster that's designed just for grease and doesn't leak, and has a lockable lid."
The book sells for $18 including S&H.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, B100 Supply, LLC, P.O. Box 1184, Woodstock, Ga. 30188 (ph 678 528-1899; sales@b100 supply.com; www.b100supply.com). More general biodiesel information is available at www.localb100.com.
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