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From fryer to fuel tank: U-M students reclaim waste grease as
renewable fuel
University
of Michigan engineering students demonstrated that junk food
does have a good side? It can be used to make biodiesel
fuel for U-M buses. For their environmental sustainability
course, a student team demonstrated that it is economically
and technically feasible to harvest the 10,700 gallons of
waste grease produced in the 10 campus dining halls to make an
effective biodiesel fuel, which they produced and then tested
out on a small U-M tractor. The University purchases 60,000
gallons of biodiesel per year for its diesel bus fleet;
replacing 10,700 gallons of that purchase with waste grease
will achieve an estimated $28,000 annual cost savings. Savings
could be increased to about $150,000 by incorporating waste
greases from the University Health System cafeterias and area
restaurants.
Make Your Own BioDiesel
Click here
to learn how wasted vegetable oil can be transformed into a
clean, renewable fuel to be used in any diesel engine.
All modern diesels can used biodiesel directly with no
modifications and similar operation & performance to dinosaur
diesel. In the US, soy-based biodiesel is gaining
prominence as a 20% blend (B20) to add lubricity back into
diesel fuel as sulfur is phased out. Sulfur was reduced
from 5000ppm to 500ppm, and is scheduled to be scaled back to
5ppm in 2006.
BioDiesel, VW,
and Diesel Forums
www.biodieselnow.com
www.tdiclub.com
www.michiganvw.org
www.vwvortex.com
Where to Buy
BioDiesel in SE Michigan ?
BP station,
Walz, MI on Will Carlton 200 yds east of I-275 B20
Wacker Oil,
Manchester B100 & blends
Karbowski
Oil, Bay City B100 & blends
Meijer Gas
Stations, Ann Arbor (new pumps installed via a State grant)
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