Backyard biodiesel : how to brew your own fuel / Lyle Estill & Bob Armantrout.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Estill, Lyle, author.

Armantrout, Bob, author.

Series:

Books for living wisely from Mother Earth news.

Books for Living Wisely from Mother Earth News

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biodiesel fuels.

Biodiesel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, [2015]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Lyle Estill is the president and co-founder of Piedmont Biofuels, a community scale biodiesel project in Pittsboro, North Carolina. He has been on the vanguard of social change for the past decade, which has placed him at the heart of the sustainability movement. Lyle is a prolific speaker and writer, and the author of Small Stories, Big Changes, Industrial Evolution, Small is Possible and Biodiesel Power. He has won numerous awards for his commitment to resilience, community development, outreach and leadership.Bob Armantrout helped to manage four commercial biodiesel plants in Hawai'i, Color

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Warning and Disclaimer; Introduction; 1. Literature Review; 2. Oil and Biodiesel Chemistry Primer; 3. Gathering Ingredients; 4. Grease Wars; 5. Basic Recipes; 6. Backyard Economics; 7. Feedstock Collection and Pretreatment; 8. Reactors and Processors; 9. Purification and Drying Strategies; 10. Fuel Quality and Backyard Analytics; 11. Troubleshooting; 12. Safety; 13. The Great Wall of Glycerin: Side Streams; 14. Regulations; 15. Myths and Realities; 16. The Community; 17. Commercial Production; 18. Conclusion; Index

About the Authors

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-55092-591-1

OCLC:

911205377