I melt metal with used cooking oil

[cgoodwin]

Interesting link
http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/oilburners2.html

[veggie-d]

hey i am not dangerous enough!! this is great !! i want that for camping or blacksmithing. Fits well with my motto beat it to fit, paint it to match

[marcb]

Hi all,

I'm a newbie to this vo, so I'm still in the reading/learning stage. While trying to figure what will work with my 94 Jetta 1.9TD, saw the Journey Forever/Mother Earth article on WVO heater (link to Bruce Woodford's improvement gives detail of a burner/heater) from which the above burner was inspired. These burners throw an amazing lot of heat in a short time and very fuel efficient.

I've been wondering... what IF a a WVO burner/water heater can be made so it can heat enough coolant to ideal temp before engine startup? The burner will tap onto the existing fuel line to draw fuel.

The whole system would primarily consist of the coolant heater/burner, heated coolant running thru frybrids final heat exchanger and budget heated filter, HIH or HOH for the fuel lines, and coolant heater in tank. No more double tanks and switching/purging.

Does this sound like a possible WVO system, one that can start and run WVO 100% of the time? I know this idea has very big drawbacks, so please shoot as many holes. That's why I floated it here, thanks!


Btw. While googling for a 12v burner igniter, saw a beautiful preheating system by Espar complete with all the necessary gizmos. Hopefully the unit could be mod to heat gelled WVO for it's own combustion for cold starts. Costs $1,350 Canadian... ouch.

(http://www.espar.com/htm/Specs/water/wterheat.htm).

[cgoodwin]

1) the engine must be at temp before even heated VO is injected or carbon buildup will occure. See: "The use of sunflower oil as Diesel fuel for DI engines" on the R&D page of the frybrid site.

2) You really do not want a fire in your vehicle. I have a Webasto Diesel water heater preheat system which not only preheats the bus motor but heats the interior vis radiators (on my bus) and when they work, they work well, when they don't they don't. They are very expensive and serve only as a preheater to make starting in very cold weather easier. Not the answer to your quest.

Chris

[marcb]

"To avoid the deposits build-up... We have determined a min wall temp of 500C."

That puts a really big hole on the idea. Thanks Chris.

Back to more reading for me....