[Stoves] Vegetable oil or biodiesel?

[Veronica Nelson]

Hi Crispin,

I am writing to you because I have been using veg oil specifically for the
reason you mention. I don't know who came up with the bio-diesel concept,
but I say WHY?  This is a waste of time resources and bi-products that one
must eventually try and find a use for when one can simply use veg oil. I
have a veg oil conversion in my diesel auto and so it is a hybrid. Gov
regulation has made it "illegal" to get veg oil from stores w/out
permission; however alot of the grocery stores with Deli section now have a
contract with Bio-Diesel mfg facilities that convert the material. I think
it would be very beneficial to burn veg oil directly. One less process.  I
went from Corvallis to Northern CA on used veg oil and did not have one
issue.  I simply filter the veg oil in a large strainer and then there is a
dual filtering system on the conversion system that Enviofuel installed.
You can check out their web page. Nate Gunn is the guy who designed my
system.

Regards,

Veronica Nelson

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <
crispinpigott at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Friends****
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> Is it environmentally advantageous to use vegetable oil directly as
> biofuel instead of converting it to biodiesel?****
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> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0961953410004836****
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> A stove can use either. If it is a biodiesel or bioparaffin (very similar)
> it will burn in a paraffin stove.****
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> So far there are not many stoves that can operate on the raw oil. Should
> there be more?****
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> Regards****
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> Crispin****
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