Full run to see how much you get compared to how much you put in. Thanks for watching, and I hope you enjoy it! Like and subscribe if you haven't already!
There's a lot of true in what you say near the end of the video. The cost to make this will be irrelevant when you can no longer buy diesel at the pump. This application will be great for the small time farmer or homesteader that wants to continue using his farm machinery when diesel is now longer available to the average Joe.
I was watching you on my TV and had to grab my phone to comment, dude you are killing it with the oil to diesel DIY. I ain't got no use for my used motor oil and got nothing to put diesel into but you make me wanna make and distil my own oil.
@@montanafowler2104 Thank you! I've built a DC generator and will be posting that soon. It runs on my DIY diesel, so I can charge my battery bank when the weather isn't great! Thanks for watching!
You have refined that down to a fine art mate. I am amazed at the result, it reminds me how petrol/gasoline looked like pre- 1980's. The viscosity looks thinner than diesel. Great job!.
@@s.hutton2100,absolutely, I will be coming up with a way to do this. I use waste motor oil to heat my shop and home,so why not harness the waste heat. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
In the distillate from the waste motor oil you get some acids like carboxylic acid which has strong Sulphur like odor... to neutralize acids and some polymers you need to add water sodium hydroxide (bake oven cleaner, drain cleaner) solution, after adding the solution you drain it from the bottom and heat the oil until it dewaters... it takes 20 min for me to dewater my oil at low heat
@@karlsoffroad I don't have the exact numbers... but start small and then smell it... if the smell is still present then add more sodium hydroxide... i do 5 grams of sodium hydroxide with 100mil water for 1 liter of oil
wow, thats way too cool man! been waiting for another video :) this is something i might try this summer... have you run this in any vehicles? ive got a mechanical injection diesel engine that i put in my offroad truck for just this reason... it can literally run on anything
Burn to burn? Wrong method that cannot be justified by free raw materials. After all, clean air is not endless either. There are cheap, excellent chemical cleaning methods with 85-95% efficiency! Moreover, some of them COMPLETELY retain the additives for motor oil - that is, the reconstituted oil can be used both as motor oil and as fuel. How farmers do it in Russia.
I would like to know how that process works. Please send a video link or a link to the process. I haven't come across that option yet,and it sounds much easier. Thanks for watching!
@n.f.2345 ,he is just cleaning the same distillate that I made. He uses an electric distiller, but it's the same principle. I've watched most of his videos, but I just don't have the equipment.
You have to treat it in some way or fashion there is no other choice it will be clogging lines injectors and filters and pumps it has suspended t a r s and bitumen and water and sulfur dioxide hence the horrible odor
yeah , I seized/gummed up a couple of injector pumps with what looked like dark brown/black tar or bitumen. What ways of treating it do you suggest ? 🙂would centrifuging it at 3000G work or redistilling it at just under 400c? 🙂
@@mathuranathadas108 I have issues after distilling the transmission fluid sometimes it's still reactive even after running through a centrifuge to remove water residue and turbidity cloudiness suspended solids tars etc etc the fuel will reactivate or oxidized for the first time and turn hazy again
Cool project I like stuff like this as its a fun thought experiment 'could I do this if there was an apocalypse' Right now your collecting probably a mix of 'fuels' as your condensing tower starts off cool (naptha etc) and then gradually warms up (diesel or heavier) the longer you use it. What you need to get consistent grade of fuel is a condensing tower that starts at its condensing temp, before you start evaporating your used oil. As well as maintains that temp throughout use. It starts to get complicated. But if you run this current mix of fuels you might get preignition etc in a diesel engine. But fine for a diesel heater. If you want to get super complicated then you could separate the grades out by having multiple drains at different heights (again heated/cooled to their exact condensation temperature.) and bubblers like real oil refineries condensing towers have. Also I was thinking if there would be a way to power this by solar. But not a lot of electrical means to heat up large bodies of oil. Nichrome wire running through the oil? or a small steel dish that you heat up inductively to cook the oil.
I think it would take quite a bit of solar to make the heat needed. I'm thinking a parabolic disc to heat it with the sun would work better? I bought a Chinese single cylinder diesel, so we'll find out soon! Lol
@@karlsoffroad I think Induction cookers can get pretty damn hot. Just have to do smaller batches. You could just set a large steel saucepan on a single induction cooker with a lid and have your tower come out of the lid. Sweet. Look forward to seeing it
Is it possible that the steel wool burned up? awesome video. What about using an old refrigerator condenser as a condenser? That is awesome btw. using waste products to make diesel. I bet if you figure out a way to hook up the boiler to the hvac system of the house it will def be worth it.
I was doing similar that [distilling at about 400c] running a couple of diesel cars on it but one batch was done too hot and I seized up a couple of injector pumps with tar :-( Any one have ideas about removing tar or not getting it - ie fractional distillation , or centrifuging it out etc - Thanks :]
I've been told to use sulfuric acid and baking soda? I've never done it. It should be in the comments section. If you have any success with the treatment, post a video! Thanks for watching!
No,I'm using a waste oil burner. I have a bunch of different videos on how I build those as well. I have them in a playlist on my channel page.If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask. Thanks for watching!
Hi mate can u just recycle the waste motor oil by using acetic acid it works without distillation process needed brother kindly so one experiment regarding as this operation requires only room temperature and litte technical skills
I'll be doing a test run in the next video. I'll be ordering the engine this morning. I use it to light my burners, and I don't notice any difference between pump diesel and my homemade diesel other than the smell.
Hi. At what temperature you heat the oil? I try to make some fuel from wmq when the oil was at 50 degree celsius i go or a caffe when i came back the oil was at 100 degree and my oil came out black as i put it in maybe the temp was too high or what happened. I need some advice thanks
150-300 Celsius should work. We use Fahrenheit, but I think I converted it correctly. The tower should be at that temperature, so the oil may be much hotter than that. I hope this helps.
@mathuranathadas108 ,you must have too much in your chamber. You can only fill the container your heating about 25% of the total volume. The oil expands a lot when heated.
@@karlsoffroad just water if you want cheap water and lye still very cheap high percentage ethanol with lye there are tons of different treatment procedures