Quote Originally Posted by nova_robotics View Post
Whatcha doin' with 650 gallons of used oil?
About 6 or 7 years ago I bought a 9 HP lister diesel engine part of the conditions of the sale was I took the oil and the conversion set up. What started out as just over 500 gallons has increased through the years from oil changes I have done I have another barrel about half full behind the shop which will probably be full by spring or before SO, I either need to knuckle up and start converting the oil into diesel or buy more barrels.
I use about 200 gallons of diesel a year in my pickup backhoe and tractors.
If I use the Lister to power a 5 KW ST generator head that will provide all the energy necessary to run the equipment coupled with using the exhaust heat and the heat from the cooling system. for the preheater to evaporate any water out of the oil this lowers the amount of energy required to make the diesel.
the Lister put out 9 HP at 600 RPM and consumes roughly 1 qt of fuel per hour at full load. With the system upgrades I plan on doing it should only require around 3500watts. Or about 60% load on the engine on average.
There are as many different ways to process used oil into diesel as Pelosi has flavors of ice cream