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Offline Aastha Hurkat

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Biodiesel
« on: August 03, 2014, 12:59:45 AM »
i got the topic biodiesel as my project topic and it is required to prepare biodiesel in the school laboratory..
Can u please tell me an easy way to do that!!!...
Its urgent....
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Re: Biodiesel
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2014, 03:07:23 AM »
Google is your friend.
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Re: Biodiesel
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2014, 02:35:22 AM »
More easier is to go to a gas station and buy 1 liter. The synthesis make no sense in school class room.
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Re: Biodiesel
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2014, 03:24:17 AM »
Quote from: Hunter2 on August 06, 2014, 02:35:22 AM
More easier is to go to a gas station and buy 1 liter. The synthesis make no sense in school class room.

Quite the opposite - it is relatively easy to make biodiesel, which makes it a reasonable idea for a school project.

Making it pure and good enough to be poured into your car is much more challenging.
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Re: Biodiesel
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2014, 04:17:01 AM »
I am not sure is it easy to cook a fat or Raps oil  with methanole to get trans ester reaction.  Also special vaccum destillation equipment is necessary.
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Re: Biodiesel
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2014, 04:52:27 AM »
I am not going to post links to simple recipes that can be googled in no time, especially when it is a thing that OP should do even before asking the question. But there are plenty of those and they are quite often suggested as a school project just because they are simple and - contrary to what you suggest - they don't require any sophisticated equipment.
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Re: Biodiesel
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Re: Biodiesel
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2014, 04:12:29 PM »
I have made a bit, here and there.  A separatory funnel is helpful, but overall it is not a difficult reaction.  Washing the biodiesel with water was a little tricky on a larger scale, if I recall correctly.
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