Biodiesel Essentials class
Jan 5th-6th
Riverhead, NY
Class registration fee:
$120
No one turned away for lack of funds.
Register at www.girlmark.com/tour
You may build an Appleseed biodiesel processor at this class if you buy a kit from http://b100supply.com in advance. B100supply gives a discount to those who attend this workshop and other people's workshops- $50 off the cost of the basic or deluxe processor kit.
This
class teaches you everything you need to know to make high quality
biodiesel, use your system more efficiently, and make informed
decisions about shortcuts. We cover the following topics, but also
tailor the class to more advanced students or different questions, as
appropriate. There are extensive hands-on lab portions in the class
during which you will get individual attention to make sure you
understand the topics fully and can do the techniques on your own at
home.
Some topics:
biodiesel/SVO/solvent thinning (ie DSE
etc) options and history, biodiesel chemistry, testing oil (titration
and water testing), making test batches, an overview of equipment, a
chance to build your own reactor at the end of Sunday's class, quality
control factors, quality testing, mistwashing and other water washing
options, breaking emulsion, two-stage base biodiesel, waste water and
glycerine disposal, reuse, waterless soap removal with Amberlite and
GL's process, common pitfalls, hands-on experience recovering from
failed batches and emulsion, safety
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Maria
'girl Mark' Alovert is a biodiesel production technology consultant.
She is the author of The Biodiesel Homebrew Guide, a manual on
biodiesel production, the founder of the community-written biodiesel
homebrewing tutorial site www.biodieselcommunity.org and the inventor
of the Appleseed Processor, an 'open source' design now used by
thousands of people around the world to produce biodiesel on a
'homebrew' scale. She has been involved in home-scale biodiesel
technology development since 2000.
