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Hey guys. Here is my plan. I kinda was inspired by sunwizard. I want to build a contraption that will produce BioD and I want it to be self sufficient.
Water for washing – I have access to 100+ gallons of water daily. My parents have one of those newer septic systems that has 3 chambers and the air pump. After the water is treated it passes through some chlorine and then is put in a tank. When the tank is full it turns on the pump and spits the clean water out sprinklers to water the yard. Do you guys think I can use this water to wash my BioD? Any tests I should do on the water to make sure its safe to use for washing and not infecting my product?
Or how about collecting rain water? Can I collect the water from the rain gutters on my house and use that as wash water? Maybe filter it to a few microns first to make sure there are no little gravel chunks from the roof.
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To help heat the oil I want to use the sun. I was going to start easy and cheap and get some black pipe or hose on the roof of the shed and pass the water through it to heat from the sun, then going to build some kind of heat exchanger to pass the heat from the water to the oil. What is safe to use for a heat exchanger? Copper pipe? Iron pipe? Galvanized pipe? Or would it be better to pump the oil through the pipes on the roof and let the sun heat the oil directly?
Last part electricity
Been playing with the idea of a wind mill or solar to run the pumps for this thing then came up with a diesel generator idea. We have lots of land and the noise is not an issue, and since I plan on making BioD I can use some of it to run the generator. Not sure if I am going to get a used generator or maybe build something out of a tractor motor or maybe one of those lister (spelling?) diesels. Maybe run a belt off the engine to a pump or 3 and use that to pump the oil and water around rather then using electricity!
Ok I know that there will be some costs here that will be a little hard to justify but all in all I want to make something that I don’t need to depend on someone else to run (power company, water company, gas company and on and on) and I just want to do it cause I can!
If anyone has some advice or ideas bring them on!
Water for washing – I have access to 100+ gallons of water daily. My parents have one of those newer septic systems that has 3 chambers and the air pump. After the water is treated it passes through some chlorine and then is put in a tank. When the tank is full it turns on the pump and spits the clean water out sprinklers to water the yard. Do you guys think I can use this water to wash my BioD? Any tests I should do on the water to make sure its safe to use for washing and not infecting my product?
Or how about collecting rain water? Can I collect the water from the rain gutters on my house and use that as wash water? Maybe filter it to a few microns first to make sure there are no little gravel chunks from the roof.
Next
To help heat the oil I want to use the sun. I was going to start easy and cheap and get some black pipe or hose on the roof of the shed and pass the water through it to heat from the sun, then going to build some kind of heat exchanger to pass the heat from the water to the oil. What is safe to use for a heat exchanger? Copper pipe? Iron pipe? Galvanized pipe? Or would it be better to pump the oil through the pipes on the roof and let the sun heat the oil directly?
Last part electricity
Been playing with the idea of a wind mill or solar to run the pumps for this thing then came up with a diesel generator idea. We have lots of land and the noise is not an issue, and since I plan on making BioD I can use some of it to run the generator. Not sure if I am going to get a used generator or maybe build something out of a tractor motor or maybe one of those lister (spelling?) diesels. Maybe run a belt off the engine to a pump or 3 and use that to pump the oil and water around rather then using electricity!
Ok I know that there will be some costs here that will be a little hard to justify but all in all I want to make something that I don’t need to depend on someone else to run (power company, water company, gas company and on and on) and I just want to do it cause I can!
If anyone has some advice or ideas bring them on!