From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: the complete guide to using vegetable oil as an alternative fuel

From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank

Appropriately subtitled "The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel," Joshua Tickell's From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank is the most comprehensive manual available on making and using biodiesel fuel. Introductory chapters answer the question "Why Vegetable Oil?" by examining the problems associated with the use of fossil fuels, and the economic and environmental advantages of renewable, vegetable-oil biofuels. The rest of the book is a detailed, step-by-step guide to synthesizing biodiesel fuel, building a biodiesel processor and running a diesel engine on vegetable oil. Extensive appendices and a resource guide list technical specifications and sources of materials and equipment. When Dr. Rudolf Diesel displayed his new engine at the 1900 Paris Expo, he fuelled it with peanut oil. This book not only persuades us that Diesel had the right idea, but shows us how to get there. It would be an excellent reference for chemistry and technology teachers who are looking for an engaging cross-curricular project on renewable energy.

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Joshua Tickell Publications, ISBN 0-9707227-0-2, 2000, 162 pp., US$24.95 plus $5 s & h ($10 to Canada) from BookMasters Inc., (888) 822-6657, or the publisher at www.VeggieVan.org/book.

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Copyright Green Teacher Summer 2003

From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: the complete guide to using vegetable oil as an alternative fuel

From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank

Appropriately subtitled "The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel," Joshua Tickell's From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank is the most comprehensive manual available on making and using biodiesel fuel. Introductory chapters answer the question "Why Vegetable Oil?" by examining the problems associated with the use of fossil fuels, and the economic and environmental advantages of renewable, vegetable-oil biofuels. The rest of the book is a detailed, step-by-step guide to synthesizing biodiesel fuel, building a biodiesel processor and running a diesel engine on vegetable oil. Extensive appendices and a resource guide list technical specifications and sources of materials and equipment. When Dr. Rudolf Diesel displayed his new engine at the 1900 Paris Expo, he fuelled it with peanut oil. This book not only persuades us that Diesel had the right idea, but shows us how to get there. It would be an excellent reference for chemistry and technology teachers who are looking for an engaging cross-curricular project on renewable energy.

[SIDEBAR]

Joshua Tickell Publications, ISBN 0-9707227-0-2, 2000, 162 pp., US$24.95 plus $5 s & h ($10 to Canada) from BookMasters Inc., (888) 822-6657, or the publisher at www.VeggieVan.org/book.

[COPYRIGHT]

Copyright Green Teacher Summer 2003