Hi guys,
its been a while on the biodiesel scene
before i go off and do all of my research,
how much do you think it will cost to get a complete biodiesel producing system up and running?
i have those 205 litre drums readily available for me so i suppose that is the size i will be using.

and im thinking appleseed? or are there any other recommendations?

any suggestions will be much appreciated.
regards,
Mubs

Hi Mubs

most homebrew folks in the UK have moved onto the Graham Laming style of processor, see EcoSystem processor - needs no water, recovers methanol (GL 1 day system) on Graham's website here
http://www.graham-laming.com/bd/main.htm
It's based on a UK domestic H/W cylinder but I and others have used a 205 litre drum.

Chug

You can make all your reactor and wash,dry tanks from 55 gal. drums using cone bottoms from Bay area biodiesel if your good with a mig welder . I had a welder do all of the welding on my drums (cones,legs, heating element threa-in) for $100. I couldn't see buying a bunch of hot water heaters . I've heard of people using a used water heater,but a good one is hard to find ,at least in my area. It depends on your back yard mechanic skills

a friend is selling me a few steel 205l barrels at 7 quid a pop hehe

and someone else is doing the welding for me, although i am tempted by the soldering copper pipes vid on grahams website.

using grahams process... approxmiately what is the cost of a litre of biodiesel?

also tax is 32p right?

licenses?

I produce my biodiesel for approx 15p per litre all in.

There is no tax on personal biofuel production up to 2500 litres per year.

See the other Licenses thread for info I posted on licenses.