Author Topic: Tiny Biodiesel Reactor (Read 4372 times)

malone · « **on:** April 20, 2006, 12:15:03 am »

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A professor of chemical engineering at Oregon State University developed a small reactor to directly convert vegetable oil to biodiesel. Goran Jovanovic reports his invention is approximately the size of a credit card. It pumps vegetable oil and alcohol through parallel channels to convert the oil into biodiesel almost instantly. Current mainstream methods to produce biodiesel take more than a day and also produces other byproducts which must be neutralized before disposal or use in other manufacturing processes.

http://www.forbes.com/work/feeds/ap/2006/04/19/ap2681244.html

malone · « **Reply #1 on:** April 20, 2006, 12:16:29 am »

A better article:

http://www.capitalpress.info/print.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=782&ArticleID=24256&TM=52092.43

malone · « **Reply #2 on:** April 20, 2006, 12:17:11 am »

... and misc. Slashdot discussion:

http://science.slashdot.org/science/06/04/20/007219.shtml

VW Scully · « **Reply #3 on:** April 21, 2006, 04:40:44 pm »

the size of a credit card!?!?

Now that's the wierdest thing I ever heard :shock:
makes my Appleseed reactor look like the CN tower in comparison! :wink:

Dr. Diesel · « **Reply #4 on:** April 22, 2006, 10:00:38 am »

the big oil companies will squash this guy.

Kudagra · « **Reply #5 on:** April 22, 2006, 12:27:05 pm »

Quote from: Dr. Diesel

the big oil companies will squash this guy.

Most likely they will use their vast profits from the last 8 years to buy the rights to it and then put it in the same warehouse as the Ark of the Covenant.

ps...the quote feature sucks

Dr. Diesel · « **Reply #6 on:** April 22, 2006, 12:56:37 pm »

precisely. in effect squashing him. hehe