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Biodiesel

Planning Stage

• Why make biodiesel at home? 
• Frequently asked questions 
• Advantages and disadvantages 
• Whether biodiesel is right for you 
• How to get all the waste oil you'll ever need 
• Buy a biodiesel processor or build your own?
• The Third Option: The Biodiesel Kit:
• Biodiesel safety 
• Make your first batch of biodiesel 
• How to make a "Test batch" Processor

Pre-Production Stage:

• Safety factors 
• How Much Biodiesel will You Need to Produce? 
• A Simple visual overview 
• A more complex visual overview 
• Scale up to a 5 gallon processor 
• A Complete 90 Liter "Appleseed" Processor Build Manual 

Production Stage:

• Titration explained in easy to understand language 
• A visual overview of the recipe process 
• Trouble-shooting 

Post-Production

• Washing biodiesel 
• Quality-testing 
• Storage and handling considerations. 

Everything in the bronze level plus..

Making Biodiesel Fuel

Biodiesel Processors

• Special insightinto the biodiesel production process 
• Whether you should buy a bio-diesel kit or build your own processor 
• How to produce bio-diesel in five easy steps 
• Where your bio-diesel can and cannotbe used 
• How to create a test-batch mini-processor  
• How to make a 5-gallon processor 
• How to go from test batches to full production 
•  How to build an 80-litre per batch closed-loop bio-diesel processor 
• How to build a cone bottom processor 
• How to make a batch reactor 
• How to build 160-liter per day batch processor 
• How to build a 90-litre"Apple-seed" reactor

 Biodiesel Recipes

• A Visual "Walk-Thru" of the Bio-diesel Process 
• Making Your First Batch: 
• The "Kitchen Bio-diesel Recipe 
• The "World Famous" Bio-diesel Formula 
• The 5-hour Speed Batch Method: 
• The Waste Cooking Oil Method 
• Used Cooking Oil Bio-diesel Method 
• Still Another Used Cooking Oil Formula 
• A DIY Guide to Making Bio-diesel: 
• Another Intermediate Formula 
• Base-to-Base 2 Stage Method 
• Another "Fool Proof" bio-diesel Method 
• An Anonymous Recipe 

Washing Biodiesel

• All About Biodiesel Washing 
• Bubble Washing 
• How to Build a Wash Tank 
• Biodiesel Dry Washing 
• Mist Washing 
• Mix Washing 
• Biodiesel Magnesol 
• How to Scale Up To Washing Larger Batches 
• Emulsion Busting 

Quality Testing Biodiesel

• A Simple Quality Wash Test 
• Visual Inspection 
• Commercial Quality Testing 
• ASTM Testing Explained 
• Clarity Testing 
• pHLip Testing 
• Cold Weather Testing 
• Gel Point Testing 
• Feedstock Testing 
• Titration explained in easy to understand language 
• Water Content Testing 
• The "Frying Pan" Test 
• The "Hot Pan" Test 
• Misc. Other Tests 

Everything in the Bronze and Silver level, Plus...

Growing Algae

• How to cultivate algae the RIGHT WAY. 
• Different types of cultures 
• Preparing your algal lab to grow cultures. 
• The different variables necessary, and how to use them correctly. 
• How to create the optimal conditions for growing algae 
• How to create your own culture media 
• Setting your your experiments the RIGHT WAY 
• Estimating the growth of algae. 
• Growth Dynamics of algae (Know when the best time to harvest) 
• Where to buy algal strains inexpensively. 
• A simple algal incubator that cost less than $35 

Cultivating Algae

• Why cultivate algae for biodiesel. Expanded.  
• Flow Chart and detailed "overview" of the algae biodiesel process.  
• Algae Biodiesel strains: There's over 300,000 algae strains...which one should you use?  
• How (or if) to choose an algal strain in your local environment. Expanded.  
• Where to buy algal strains.  
• Algae growth environments.  
• Nutrients to promote growth and reproduction. Expended.  
• Algal Culture Techniques.  
• How To build  your own algae lab. Expanded.  
• Growth dynamics: Knowing when to harvest. Expanded.  
• Sources of contamination.  
• Brand NEW Build an algae test bio reactor. 
• Test 10 different strains or variables at once. 
• Brand NEW Build an algae incubator for less than $35! 

Scaling Up: Building a Fresh/salt Water Aquarium 

• Step-by-step instruction building a 140 gallon aquarium.  
• Material lists.  
• Parts Lists.  

• and more new material.. 

Build an 80 Gallon Algae Bioreactor for less than $215.

• Parts List.  
• Material Lists. 
• Tool Lists. 
• Step-by-step instructions. 
• Graphic Illustrations. 

Harvesting and Oil Extraction:

• When to harvest.  
• How to harvest.  
• Oil extraction principles.  
• Oil extraction methods.  

• How To build a Home-made Oil Press.

Large Scale Production Concepts:

• Production in Open Ponds. 
• Production in Bioreactors. 
• Upscaling starter cultures. 
• Example Lay-out of a large scale algae farm. 

Building Open Ponds

 About Algae and Open Ponds 

• What can we do with algae?  
• • The bio fuels perspective  
  • Bio Fertilizers  
  • • Algae Fertilizers  
  • Health Food Supplements  
  • Animal Feed.  
  • Organic Fertilizer  
  • Cosmetics  
• Open Pond Overview  
• Where to Grow Algae  
• The Open Pond Design Concept  
• What you’re Going to Need  
• How Big Should My Pond Be?  
• Open Pond Shapes  
• • Round  
  • Oblong (Raceway)  
  • Closed  
  • Bubble Covered  
• “Down and Dirty” Open ponds at Home  
• Site Considerations  
• Soil Conditions  
• Designing an Effective Open Pond  
• • Small Pond Systems  

The “Down and Dirty” Guide to Building Open Ponds at Home 

• Wading pools  
• Old bathtubs  
• Plastic Totes  
• Animal Troughs  
• Building a plastic tote “Open Pond.”  
• • Parts list 
• Building Open ponds at Home 
• • Design notes  

Commercial Open Ponds. 

• Commercial Open Pond Design Concepts  
• What You’re Going To Need  

·     Helpful knowledge in the physiology and biochemistry of algae 

·     The basic flow, size and mechanics of your algal pond 

·      Up scaling Algae Cultures. 

·      The Chemical composition for your algal pond 

o    pH Values  

o    Aeration and Mixing Of Algae 

o    Temperature of the Pond 

o    Salinity 

• Pond Linings and Ratings 
• Water Chemistry 
• Co2 or the Carbonization of your pond  
• Nutrient Recycle   
• Nutrient Loss  
• Contamination  
• The Paddle Wheel or Airlift System  
• • What is it? Why is it needed? 

o   Use Paddle-wheels for the Following reasons 

• • Some of the disadvantages of paddle wheels are:   
  • Things you will need to consider for your paddle wheel:  
  • Designing your paddlewheel  
• Harvesting The Algae 
• • Micro-straining  
  • Belt Filtration  
  • Settling Ponds  
• Power  
• • Algae 
• • Solar  
  • Wind  
  • Human  
  • Bicycle  
• Open Pond Costs 
• • Front end costs 
  • Back end costs 
  • Labor  

Building Algae Bioreactors

• Overview of algae and which strains you can use for various products, including...  
• • Algae biodiesel  
  • Health food supplements  
  • Cosmetics  
  • Animal feed  
  • Organic fertilizers  
• Where to buy the algae strains inexpensively.  
• Illustrated overview of the building process.  
• How to build a low cost incubator for less than $35  
• How to scale up your algal incubator  
• • Detailed parts list with photographs  
• How to start your algae culture  
• How to build a test PBR  
• • Design notes  
  • Detailed parts list with color photos  
  • Illustrated diagrams  
• The "PBR Diary"  
• • Step-by-step instructions showing the PBR's in action.  
  • Nutrients I used.  
  • Light regimen  
  • Algae strain  
• How to build a tubular photobioreactor.  
• • Detailed parts list with color photos.  
  • Step by step building instructions.  
• 20 gallon (75 liter) PBR  
• • Design notes  
  • Detailed parts list with color photos  
  • Step by step building instructions.  
• Building a "Fence Type" Bioreactors  
• • Design notes  
  • Detailed parts list with color photos.  
  • Step by step building instructions  
• 80 gallon (302 liter) water bottle Bioreactors  
• • Design notes  
  • Detailed parts list and color photos  
  • Step by step building instructions  
• 150 gallon (567 liter) Vertical Bioreactors  
• • Design notes  
  • Detailed parts list and color photos  
  • Step by step building instructions  
• Resource lists (bonus)  
• Shopping lists (bonus)  
• Plus much more..