Tuesday, May 20, 2008
material
The best material to make these 2 tanks out of is either 1/8" aluminum or 1/16" stainless steel because plain steel itself will react with the vegetable oil and create polymerization and plastics may crack over time due to not being strong enough to withstand the vibrations of a moving vehicle and the heavy thick veggie oil moving around in there. Also plastic may melt or become soft and the verious fitings may start to leak due to the tanks being heated by the engine coolant that is plumbed into both tanks in order to heat the vegitable oil up so as it can be used as a fuel souce.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
front tank diagram and ideas (Updateted with final pictures of result)
ignore the yellow highlighter lines on this paper!
this is a a picture of the inside of someone else's tank that has done a similar thing
another pic of the same tank and the coiled heating element that coolant flows through so that the vegetable oil is heated to proper operating temperature
Below are pictures of my Front clean WVO tank when I was finishing it:
Pictures and specs of the 13 faced "dirty filtering tank" that sits behind the rear axle
Above is an inside picture of the tank while it was being built before the last side wall was welded on. This is a 100% aluminum tank.
Below are the blueprints I made of this tank with all my measurements:
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