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Old 12-18-2015, 03:36 PM
spark3542 spark3542 is offline
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Why do you want to run B20...to save money, or save the earth through reducing fossil fuel usage?

B20 is still 80% diesel, so you're not saving much as far as fossil fuel. I would guess commercial BD is more expensive than D2 right now, given current petroleum prices.

If there is room in your secure lot to store a pickup and 250 gal tote, can you not find room to install a BD processor?

I doubt any wholesaler would give a discount to deliver 250 gals.

Having said all that, I run homemade B100 in three vehicles all year, and my home boiler for the summer months. I can't make enough to keep the boiler supplied through the winter.

If I were in Brooklyn, had space constraints, and wanted to reduce my petroleum footprint, I would consider procuring some WVO, filtering, blending with either D2 or RUG, and running it that way at 20% rate. That gets you to the same place as running B20, and is cheaper. At 20% you're probably not going to get into much of a coking issue.
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