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Old 04-02-2008, 09:53 AM
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YES.

I just missed 85 gallons from a donut shop, they forgot to call me.

99.9% of the sugar settles or is filtered out, big shops have fantastic filtration to meet FDA for reusing oil.
That sounds great! I am hopeful this will work. I'm not too worried about sugar because I believe they aren't glazed until after the frying. And the sugar shouldn't go into solution in the oil so should filter out.

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I have found the best sources of oil to be Greek or Sushi places. They don't abuse their oil because it would make their food unpalatable. In my experience starting with the best feedstock possible yields the best fuel with the least processing problems. Cheers Dan
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Most old fashioned donut shops use fully hydrogenated oil that is solid at room temp. Not good for bio use
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Most old fashioned donut shops use fully hydrogenated oil that is solid at room temp. Not good for bio use
From what I've read the hydrogenated oils make good, high cetane biodiesel, but it gels as warmer temps that the non hydrogenated oils. So it makes good summer biodiesel, but not good winter biodiesel.
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I scored over weekend bought new Olive oil for $3.00 a gallon.It all went in my SD and man it flys on Olive Oil.Higher Cetane.
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I scored over weekend bought new Olive oil for $3.00 a gallon.It all went in my SD and man it flys on Olive Oil.Higher Cetane.

It's cheating, but in a pinch, you can add a teaspoon of real turpentine to a 5 gallon can of diesel fuel or biodiesel and it will raise the cetane level several points.

I found this out years ago from an old Russian truck driver who used to fix GaZ trucks in the former DDR.
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teaspoon I usally dump a quart in 50 gals. of wvo.
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I scored over weekend bought new Olive oil for $3.00 a gallon.It all went in my SD and man it flys on Olive Oil.Higher Cetane.
Where in the world did you find olive oil for $3 a gallon? I make soap and would LOVE to find a source like that!
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Old 04-23-2011, 12:19 PM
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Most old fashioned donut shops use fully hydrogenated oil that is solid at room temp. Not good for bio use
I do not know if Krispy Kreme is old fashioned or not....but no use asking for the left overs of whatever they use..... they have NO LEFTOVERS... it goes out IN the Doughnuts...

Consider that FAIR WARNING in terms of your health....
In other words .. they are not part of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution... or Dr. OZ's .....or Michael Pollen's .... etc...

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