I am planning to convert my bus to run on straight vegetable oil (SVO) because it does not involve all the chemicals, is considerably cheaper, and burns cleaner. Should everyone convert to SVO?
No, not everyone should convert to SVO. As we have said, even though some of the first diesel engines burned unadulterated peanut oil, much has changed in engine design since then. We now have to lower the viscosity (thickness) of the oil to work efficiently in today’s diesel engine. We can accomplish this by modifying the vegetable oil (turning it into biodiesel through a chemical reaction) or by modifying the vehicle (via a SVO conversion kit that heats the vegetable oil to a suitable viscosity). Obviously, we can reach the most people with the first option. But, there are other reasons not to use SVO. It still contains glycerol, which burns dirty and can leave deposits in the injection chambers. Additionally, SVO still needs to be de-watered, filtered and heated prior to fill-up, requiring equipment, energy, and time. By the way, filtering SVO is extremely tedious work. Other problems include a complete lack of standards and little scientific testing. First generation “dual tank” ve
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