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Isn BioDiesel simply vegetable oil thinned-out with a solvent?

April 26, 2017biodiesel Oil solvent vegetable

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Isn BioDiesel simply vegetable oil thinned-out with a solvent?

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NO, Absolutely not, BioDiesel is made in a chemical conversion process where vegetable oil, alcohol are chemically bonded together using lye as a catalyst. This chemical conversion process is called “Transesterification.” The product has been chemically changed into a methyl ester, the characteristics change entirely & now very closely resemble #2 diesel fuel in viscosity, Cetane & characteristics. Once properly washed & dried BioDiesel does not contain any free alcohol.