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You need the right equipment to turn animal fats or plant oils into biodiesel. Biodiesel can be used in homes, farms, and cars. Different sets of equipment are required depending on how much fuel you want to produce.

If a person wants to produce only a small amount of biodiesel, then a simple equipment set can be used. This equipment can be bought individually from retailers. A simpler way to obtain these things is through buying biodiesel kits from dealers. Many of these kits are available online.

The process of purifying animal fats or oils to make biodiesel is called transesterification. Plant oils are the easiest to make biodiesel. You can use plant oils from corn, rapeseed, palm, sunflower, peanut, soybean or canola.

You can make a small amount of biodiesel in your backyard or garage. Be careful though when handling these chemicals because they can be dangerous, even fatal.

Here are some tools you need to produce biodiesel at home:

A dry, sealed storage container for the fuel. You can use steel tanks or drums.

A heater to heat the mixture

A heater to heat the mixture

A pH indicator for the catalyst, such as an electronic pH indicator, a chemical indicator solution or a litmus paper

A syringe or dropper.

A pH indicator for the catalyst, such as a litmus paper, a chemical indicator solution or a electronic pH indicator.

Water to wash the biodiesel after the transesterification process is completed

Water to wash the biodiesel after the transesterification process.

Use a different set of equipment for larger quantities of biodiesel. Complete sets can be easily purchased over the Internet. Some of these tools are:

A manual processor, which is a tank that mixes and heats the chemicals.

Electric, hydronic or flame heat to heat the mixture.

A mechanical mixer, which can use propellers or pumps to mix the substances.

A touchless processor, a more complex type of processor than a manual one.

Almost everything you need to make biodiesel is available on the Web. The production of this renewable fuel is becoming a profitable clean and green business.