| Perhaps you've heard the stories of people motoring | | | | power plants, refineries |
| around the country on cooking oil waste? This is not | | | | Process: |
| an urban myth. During the 1960's, more than a few | | | | Step 1: Oil is extracted from kitchen facility by way |
| people pulled up behind a fast food restaurant and | | | | of human labor or via a forced air hose system |
| gleefully loaded up their tanks. | | | | Step 2: Oil is collected in holding tank |
| Cooking oil waste serves as a fine substitute for | | | | Step 3: Oil passes through a series of filtering |
| diesel motor oil. Sure, it smells a little and smokes a | | | | drainage tanks |
| little, but what the heck! Free fuel is a good deal | | | | Step 4: Oil flows into a "gasoline-filtering type" tank |
| even if you smell a bit like a giant french fry traveling | | | | prior to being pumped into utility vehicles where final |
| around. With today's ever-rising gas and oil prices, | | | | filtering takes place |
| recycled vegetable oil may be just the thing to save | | | | Specifications: |
| diesel vehicle owners significant dollars while doing the | | | | - Dual tank system |
| economy and natural oil reserves a favor. | | | | - Triple-trap filtration capabilities |
| Filtration: A Necessary Step in Utilizing Recycled | | | | Overview: |
| Cooking Oil | | | | The best filtration system would ideally be larger than |
| As a workaround to the by-product buildup, fuel | | | | that of the typical dumpster waste collection box |
| operators often doubled or tripled up on various | | | | that we currently see behind restaurants. A triple |
| types of filters to clean the debris out of the cooking | | | | trap system, it should feature double tanks and most |
| oil fuel before it entered the vehicle's engine. Extra | | | | likely resemble a Storm Water clarifier. One tank |
| filtration always comes in handy, particularly if rough | | | | would serve as the waste receptacle. Employees or |
| running motors, gummed up fuel lines and excessive | | | | robots can dump the waste directly into this holding |
| smoke is a concern for you. With today's ever-rising | | | | tank. Another option: implement a hose system that |
| gas and oil prices, why not put a practical solution like | | | | allows oil waste to flow directly from kitchen to |
| reused, filtered oil to work motorizing our cars, | | | | receptacle. |
| trucks, security robots and other diesel-powered | | | | Once the oil waste has been collected, a set of |
| machinery? | | | | tanks pull from below, allowing the floating waste on |
| Consider the below oil filtration system model for use | | | | top to be caught. Then another tank suctions the oil |
| in your next environmentally-friendly oil conservation | | | | from the center, allowing the heavier debris to settle |
| effort. | | | | to the bottom. The fuel then flows into the final |
| The Oil Filtration Model | | | | filtering tank that's a smaller model of a gasoline filling |
| Ideal use in: | | | | station system. The recycled oil is now ready to be |
| - institutional cafeterias | | | | manually pumped into a vehicle, whether it's a |
| - military mess halls | | | | pick-up, diesel powered John Deere run-around or a |
| - industrial complex kitchens | | | | high tech sensor guided unmanned security vehicle. |
| Potential alternate source of fuel for: | | | | Final filtration takes place in the vehicle itself, using its |
| - facility maintenance vehicles | | | | existing fuel filtration system. An add-on kit upgrade |
| - manufacturing vehicles | | | | is also something to consider. |
| - Unmanned Ground Vehicles, i.e. at colleges, hospitals, | | | | |