Solar Powered Mosquito and Bug Zappers

2009-07-20T06:11:00.000-07:00

Do Solar powered mosquito and bug zappers work? I have recently been contacting various manufacturers (most of them based in Asia) of solar bug zappers to find out the technology behind their products and if these products really work. If these products actually work, it will be a life saver for Sub-Saharan Africans who have for long suffered the scourge of malaria caused by merciless mosquitoes. According to Wikepdia.org malaria is commonly associated with poverty but it is also often a cause of poverty and a major hinderance to economic development"

In the coming weeks, we shall be testing out as many models as possible and we will let our readers know what works and what doesn't.

Vegetable oil and Waste oil Generators

2009-07-18T01:35:00.000-07:00

If you are a manufacturer of vegetableoil and/or wasteoil generator manufacturer, please contact us. Generators are trequired for in remot locations of Sub Saharan Africa.

What is Biodiesel?

2009-07-18T01:30:00.000-07:00

History of Biodiesel

Biodiesel fuel was first conceptualized by the inventor of the diesel engine, Dr. Rudolf Diesel, in 1895. He demonstrated a diesel engine that used peanut oil as its fuel source in 1900 at the Paris World Exhibition. Dr. Diesel viewed using vegetable oil fuel as a means to provide economic growth in remote areas of the world due to widely available agricultural crops as the source of the fuel.

How it Works

Straight vegetable oil found in soybeans, sunflower seeds, rape seeds, and palm oil can be used as fuel provided engines are specifically built to handle the increased viscosity; instead of altering the type of engine, the viscosity of vegetable oil can be reduced through processing, thus allowing it to be used in conventionally built diesel engines.

Advantages of Biodiesel

The major advantage of biodiesel fuel is that it is a renewable energy source and can be produced from spent oils including by-products from other industries such as spent vegetable oil from restaurants. The emissions from biodiesel engines are also significantly less polluting than standard diesel fuel as they contain little to no sulfur or carcinogenic benzene. Another advantage to using biodiesel fuel is that the lubricity is much higher than standard diesel fuel reducing the wear and tear on engines ultimately leading to longer engine life.

Biodiesel Fuel for Use in Primary or Stand-by Power Generation

One particular market that could benefit from the development of a more environmentally efficient and friendly fuel would be the power generation industry. Diesel generators are used as a prime power supply in remote locations where connecting to a power grid is not readily available. For instance, oil and gas rigs utilize on-site diesel power generation as a remote power supply. The diesel engines and generators are run continually thus requiring maintenance to keep engines running like new. The increased lubricity of some biodiesel formulations has the potential to reduce the amount of engine deterioration and thus engine maintenance.

Diesel generators used to provide essential stand-by power (for facilities such as hospitals, datacenters, etc.) during times of power outage would greatly benefit from using a less polluting fuel like biodiesel. These facilities are primarily in residential neighborhoods where pollution is unwanted.

Please read full article at: http://www.dieselserviceandsupply.com/Biodiesel.aspx

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Solar Powered Mosquito and Bug Zappers

Vegetable oil and Waste oil Generators

What is Biodiesel?