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Oil Feedstock => Oil coarse filtering, settling, drying and storage => Topic started by: Bio Dervotee on January 19, 2011, 10:08:39 AM
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HI folk`s, got a great new rough filter, it`s a washing machine drum. The holes in it are 3mm it sits on top of a 45 gallon drum and works a treat :)
Will
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Will ...
Sounds like a neat idea. We could do with additional pages on filtering methods and ideas for both bio and veg, so if you have any photos, it would be great if you could upload them to the wiki.
I guess the idea leads to all sorts of possibilities like lining it with bed sheet or weed suppressing fabric to increase the efficiency.
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I slurp mine up with a Mono pump
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When it sounds like it's struggling I pull the pickup out and scrape it clean with a plastic spatula. Used to pour through the front of a desk fan as a filter, but bailing out drums of WVO until they're light enough to lift and pour is no fun whatsoever!
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Good to hear of another use for a washing machine drum,i ve put legs on one and use it as a garden incinerator :D
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Hi folk`s been tryin to sort out filtering methods because it takes so much time, washing machine drum is great because it takes out all the chips etc. and I am using Grundfoss type pumps which seem to handle bits of s--t of that size ok, well so far anyway, workin to a very tight budget at the moment, been using stainless mesh but can only get it in small amounts but it seems to be the way to go as it is very easily cleaned. Trying to find it in very small size under 0.5 mil is not easy.
I think that using sheets after that would be ok, especially if the oil was hot
thank`s to all for your comments and concern re. my missus, it`s much appreciated
Will
hope to speak to you all again soon
cheers
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kitchen sieve or frying pan splatter gaurd... for rough filter
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Hi RM,I`ve been using kitchen sieve and chip pan splatter guard after washing machine drum, they came from the local pound shop, the wm drum is good because it flows nearly as fast as you can throw the oil in. Stripped the
ring from splatter guard and use the mesh under the sieve inside a funnel, been trying to make filters work faster as I seem to spend a lot time just filtering.
Went to see my haulage contractor friends yesterday to see if they had a spare oil filter from a scania truck [ its a centrifugal filter and cleanable ] didn`t have one.
Trying to knock a set of filters together using some old gas bottles with the top cut out to take a 7inch filter bag just have to make a top that can be pressure fed, will let you know how it goes. cheer`s to all
Will
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Ive just got a centrifugal filter from a Discovery,going to have a play,disected the old filter and theres nothing in them :o
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Hi KH, dont know what disco filter is like but have filter from old erf truck, centrifugal filter, rolls royce eagle engine, unfortunately it uses disposable cartridges and scania one is cleanable.
cheers folk`s
Will
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Hi KH, I`m a bit more sober now and re-read what you posted and realised that centrifugal filters don`t have anything in them, just a spinner that rotates at about 6-9000 rpm, crap gets forced to outside and clean oil is taken from centre, if you look at bottom of spinner you will see two little jets that force spinner to turn using oil pressure, hope that is of some help to you.
One bit of good news this week was the Scottish Environment Protection Agency gave me an exemption and registration number to store waste oil
Cheers folk`s
Will
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garden sieve and a splatter guard inside. poundland sell a 3-piece garden sieve thing so you get different filtering and then the final is the splatter guard (also from poundland).
works a treat.