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Oil fired boiler running on rapeseed/rapoleum oil

quietsailor · 2006-08-28 03:30:49

I was googling alternative energy and came across this site and joined - hence you won't have seen me before. I'm looking to see if anybody knows about converting a standard oil fired boiler (home or central heating oil) to run on rapeseed? Has anybody got an online link that explains the technicalities of it? I'm a marine…

28-08-2006 3:30am

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quietsailor

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I was googling alternative energy and came across this site and joined - hence you won't have seen me before. I'm looking to see if anybody knows about converting a standard oil fired boiler (home or central heating oil) to run on rapeseed?

Has anybody got an online link that explains the technicalities of it? I'm a marine engineer so I'm willing to do it myself and pass on any and all information I get out of it.

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#2 28-08-2006 11:09am

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google "Bioheat" for starters. The use of biodiesel type fuels can work in oil fired boilers but there are some considerations that need to be taken.

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