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Biodiesel: Start to Finish
Hover over each square in the board game to learn about the biodiesel production process.
Test for soap!
Water Wash
Remove Glycerin
Biodiesel!
Transesterification!
Use: Oil....
Move Up 1
Do you have
the recipe?
Acid number test to
determine recipe
Extra turn
Necessary Oil
Treatment
soybean or
canola or
jatropha or
mustard or
many more!
Mechanical Crushing or Solvent Extraction
Biodiesel Lab!
Go forward three spaces
Oil from
Oilseeds
Get it to
the lab
Animal Fats
Additional
Processing
Needed
Lose One
Turn
from
RESTAURANTS
or
DELIS
Extra turn
Waste
vegetable
oil
Biodiesel!
START!
COWS
or
PIGS
Calculations
Start to Finish
Start to Finish
...and Alcohol...
Move Up 1
...and Catalyst
Move Up 1
Acid Number
Water & Sediment
Cloud Point
Alcohol Control
Sulfur
Oxidation Stability
Cold Soak Filtration
Phosphorus
Sulfated Ash
Calcium & Magnesium
Sodium/Potassium
Kinematic Viscosity
Water Wash
Testing!
Move Up 2
FINISH!
Copper Strip Corrosion
Cetane
Carbon Residue
Distillation
Passed all
Tests?
No Engine
Modifications
Road Ready!
Move Up 1
High FFA?
Go Back
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