Biodiesel production: students changing the oil filter.
Soap!
Tyler Wood mixing up our B20 blend in our fueling station
The ESF also deals with biological waste, empty paint cans, propane containers, and more.
The Solvent Recovery Program’s storage room contains more jerrycans than I have ever seen in one place.
This room contains the ESF’s Silver Recovery Program, where silver is extracted from photography chemicals before disposal.
Valeriy demonstrates how chemical wastes are packed in barrels for disposal.
Graduate student Steve Reaume punishes the GC/MS for its insolence. GC/MS is useful for many things, but we use it to examine our biodiesel’s glycerol content.
The autotitrator is a useful instrument that dispenses small amounts of liquid and measures the result electronically. We use it to measure the acid and water contents of our biodiesel.
