Nebraska Bio Pro

This titration kit contains almost everything you need to arrive at the necessary titration number to ascertain the amount of catalyst needed to convert your oil.  All you need to add is a bottle of Isopropal (rubbing) alcohol of at least 70% purity and some distilled water.  Both of these items are available at Walmart or Walgreens and quite probably your local grocery store. The kit includes beakers, syringes, KOH catalyst, solution storage carboy, gloves, phenolphthalein, liquid funnel and instructions with links to an online picture tutorial.  Now upgraded with a digital scale instead of the Lucky 11 balance beam.

Includes all the supplies in our titration kit, above.  We add a Porta-Stir mini mag stirrer and a 50ml and 250ml Erlenmeyer flask.

This soap test kit is a way to easily test for soaps in Biodiesel and in methanol. Everything you need is included, a liter of 100% Isopropyl Alcohol, 18ml Bromophenol Blue, 120ml 0.01 (N) HCL, 5 each 250 ml disposible beakers, a pipette pump, and three pipettes. Detailed instructions included. The kit and instructions are based on the instructions in the Biodiesel collaborative website.  The kit contains enough isopropanol for 10 tests, Bromo Blue for about 20 tests and HCL for 75 to 100 (depending on the soap levels).  Refills and for these products are available.  If buying your Isopropyl Alcohol locally be sure it is 100%, 91% rubbing alcohol will not give acurate test results because it is not PH neutral.

You can test your washed biodiesel to ascertain that it is done washing, or if it needs another wash.  Biodiesel needs to be less than 60 PPM soap to pass ASTM standards. It's also the only positive way to test for soap in your methanol used to flush the ion exchange resin in dry wash columns to ensure they've been properly cleaned.  By testing the final wash product you will know, if the soap level is low, you have effectively flushed the particulates from your resin and it is ready to go back in service.