r/Biodiesel • u/Vailhem • Nov 11 '24

Waste oil turned into biodiesel in just 60 minutes, can power vehicles

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/waste-oil-turned-into-biodiesel
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u/biernini Nov 11 '24

Sodium tetramethoxyborate (NaB(OMe)4) isn't cheap. The by-product of glycerol-boron won't be cheap or easy to reformulate back into sodium tetramethoxyborate either. But this is still an amazing step forward for biodiesel production.