Vegetable Oil Fuel Standards

Plant Oil

  • Viscosity: 15 centistokes (15 mm/second) at 75 degrees celsius (167 degrees fahrenheit)
  • Density: 900-930 kg/m^3 (52-58 lb/ft^3) at 15 degrees celsius (59 degrees fahrenheit)
  • Thickness at Room Temperature: liquid at 62 degrees farenheit and 1 atmosphere pressure
  • Particulate size level: no more than 10 microns absolute (retail 5 microns absolute)
  • Flash Point: 130 degrees celsius
  • Water level: no more than 100 parts per million (ppm)
  • Phosphorus: 12 mg / kg (.000192 oz / lb)
  • Sulfur: 10 mg / kg (.00016 oz. / lb)
  • Minimal metal, acids, fatty polymers

Social/Health

Reflective of Earth & Human Health

  • Farm-based fuel crops must be rotated and harvested responsibly to complement the food supply
  • No hydrogenated oil (clogs filters as it clogs arteries)
  • No Palm Oil (absolutely devastating to Rainforests)
  • No GMO crops (glyphosate has been known to cause cancer; GMO algae oil with XTA 2000 stabilizing additive and Tank Guard ok so long as it doesn’t mix with the food supply)

Components

Minimal Reactivity / Polymerization w/ Plant Oil)

  • Metals In Order of Preference:
    Stainless Steel, Aluminum, Steel, Copper
  • Plastics in Order of Preference:
    PVC, Nylon, Polypropylene, High Density Polyethylene
  • Fittings: Stainless Steel or Aluminum
  • Hoses: Viton, Buna-N, or Tygon



Please contact us if you are passionate about vegetable oil fuel and are willing to strategically support VOFITA. We are NOT a non-profit. This work is currently a labor of love, and we are structured to broker business deals and to best channel sweat equity.