Students Cook Up Recipe To Nix Pain At Pump (WESH-TV) {biodiesel from Chick-fil-a} [View All]

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"With the fuel prices increasing so high, it makes you notice how much you're spending on fuel," UCF student Chad Heinrich said.

They needed an idea. The mechanical engineering students cooked up a recipe by looking no farther than the University of Central Florida Chick-fil-A.

They have been draining smelly fryer grease and feeding it to their bio-diesel reactor -- a fancy name for a water heater, some pipes, valves, hoses, and filters that turn grease and two household chemicals into fuel. The newly formed fuel powers their diesel engine cars.

"To make a gallon of bio-diesel, it's about 80 cents," UCF student Michael Schulist said.
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The students' experiment is also fueling changes at UCF. They're donating 20 percent of the fuel for five dozen trucks, lawn mowers and other diesel-powered vehicles, including a front-end loader.
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