Upcoming biodiesel and SVO workshops and events in Northern California:

June 16: Homebrewing workshop with Andrew Morris
June 20: Introductory biodiesel fundamentals workshop with Bill Michell
June 30-July 1: Homebrewing workshop and equipment build with Maria
'Mark' Alovert
July 5: Biofuels: Sustainability through Technology - The Californian
Model panel discussion at PG&E
July, Berkeley: possible weekday one-day hands-on processor demonstration and 'system tips' class with Maria 'Mark' Alovert.

Please contact individual instructors for more information. Contact info
listed below.

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June 16, Oakland:

Hands-on Biodiesel Homebrewing
With Andrew Morris

In West Oakland, June 16 9:30a 5:30p $90
Including Lunch – Limit 6 Participants
Second person from the same household ½ price
To register: email morris1524@yahoo.com <mailto:morris1524@yahoo.com>
This class is designed to give you the hands on experience you need to
begin making your own high quality fuel.

Topics Include: We will Demo & Practice
Basic Chemistry of Making Biodiesel
Oil Quality Testing - Free Fatty Acid Titration and
Quantitative Water Test
Calculations for Methanol and Catalyst Use
Fuel Quality Testing For Conversion
Washing Techniques
Separting Fuel From Glycerol and Water
Processor Operation
Avoiding & Breaking Emulsion
Processor Design & Building Tips
Basic Safety Guidlines

This class will combine lab, practical, theory and Q&A.
Email to hold a Space - I will send you my address and where to send
your check: email morris1524@yahoo.com <mailto:morris1524@yahoo.com>
Recommended Resources:
www.biodieselcommunity.org
biodiesel.infopop.cc
www.biodieselpictures.com
tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/b...lbasics/
www.biodieselnow.com/

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June 30-July 1, Berkeley

Comprehensive Homebrew Biodiesel Class and equipment build with Maria
'Mark' Alovert
Biodiesel Homebrewing/Equipment Building Class with Maria 'girl Mark'
Alovert of biodieselcommunity.org <biodieselcommunity.org/>

Berkeley, CA

Saturday and Sunday, June 30-July 1
10-4

to register: see girlmark.com/tour

This class will build some www.B100supply.com
<www.b100supply.com/> equipment

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Biodiesel is a clean-burning diesel alternative made from any natural
oil or fat. It can be made easily in a backyard or garage environment.
In this class, you will learn how to make your own clean burning diesel
fuel alternative and how to build the processing equipment to make it at
home safely...

This is a comprehensive, hands-on workshop on making homebrew biodiesel
fuel out of waste restaurant fryer oil, which can usually be acquired
for 'free'.
Most of the class focuses on the chemistry behind biodiesel homebrewing
and quality control, and we'll be doing a lot of 'lab' work making test
batches, and variations on different formulas.

The feel of the class is a bit like the mad scientist version of "high
school chem lab" (hopefully without the spitballs and giggling)- you'll
be doing hands-on lab exercises in small groups, which will teach you
how to make and troubleshoot your home batches- and we'll be learning
the chemistry basics that underlie making good quality fuel for your
vehicle.

This is a fast-paced class, and I strongly recommend that you read this
website first: www.biodieselcommunity.org
<www.biodieselcommunity.org/> to get a background for this subject.

Processor build:
At the end of the class, we will build biodiesel processors for students
who wish to buy parts ahead of time (deadline for kit orders: June 16).
If you don't want to make your own processor you can still help build
the others' systems. We will also discuss heat exchangers, solar thermal
heating of the process, some minimal methanol recovery information, and
other equipment topics.

Parts kits info: The optional parts kits are provided by
www.b100supply.com. They are offering a $50 discount to those who are
registered for the workshop (you'll get an e-coupon that you can use at
the b100supply site). June 16 deadline is for b100supply only, the class
will accept students till we're full. The past few Berkeley classes have
sold out so you may want to register early.

Optional book: I will also have for sale at the class, the Biodiesel
Homebrew Guide book: www.localb100.com/book.html

To register, please see the online registration at
www.girlmark.com/tour


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June 20, Menlo Park:
Biodiesel Fundamentals
at TechShop:
Wed, June 20, 7:30-9 pm
with Bill Michell

to register and for more information, please see Techshop website:
www.techshop.ws/take_classes.html

In this class you will learn how to make any diesel car run on Waste
Vegetable Oil (WVO) or Biodiesel. WVO is free from most restaurants if
you offer to pick it up. The class covers Biodiesel fundamentals with a
focus on using Waste Vegetable Oil as a fuel. Educate yourself on the
simple modifications that can be made to any diesel engine which will
allow you to be free of foreign oil and gas gouging at the pump! After
this class students will be able to make the informed choice about
whether or not making diesel fuel from vegetable oil at home makes
sense. See a Mercedes- Benz 300 SDL running on free (Sushi) Waste
Vegetable Oil!

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July 5, San Francisco:*

*Biofuels: Sustainability through Technology - The Californian Model*

When: Thursday, July 05, 2007 12:00 PM-4:00 PM
Where: PG&E Energy Center, CR PEC Conference Center 851 Howard St. San
Francisco, CA

Panel discussion & Q/A about issues contributing to pollution by
transportation, as well as the latest technologies in both practical and
conceptual biofuel systems/products.

Part of the Overseas Research Project(ORP). ORP is a research project
carried out by approximately 40 Master's degree Manufacturing
Engineering students in their final year at Cambridge University. The
research topic 'Sustainability through Technology: the Californian
Model', which observes the technological approach to environmental
sustainability, rather than lifestyle or habitual changes.

120 people

PEC Host: Robert Marcial 2.5177

Contact: Heath Blount 505-577-1810
heath.blount@gmail.com <mailto:heath.blount@gmail.com>
San Francisco Biofuels Cooperative

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July, Berkeley:
possible weekday one-day hands-on processor demonstration class with
Maria 'Mark' Alovert.
$65

I am considering offering a one-day class during the week (all of my
weekends are full) in which I will show you around a 'real' biodiesel
processor site and will run the system through all the steps needed to
make biodiesel. This will include washing, separating glycerine, drying,
etc.

This class is designed for either beginner students who have done a lot
of reading, or advanced beginner students who have made test batches or
have made some biodiesel. The point of the class is to introduce you to
the tricks and tips for avoiding spills, making high quality fuel, safe
handling, avoiding emulsion, and other physical aspects of running your
biodiesel processor.

However, I suggest that you attend a 'real' lab class such as my or
Andrew Morris' classes in June first so as to become comfortable with
the chemistry concepts behind homebrewing, or at least make some test
batches on your own first using the www.biodieselcommunity.org
instructions or those in my book at www.localb100.com/book.html

Please email me if you are interested in the class and let me know you
availability during the week of July 9th or July 23 (no weekends).

classregistration@girlmark.com
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