Continuous Waste Oil Distiller - Turn Waste Oil Into Diesel Or Usable Base Lubricants.
Practical Small-Scale Oil Refining

Many backyard researches and tinkerers have attempted to build systems to convert waste motor oil (WMO) into usable fuel - particularly diesel. While some of these DIY machines succeeded in producing a diesel-like product, the fuel quality is often questionable, and few would risk filling a modern diesel vehicle with it. as a result such fuels are typically used only in old, stationary engines that can tolerate impurities.

At the same time, some users - often called "black diesel" users - attempt to process used oil though filters and mix with additives and regular diesel to lower fuel cost, While these methods may work to some extent, they come with major drawbacks:

• Risk to engine life and injectors

• Lack of legal compliance in many countries

• Variable and often poor fuel quality

• Bulky and impractical refining setups

This is where a new generation of compact, continuous distillation machines comes into play.

 

 

Introducing the continuous WMO distiller

This machine is a small mobile continuous-flow oil distiller designed to process used automotive and industrial oils into clean diesel fuel or base oil that can be reused in lubricants and speciality greases.

Unlike large, dangerous setups that involve boiling hundreds of liters of oil, this system safely handles small amounts (approx. 3 - 4L) at a time- making it suitable even for garage-scale use. The process operates at atmospheric pressure and uses no oxygen exposure, significantly reducing risk.

 

What it processes.

The distiller can handle:

• Used motor oil (Minera And Synthetic) (with proper prefiltration)

• Automatic transmission fluid (ATF) (with proper prefiltration)

• Hydraulic oils (with proper prefiltration)

• Transformer oil (with proper prefiltration)

• Mixed oils from engine dismantling or scrap yards (with proper prefiltration)

• Contaminated or dyed diesel (red diesel) (with proper prefiltration)

• Pyrolysis liquids (with proper prefiltration)

 

 

 

The output:

• Diesel like fuel suitable for generators, heaters, or older diesel engines.

• Distilled base oil, which can be reused for liquid lubricants production, in graphite, copper-based greases, or aluminium oxide valve grinding pastes and speciality lubricants,

Design Benefits:

• Compact footprint

• Continuous operation (typical 10L per hour, 6kw systems up to 20L per hour)

• Safe handling: only ~ 3L of oil in the reactor at any time

• Bypass and pressure relieve system to prevent overpressure

• Simple maintenance: no complex pyrolysis parts

• Fuel annd waste evacuate via long pipes for operator safety

• Bleaching capability: removes color and many additives from dyed or dark fuels

Let's Talk Numbers

If you run this machine continuously at 10L/hr for 10 hours:

• That's 100L per day of usable fuel or base oil

• at a modest $1.00 - $1.50 value per liter that's $100 - $150/ day saved

• For those paying $2 -$3 per liter, your savings can exceed $300 a day

Many Mechanics and scrap yard can obtain used oil for free - often mechanics are eager to get rid of it legally and safely, instead of paying for disposal, you could be turning waste oil into profit.

 

 

 

Build it yourself

The distiller is designed to be replicable in a basic workshop:

• You only need basic welding and sheet metal skills

• Materials can be sourced from scrap for as little as $50 - $100

• A full construction manual (US$100) includes:

1. Step-by-step build instructions

2. Photos from a real unit being assembeled

3. Operating videos

4. Guidance on absorbent fuel treatment

It's a complete field tested solution - not just a theory.

 

A sample of diesel fuel made out of automatic transmission oil with some absorbent at the bottom of the jar.

Who it is for? 

This machine is ideal for:

• Independent mechanics

• Car dismantler and car yards

• Off grid farmers and homesteaders

• Diesel heater or generator users

• Fuel resellers or bootstrapped inventors

• Anyone with access to waste oil and need for cheaper energy

• It is not a pyrolysis system

• It does not require catalysts, pressurization, or vacuum chambers

• The fuel it produces, when processed properly, burns clean and stores well.

IMPORTANT CAUTION ON FUEL QUALITY AND MACHINE USE

This machine is not a dumping station on mystery waste oil, coolant, sludge or unknown sump mixtures. It is a precision separator and must be treated as such.

Think for it this way:

If an oil still good enough to run in an engine today,  it is also good enough for processing tomorrow.

But once it drained it must be treated properly:

• No coolant - coolant not oil

• No sludge - sludge is not usable hydrocarbon

• Oil must be filtered from particles, water and sediment

• Ideally centrifuged before processing

• Distilled oil still must be treated as any fuel - prepped before combustion

You can watch examples of correct pre-treatment and cleaning steps here:

• Centrifuge processing

• Chemical fuel treatment

Treat your machine like you treat your engine - with respect for what goes in, so you can rely on what comes out.

 

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Samples of diesel fuel made out of different waste oils

Resulting fuel treatment method.

 

 

 

 

 

Rich out anytime via Email at: ferromit@ferromit.com

 

 

 

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