Class to use cooking oil to make biodiesel
By Christine Walsh
Thursday March 27, 2008
Christine Walsh
Unity High School junior Nick Pittman examines containers of processed biodiesel and what is used to make it. Tuesday's presentation by an energy research scientist was part of a unit on alternative energy.
TOLONO – What was once used to fry lunch for University of Illinois students is now being used to teach Unity High School students about renewable energy.
Doug Bennett, an energy research scientist for Waste Management Research Center, brought a reactor to Unity's ag classroom Tuesday and showed students and teacher Rich McCabe how it works.
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