Transformer oil for fuel??

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Transformer oil for fuel??

I have a friend who works for one of the public utility companies. He is wondering if waste transformer oil could be used to make biodiesel or burned in a WVO car? Anyone here know? Thanks ;)
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I am going to college for chemistry and I just was curious about this. I heard there
I heard you can extract it out and I just wonder what is removed from the pcp and if that could be used for fuel. PCP isnt fuel is it? Clearly it's not possible to use it anyway but instead of burning it can't it be broken down and used separately for different
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Will it work in your '96 Passat? Yes, it will probably work just fine for an unknown amount of time. I don't know if there is a viscosity difference between it and D2 and whether or not that unknown difference will have long-term effects on the fuel injection system.

Are there other consequences of burning transformer oil in your diesel car? Yes and those consequences have been discussed ad nauseum. They range from road tax evasion to potential health and environment ramifications depending on exactly what's in the oil that is being burned.
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chemical compounds instead of burning it and releasing dangerous fumes? What is PCP used for (other than the Idiocracy of drug abuse lol)
 
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PCB (not PCP) material is toxic and stays in the ground and water when released, and it accumulates in plant and animal tissues, causing certain deleterious effects on health. PCBs are now banned. This article gives a good discussion of fluids used to cool transformers then and now:

http://apps.geindustrial.com/publibrary/checkout/Dielectric?TNR=White Papers|Dielectric|generic

For more general info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer_oil

Source https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/chemical-pcp-found-in-older-electrical-transformers.852956/

I would leave it alone.
 
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