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Biodiesel's fuel
features
Power:
one of the major advantages is the fact that it can
be used in existing engines and fuel injection equipment (no
modification required) without negative impact to operating performance.
Fuel
availability/economy: virtually the same
MPG rating as petrodiesel and the only alternative fuel for heavyweight
vehicles requiring no special dispensing and storage equipment.
Production/Refining:
can be
done at home (wasted veggie oil)
and farms (virgin oils from seeds), being the only alternative fuel
that can boast of a zero total emissions production facility.
By
selling the simultaneously produced glycerol, the cost of BD is
basically the same cost of the oil used to make it.
Storage:
readily blends and stays blended with
petrodiesel so it can be stored and dispensed wherever diesel is stored
or sold.
Combustibility/Safety:
biodiesel
has a very high flash point (300°F) making it one of the safest
of all
alternative fuels.
Lubricity:
the only
alternative fuel that can actually extend engine life because of its
superior lubricating and cleaning properties. The present "low sulfur"
diesel fuel is badly wearing the injection pumps of not protected
diesel engines. (You should add biodiesel to the present commercial
"dinofuel")
Environmental
Impact: the only renewable alternative
diesel fuel that actually reduces a major greenhouse gas components in
the atmosphere . The use of biodiesel will also reduce the
following emissions:
-
carbon monoxide
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ozone-forming-hydrocarbons
-
hazardous diesel particulate
-
acid rain-causing sulfur dioxide
-
lifecycle carbon dioxide
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What
is "Biodiesel"
Biodiesel is a completely natural,
renewable fuel applicable in any situation where conventional petroleum
diesel is used. No modifications on engine are needed.
Even though
"diesel" is part of its name, there are no petroleum or other fossil
fuels in biodiesel. Biodiesel is 100% vegetable oil based. From new or
used cooking oil too. By recycling WVO we prevent pollution of city
water.
This
environment-friendly fuel reduces tailpipe emissions, visible smoke and
noxious odors. Can also be used in a blends with conventional diesel
while still achieving substantial reductions in emissions.
Technically, biodiesel is Fatty Acid
Methyl Ester (FAME). It is formed by replacing the glycerol from each
triglyceride molecule of veggie oil. Once the glycerol is removed from
the oil, the remaining molecules are, to a diesel engine, similar to
petroleum diesel fuel.
But there are some notable differences.
The biodiesel molecules are very simple hydrocarbon chains, containing
no sulfur, ring molecules, nor aromatics associated with fossil
fuels.
Biodiesel is made up of almost 10%
oxygen, making it a naturally "oxygenated" fuel.
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