biodiesel equipment Articles
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A New way to Skim and Save – Reprinted from Biodiesel magazine - Case study
Oil and water don’t mix; efficiency and profits often do. While the oil and water adage is well known to biodiesel producers — it means feedstock is contaminated with water — it also offers an opportunity. Biodiesel plant personnel are always looking for new tools and equipment that help a facility operate more ...
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Biodiesel versus diesel: a pilot study comparing exhaust exposures for employees at a rural municipal facility
Many organizations interested in renewable, domestic energy have switched from petroleum diesel to biodiesel blends for use in transportation and heavy-duty equipment. Although considerable evidence exists on the negative health effects of petroleum diesel exhaust exposures in occupational settings, there has been little research examining biodiesel exposures. Working collaboratively with a local ...
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Meeting the Challenges of Biodiesel Blend Measurements with Portable Mid-Infrared Analyzers - Case study
In a published paper on biodiesel blend quality submitted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory1, the chief problem found with biodiesel blends was inaccurate blend ratios. Retail customers and fleet managers do not typically worry about whether the blend ratio is correct until a problem occurs. For fleet managers, an incorrect blend can mean a total shutdown of operations. On the ...
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Useful properties with petroleum compound
Due to the intensive vehicles growth, the problem of decrease in harmful effects of cars on environment gained paramount value around the world. The annual increase in volumes of production and oil refining negatively influences on ecological situation in the world. Improvement of ecology is impossible without introduction of the new standards based on world experience in the sphere of ...
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New Feedstock Options and Trends Boost Biodiesel Production
Special to The Digest In the United States, efforts to replace fossil fuels with biofuels are gaining momentum, supported by growing public awareness, government programs and emerging waste-to-fuel technologies. The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) analysis of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) projected that several types of biofuels, such as biodiesel, could yield lower ...
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