Our future on this planet is in danger, but it doesn’t have to be. One of the major causes of air pollution, climate change, and our depleting energy reserves is humankind’s excessive reliance on fossil fuels. This non-renewable source is being consumed far faster than it is being replenished. Add to that the fact that […]
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Biodiesel has developed into an established biofuel during the past more than two decades. However, the production capacities, end-uses, as well as technologies are still evolving further. The present article presents a snapshot of recent market and technological developments related to biodiesel, its raw materials and technologies. USA – PRODUCTION CAPACITY As of 1 January
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Commercial Aspects – Part 1 Renewable biodiesel offers acceptable solutions to the problems of decreasing reserves of fossil fuels and their harmfully polluting green house gas emissions. Various types of biodiesel can help in overcoming the increasing energy demand worldwide. Biodiesel has the ability to eradicate the environmental problems, such as global warming and sustainability.
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Biodiesel is a mixture of methyl esters of fatty acids produced from vegetable oils such as rapeseed (mustard) oil. It is considered to be the first generation biodiesel or biofuel and meets the European Standard EN14214 for biodiesel. In recent years, a new variant, other than the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), has been developed, called
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Due to varying technical requirements for the fuels consumed in different applications, several different biodiesel variants have been developed during the past several years. These biodiesel variants are used in specific applications as they are or in combination with other fuel ingredients. Some of these variants have attained commercial significance. One major biodiesel variant is
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Biodiesel basically replaces the petroleum-based diesel or petro-diesel and therefore, it can be used wherever the petro-diesel is used. However, in most applications, biodiesel is used in conjunction with the petroleum-based diesel, i.e., biodiesel is blended with the petro-diesel in different proportions depending on the availability of biodiesel as well as its costing, the engines
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COMPARISON WITH PETROLEUM-BASED DIESEL Biodiesel replaces the petroleum-based diesel fuel partially or completely. It operates the compression-ignition engines. Biodiesel is a drop-in fuel and can be used in regular diesel engines without making any changes to the engines, although older engines may require replacement of fuel lines and other rubber components. Biodiesel is made from
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The present article discusses various raw materials, especially natural oils and fats, used to make biodiesel, various manufacturing methodologies; and also comparison of biodiesel with the petroleum-based diesel. RAW MATERIALS Biodiesel is produced by the reaction of natural triglyceride oils and fats of plant and animal origin with short-chain alcohols like methanol, ethanol, isopropanol or
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The term ‘biodiesel’ refers to the diesel fuel produced from natural oils and fats of plant or animal origin. Biodiesel is suitable for or designed for use in diesel engines, replacing the diesel fuel obtained from petroleum sources. Another commonly used term is ‘biofuel’, which is a general term indicating ‘fuel produced from “bio” or
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Introduction In our previous posts, we wrote extensively about the imperative to switch to sustainable fuels and the immense opportunity for the oils and fats industry to generate value. Building biodiesel manufacturing capability addresses the urgent need of the hour – alternate and sustainable fuel – and is also immense job creation and revenue generation opportunity,
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