General Applications
- Biodiesel can be used in pure form (B100) or may be blended with petroleum diesel at any concentration in most injection pump diesel engines
- With 80-90% of oil spill costs invested in shoreline cleanup, there is a search for more efficient and cost-effective methods to extract oil spills from the shorelines. Biodiesel has displayed its capacity to significantly dissolve crude oil, depending on the source of the fatty acids
- Depending on the engine, this might include high pressure injection pumps, pump injectors (also called unit injectors) and fuel injectors
Benefits;
- domestically produced, clean-burning, renewable substitute for petroleum diesel. Using biodiesel as a vehicle fuel increases energy security, improves air quality and the environment, and provides safety benefits
- Biodiesel is produced in the U.S. and used in conventional diesel engines, directly substituting for or extending supplies of traditional petroleum diesel-- no need for petroleum imports
- reduces nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions to near zero levels
- reduces greenhouse gas emissions because carbon dioxide released from biodiesel combustion is offset by the carbon dioxide absorbed while growing the soybeans or other feedstock
- B100 use reduces carbon dioxide emissions by more than 75% compared with petroleum diesel. Using B20 reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 15%
- Biodiesel improves fuel lubricity and raises the cetane number of the fuel
- Diesel engines depend on the lubricity of the fuel to keep moving parts from wearing
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