History Of Biodiesel With Emphasis On Soy Biodiesel 1900 2017

One of the most comprehensive, well documented, and well illustrated books on this subject. With extensive subject and geographical index. 41 photographs and illustrations - mostly color. Free of charge in digital format on Google Books.

The world's most comprehensive, well documented and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographical index. 145 photographs and illustrations - mostly color. Free of charge in digital PDF format on Google Books.

For anyone who is trying to keep up with the extremely rapid developments in the biodiesel industry, the second edition of Biodiesel: Growing a New Energy Economy is an invaluable aid. The breathtaking speed with which biodiesel has gained acceptance in the marketplace in the past few years has been exceeded only by the proliferation of biodiesel production facilities around the United States--and the world--only to confront new social and environmental challenges and criticisms. The international survey of the biodiesel industry has been expanded from 40 to more than 80 countries, reflecting the spectacular growth of the industry around the world. This section also tracks the dramatic shifts in the fortunes of the industry that have taken place in some of these nations. The detailed chapters that cover the industry in the United States have also been substantially rewritten to keep abreast of its many new developments and explosive domestic growth. An expanded section on small-scale, local biodiesel production has been added to better represent this small but growing part of the industry. Another new section has been added to more fully explore the increasingly controversial issues of deforestation and food versus fuel, as well as GMO crops. The second edition concludes with updated views on where the industry is headed in the years to come from some of its key players.

The world's most comprehensive, well documented, and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographical index. 362 photographs and illustrations. Free of charge in digital PDF format on Google Books

Introduction: what is biodiesel?; The history of vegetable oil-based diesel fuels; The basics of diesel engines and diesel fuel; Basics of the transesterification reaction; Alternate feedstocks and technologies for biodiesel production; Analytical methods for biodiesel; Cetane numbers-heat of combustion-why vegetable oils and their derivatives are suitable as a diesel fuel; Viscosity of biodiesel; Cold weather properties and performance of biodiesel; Oxidative stability of biodiesel; Literature overview; Stability of biodiesel; Biodiesel lubricity; Biodiesel fuels; biodegradability, biological and chemical oxygen demand, and toxicity; Soybean oil composition for biodiesel; Effect of biodiesel fuel on pollutant emissions from diesel engines; Influence of biodiesel and different petrodiesel fuels on exhaust emissions and health effects; Current status of biodiesel in the United States; Current status of biodiesel in the European Union; Biodiesel quality management: the AGQM story; Status of biodiesel in Asia, the Americas, Australia and South Africa; Environmental implications of biodiesel (life-cycle assessment); Potential production of biodiesel; Other uses of biodiesel; Other alternative diesel fuels from vegetable oils; Glycerol.

Includes: background and philosophy of New Generation Coops (NGCs); NGCs vs. conventional coops; initiation and implementation of NGCs; producing methyl ester/biodiesel from soybean oil under conventional and new generation coop ownership and operation; conventional soybean marketing and processing; traditional system and NGC system; an illustrative case of a new generation coop owning and operating a community-based soybean processing/transesterification plant; biodiesel production potential in Central Missouri on a per acre basis; and the economics of an illustrative application of retained ownership on a per bushel basis.

This book focuses on the development of biodiesel systems from the production of feedstocks and their processing technologies to the comprehensive applications of both by-products and biodiesel. It should be of interest for students, researchers, scientists and technologists.

This book presents the evolution of biodiesel technologies along with government policies of major biodiesel producing countries with their backgrounds, impacts, changes, and other energy forms. Biodiesel feedstock and biodiesel production technologies including green algae and methanol are presented as separate topics. Changes in the feedstock types and the corresponding technologies are presented, and their impacts on the biodiesel policies are explained. The life cycle analysis (LCA) in research and policy design of biodiesel is discussed and the findings are given for different feedstocks in terms of greenhouse gases, energy, and other impact categories.