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The Biodiesel Handbook, 2nd Edition
Editor:Gerhard Knothe, Jürgen Krahl, and Jon Van Gerpen ISBN:978-1-893997-62-2
Format: Soft Bound Books Product Code:234
Topics:Biofuels - Bioproducts
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The second edition of this invaluable handbook covers converting vegetable oils, animal fats, and used oils into biodiesel fuel. The Biodiesel Handbook delivers solutions to issues associated with biodiesel feedstocks, production issues, quality control, viscosity, stability, applications, emissions, and other environmental impacts, as well as the status of the biodiesel industry worldwide.

Also available as an eBook on iTunes and Amazon.
Released: 05/01/2010; 516 pages
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List Price:$150.00
Member Price:$100.00
Table of Contents

Introduction

History of Vegetable Oil-Based Diesel Fuels

The Basics of Diesel Engines and Diesel Fuels

Biodiesel Production

  • Basics of the Transesterification Reaction
  • Alternate Feedstocks and Technologies for Biodiesel Production
  • Catalysis in Biodiesel Processing
  • Ion Exchange Resins in Biodiesel Processing

Analytical Methods

  • Analytical Methods for Biodiesel
  • A Sensor for Discrimination of Fossil Diesel Fuel, Biodiesel, and Their Blends

Fuel Properties

  • 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
  • Biodiesel Lubricity and Effect of Biodiesel on Lubricants
  • Biodiesel Fuels: Biodegradability, Biological and Chemical Oxygen Demand, and Toxicity
  • Soybean Oil Composition for Biodiesel

Exhaust Emissions

  • Impacts of Biodiesel Fuel on Pollutant Emissions from Diesel Engines
  • Ultrafine Particles from a Heavy Duty Diesel Engine Running on Rapeseed Oil Methyl Ester

Current Status of the Biodiesel Industry

  • Biodiesel in the United States
  • Biodiesel in Germany and the European Union
  • Biodiesel in South America
  • Biodiesel in Asia
  • Biodiesel in Japan
  • Environmental Implications of Biodiesel (Life-Cycle Assessment)
  • Potential Production of Biodiesel in the United States

Other Uses of Biodiesel 

Other Alternative Diesel Fuels from Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats

Glycerol Technology Options for Biodiesel Industry

Appendices: Technical Tables; Biodiesel Standards; Unit Conversions; Internet Resources

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