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 Alternative Fuel Trade Alliance to Hold Workshop in DenverDENVER - The next Alternative Fuel Trade Alliance Workshop will take place on September 9 in Denver. The training seminar will cover alternative fuel quality, infrastructure, available vehicles, safety, and environmental impact of propane, ethanol, biodiesel, and compressed natural gas. Posted on 2 September 2010 | 1:04 pm Canada's 5% Renewable Fuels Standard Gets Green LightOTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 09/01/10) - The Government of Canada today released its final regulations requiring ethanol and biodiesel blended transportation fuels in Canada. "This is a milestone day for renewable fuels in Canada," said Gordon Quaiattini, President of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association. "These regulations will help deliver new jobs, new rural growth, and considerable ... Posted on 1 September 2010 | 2:56 pm Local man makes biodiesel from used oilSteve Fugate drives a car that he almost never takes to the gas station. How does he do it? He fuels his car with recycled cooking oil. Posted on 1 September 2010 | 2:04 pm Field day highlights biodieselIf a passing car or truck leaves behind a whiff of what smells like French fries, it’s likely the biodiesel fuel powering the vehicle once deep-fat fried such morsels in an earlier life. The transformation of waste cooking oil into high grade biodiesl is the topic of a field day Saturday at the Yoderville Biodiesel Collective. Posted on 1 September 2010 | 12:13 pm RoundUp: Palin returns to Iowa, man makes biodiesel & Labor Day driversRegional Round-Up is the place to click for interesting news and lifestyle stories across the area. Posted on 1 September 2010 | 10:08 am Imperial Biofuels Subsidiary Clears MilestoneEVANSVILLE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Imperial Petroleum, Inc. (OTCBB:IPMN) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, e-biofuels, LLC, a Middletown, Indiana biodiesel producer, cleared a milestone in its development. After becoming part of Imperial and as the result of negotiating a series of feedstock purchase agreements and biodiesel off-take sales contracts, e-biofuels generated revenues of ... Posted on 1 September 2010 | 7:14 am EU Directives May Threaten the Future of Biodiesel in Europe - Hart Energy ConsultingThe biodiesel industry is facing major challenges for the future which will, by and large, determine any future use of biodiesel as alternative fuel. These challenges will be the subject of discussion and debate at "The Future of Biodiesel in Europe", a conference to be held in Brussels on September 27-28, 2010, and organized by Hart Energy Consulting and AGQM - Arbeitsgemeinschaft ... Posted on 1 September 2010 | 6:00 am Swanton biodiesel concern stalls outHopes were high in 2006 when the Vermont Economic Development Authority plunked down $645,000 to help get Biocardel Vermont, a biodiesel production start-up company, under way in Swanton. Posted on 30 August 2010 | 6:31 pm Brazil Petrobras Buys 50% Stake In Biodiesel Co For $8.8 MillionBrazil Petrobras Buys 50% Stake In Biodiesel Co For $8.8 Million Posted on 28 August 2010 | 10:10 am Biodiesel RevisitedThe Green Station keeps hopes for biodiesel alive in Santa Cruz Whatever happened to biodiesel? Once—not so long ago—it was hailed as an immediate and sustainable way to alleviate dependence on oil and reduce CO2 emissions. But lately biodiesel seems to be living in the shadow of other green technologies, like spotlight-stealing electric cars. However, the absence of fanfare hasn’t deterred ... Posted on 24 August 2010 | 5:09 pm |
Winterizing a Diesel Howdy fellow cold weather operators, I live near Telluride Colorado near 8500 feet above sea level. Winter is a fact of life up here and we are having great success using 100% biodiesel in our trucks year round but there are a few things you?ll need to know. Here are the fruits of my Diesel winterizing research and links to related web sites. thought you might find this stuff interesting and I am curios what kinds of similar things y'all might be coming up with, so please keep us posted! It has been my experience that low temps are hard on an old Diesel truck like mine and even more so with Biodiesel in the tank. New trucks don't seem to have nearly the problems do to better glow plug systems and other new fangled goodies, but unless you have some way of warming up your rig, come a hard freeze, you are likely to be breakin' out the old camp stove (or cans of Sterno) to heat the underside of your truck just to get it started! Now this can also happen with petroleum diesel but it will happen sooner with biodiesel. There are many different ways to skin this cat. I will outline what I am aware of. There is the COOLANT heater, the BLOCK heater, the OIL PAN heater, the BATTERY heater and the FUEL heater. There are also ENGINE PREHEATERS (for early morning warm up) and RUNNING HEATERS (for operating the vehicle in really cold weather). There are ON BOARD ELECTRIC POWERED, PLUG IN TO THE WALL, and FUEL FIRED units. One fellow recommended a block heater and a coolant heater. Because biodiesel will gel before regular diesel, I am relating to my truck as if it is operating in VERY COLD WEATHER even when a regular diesel truck might not have trouble at those same low temps. A good fuel fired coolant heater (like the ESPAR in my truck) warms the biodiesel tank, the block and the oil without the need to plug in. It does require that you put in a second mini tank to fuel the ESPAR unit with petrol (takes very little) when it's too cold for Biodiesel, mine is working great. The seperate tank also makes it possible to run on straight vegtable oil (SVO) as well as bio diesel because then a person can start the truck on reg diesel, get the system warm and then switch it to run on SVO which is too thick unless its hot. I read that around 80% of pollution created by diesels (and autos in general) occured during the cold start up and that the strain of that cranking was hard on the engine, battery, starter etc... I've read (and found it to be absolutely true) that preheating the system can reduce up to 100% of white smoke during start up!!! All of these considerations recommend some sort of winterizing package for those of you in cold climes. Some of the heating systems out there can add to the heating of the cab as well. My set up works great for me. It includes Espars diesel fired coolant heater which circulates coolant through my extended coolant hose loop into an Acrtic Fox heat exchanger that drops into the fuel tank I insulated, returning to the engine cavity insulated with the fuel lines, into an Arctic Fox coolant heated fuel filter and then running beside the fuel injector lines to keep them warm also. The Espar is thermostaticly controlled to prevent overheat and to maintain optimum efficiency. It has an automatic timer so I can set it to come one in the wee hours of the morning. I also recommend a zippered radiator/ front grille cover to keep the heat in the engine compartment when driving in very cold weather. Well there you have it! Below is a list of web links you may find usefull. There is a lot more stuff out there but this looked like some of the best. Please do not hesitate to write me with info you have on this subject as I feel that it is the duty of anyone promoting the use of Diesel engines in arctic climates to be able to offer reliable info and support. All the best and keep 'em warm out there, the links below are both good overviews of Diesel winter problems and thier solutions. below are the home pages for the larger manufacturers of this type equipment. here is a distributers page for Racor and Hotstart diesel heater products Below is an installation description for an Espar diesel fired coolant heater below are a couple other diesel heater companies |
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