BIOHEAT Bioheat is a blend of biofuel and heating oil for off-road heating applications. Bioheat Information Bioheatonline.com is a great site that has a lot of videos and talks directly to the quality of the product. This summer, Bioheat is picking up more steam with legislation being passed which include mandates for bioheat to be…
Category Archives: Biodiesel
Biodiesel Made From Butter
Biodiesel Study I came across this report in the New York Times this week. A study was conducted and published in June’s Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry Publication. ussing Rancid butter to produce biodiesel. Biodiesel Production Findings It should be noted that the study showed that butter by itself could not be used to…
Happy Birthday | Rudolph Diesel
Today, March 18, 2010 is the birthday of Rudolph Diesel. He designed the first diesel engine to run on peanut oil. Today, thanks to his discovery, we have all types of diesel engines for automobiles and trains. It is kind of ironic that Rudolph Diesel was really interested in designing a car that would run…
Biodiesel Production – What are you doing in 2010?
Yesterday, I spoke about “Feeling the Excitement” . As a diversified laboratory, we know some areas are not doing as well in 2010 as they were in 2009. Soil Testing is down tremendously because of the cold weather and high snow coverage in the Midwest. Biodiesel Testing is also down. The biodiesel industry was dealt…
National Biodiesel Conference 2010
Thanks to Chuck Zimmerman for keeping all of us in the loop with respect to news coming out of this weeks 2010 Conference. It is good to see good news coming out of the conference, in particular I really liked the piece on the Direct Fuels Biodiesel | Cold Soak Soak Filtration Test.
IRFA Launches Media Campaign for Biodiesel
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association is launching a media campaign touting biodiesel. The biodiesel industry has really taken a hit over the past couple of years and could use some better publicity. The IRFA is doing its part to keep this issue in front of people and to make it know that it is an…
