Biodiesel
| Series: | Industrial biotechnology |
| Publisher: | Aztext Press |
| Subject: | Biodiesel fuels |
| Authors: | William H. Kemp |
| Pages: | 588 pages |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| ISBN: | 9780973323337 |
| Call No: | TP 359.B4 K32 2006 |
'Biodiesel basics and beyond' draws on the collective experience of North American and European researchers, with the author detailing the step-by-step processes and equipment required to produce biodiesel fuel that can meet North American standards. The book details the construction and operation of a 30-gallon-per-day (115-liter), scalable-size biodiesel production facility, including a test and measurement laboratory for determining fuel quality. Each process or method is verified by independent government or university laboratories, ensuring the reader of the accuracy of both the data and the methodology. Although most people are primarily interested in the economic benefits of biodiesel production, considerable information is given on waste product reduction and treatment including water recycling, methanol recovery, and the productive use of process technology byproducts. 'Biodiesel basics and beyond' will not solve the world's fuel and energy supply problems, but it will provide homeowners, small-scale co-operatives and farmers, and agricultural communities with the data necessary to become energy independent and make their homes and businesses environmentally sustainable.