Fall 2009

Biomechanics

no biodiesel, there's your problem

By Dan Freeman

An injection pump is a terrible thing to waste. So, is your IP well fed? Are your fuel filters restricted? Is your tank infected with the crud? Let take a look-see.....[MORE]

Case Study / Quality

wood chip biodiesel

By Luc Blais

RolfQuo Biodiesel is a mid-sized commercial biodiesel producer situated at 18900 Clark Graham in Baie D'Urfe Quebec, Canada. Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with owner Andy Quosdorf and his plant manager, Kai Maddock, to discuss their operation and some of the innovative methods they use in producing quality biodiesel.....[MORE]

Case Study

government biodiesel

By Steve Fugate

The diesels being used were making the crew ill. Crew leaders wondered if they could run B100 in the new Kubota and Bobcat equipment, in spite of the manufacturers' B5 limitations.....[MORE]

Quality

surprise! it's the EPA!

By Jason Burroughs

Recently, two men from Bionetics, an EPA contractor, paid DieselGreen Fuels an unannounced visit. They asked to see samples of my biodiesel, thinking I was a producer. I explained that I was only a distributor, but they still wanted samples. After calling the EPA to confirm they were for real, I gave them samples from our tank and explained what we do.....[MORE]

Biomechanics

mail order bio-ride

By Brian Roberts

I remember when I first saw her picture on a German website; those straight lines and blocky features... I'm not going to lie; I wanted her. Then when I found out all the things she could do, I had to have her. There was no domestic comparison. And the best thing about her: she was ready - biodiesel ready! ....[MORE]

Golden Meniscus / Quality

quality control decoded

By Kumar Plocher

In order to know which fuel quality tests you need to perform, and how frequently you need to perform them, you need to know what your goals are.....[MORE]

Editor's Letter

small scale advantage

By Frankie Abralind

"You know that white skim that's on the top when a barrel of the biodiesel arrives? That's the chicken fat," said the foreman. "It's definitely made from chicken." Well, no, but it's definitely crap. As readers of biodieselSMARTER know, there will never be a "white skim" on the surface of any good biodiesel, even from chicken fat.....[MORE]

Editor's Query

a simple tank, thanks

By Kyle Capizzi

This is the story of a short-lived B100 filling station in Milwaukee, as told by Kyle Capizzi. As the Milwaukee Biodiesel  Co-op learned, creating a public filling station is more complicated than just sticking a pump in a tank behind.......[MORE]

Spanking Ester

that new car stink

By Leif Forer

Dear Ester, I heard some new diesels aren't so good on biodiesel. Or are they? Is this a fuel quality issue? ~Dealing with Every Little Engine-Troubling Emission ....[MORE]

Sustainability

home heating made greasy

By Jim Malloy

When I, the idealistic, crunchy leftist libertarian grandson joined the family business and introduced the idea of biodiesel for home heating, I was met with great resistance from the three senior heating systems technicians with an accumulated 85 years experience. This turned out great: they really put biodiesel to the test, and it passed.....[MORE]