Preface to the Second Edition ................................ v
Preface to the First Edition ............................... vii
Contributors ................................................ ix
1 Introduction
Gerhard Knothe ............................................... 1
2 History of Vegetable Oil-Based Diesel Fuels
Gerhard Knothe ............................................... 5
3 Basics of Diesel Engines and Diesel Fuels
Jon Van Gerpen .............................................. 21
4 Biodiesel Production
4.1 Basics of the Transesterification Reaction
Jon Van Gerpen and Gerhard Knothe ...................... 31
4.2 Alternate Feedstocks and Technologies for Biodiesel
Production
Michael J. Haas .........................................47
4.3 Catalysis in Biodiesel Processing
Alfred K. Schultz, Michael J. Haas, and Rajiv
Banavali ............................................... 67
4.4 Ion Exchange Resins in Biodiesel Processing
Rajiv Banavali, Alfred К. Schultz, Klaus-Dieter Topp,
and Mark T. Vandersall ................................. 85
5 Analytical Methods
5.1 Analytical Methods for Biodiesel
Gerhard Knothe.......................................... 97
5.2 A Sensor for Discrimination of Fossil Diesel Fuel,
Biodiesel, and Their Blends
Axel Munack, Hermann Speckmann, Jürgen Krahl,
Arno Marto, and Ralf Bantzhaff ........................ 131
6 Fuel Properties
6.1 Cetane Numbers—Heat of Combustion-Why Vegetable
Oils and Their Derivatives Are Suitable as a
Diesel Fuel
Gerhard Knothe ........................................ 137
6.2 Viscosity of Biodiesel
Gerhard Knothe ........................................ 143
6.3 Cold Weather Properties and Performance of Biodiesel
Robert O. Dunn and Bryan R. Moser ..................... 147
6.4 Oxidative Stability of Biodiesel
Gerhard Knothe ........................................ 205
6.5 Biodiesel Lubricity and Effect of Biodiesel on
Lubricants
Gerhard Knothe ........................................ 219
6.6 Biodiesel Fuels: Biodegradability, Biological and
Chemical Oxygen Demand, and Toxicity
Charles L. Peterson and Gregory Möller ................ 231
6.7 Soybean Oil Composition for Biodiesel
Neal A. Bringe, Beth J. Calabotta, and David
A. Morgenstern ........................................ 247
7 Exhaust Emissions
7.1 Impacts of Biodiesel Fuel on Pollutant Emissions
from Diesel Engines
Robert L. McCormick, Teresa L. Alleman, and Janet
Yanowitz .............................................. 253
7.2 Ultrafine Particles from a Heavy Duty Diesel Engine
Running on Rapeseed Oil Methyl Ester
Jürgen Krahl, Axel Munack, Olaf Schröder, Yvonne
Ruschel, and Jurgen Bünger ............................ 273
8 Current Status of the Biodiesel Industry
8.1 Biodiesel in the United States
Steve Howell and Joe Jobe ............................. 299
8.2 Biodiesel in Germany and the European Union
Dieter Bockey ......................................... 315
8.3 Biodiesel in South America
Claudiney Soares Cordeiro and Luiz Pereira Ramos ...... 331
8.4 Biodiesel in Asia
Mohd. Basri Wahid, Yuen May Choo, and Chiew Wei
Puah .................................................. 355
8.5 Biodiesel in Japan
Shiro Saka and Hiroaki Imahara ........................ 365
8.6 Environmental Implications of Biodiesel (Life-Cycle
Assessment)
Sven Gärtner and Guido A. Reinhardt ................... 375
8.7 Potential Production of Biodiesel in the United
States
Charles L. Peterson ................................... 391
9 Other Uses of Biodiesel
Gerhard Knothe ............................................. 401
10 Other Alternative Diesel Fuels from Vegetable Oils and
Animal Fats
Robert O. Dunn ............................................. 405
11 Glycerol Technology Options for Biodiesel Industry
Galen J. Suppes ............................................ 439
Appendix A-Technical Tables
Gerhard Knothe ............................................. 457
Appendix В-Biodiesel Standards
Gerhard Knothe ............................................. 469
Appendix С-Unit Conversions
Gerhard Knothe ............................................. 479
Appendix D-Internet Resources
Gerhard Knothe ............................................. 483
Index ...................................................... 485
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