Fleet supervisors from many different companies and municipal city managers have been taking a look at bio-diesel as a way to save fuel cost and reduce their emissions.
Biodiesel is manufactured from soybean and other vegetable oils like corn, mustard, flaxseed, sunflower, camelina and now algae oil. These are all environment friendly resources which are grown in America.
The downside to using retail biodiesel is cost. Whenever you purchase biodiesel at a fuel station it is approximately 20 cents more per gallon when compared with petroleum diesel. As much as 50 cents of this cost is a result of local tax and fuel transportation fees.
To eliminate those fees many fleet managers are opting for on-site biodiesel production. Some city managers have even set up waste cooking oil collection centers that make it easy to recycle the waste vegetable oil. All of this effort has a enormous pay off to the fleet managers bottom line.
As a fleet supervisor with more than 150 pieces of heavy duty machinery, including 18 wheelers, dump trucks, ambulances, bulldozers and large mowing tractors. This biofuel system can really improve the operation of transportation equipment and have tremendous impact on the environment even with a B-20 biodiesel blend.
Compared with compressed natural gas; propane; E-85, which is an alcohol blend gasoline, biodiesel does not require pricey equipment alterations to storage tanks, vehicles or other infrastructure or additional spare parts. Bio-diesel is a true plug and play fuel alternative.
The first step to making biodiesel as a fleet manager is the availability of raw ingredients, such as vegetable or animal grease of some sort, methanol or ethanol for the biodiesel Transesterification process and after that it really is time to purchase a biodiesel plant to handle your manufacturing goals.
A high quality commercial biodiesel processor will allow you to have full automation, safety features and methanol recovery all in one compact package. The physical footprint of these machines is usually small so the plant manufacturing space can be used efficiently.
When biodiesel is used, it releases no net Co2 into the environment because the plants that make the oil that is used as biomass for biodiesel production captures the same amount of Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere then is released when the biodiesel is used as fuel. Bio-diesel is the best sustainable energy solution that will help the planet.
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