Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
In an earlier post, I talked about safety in biofuel plants. Today, I would like to share couple of Google Maps (Source: John Astad of Combustible Dust Policy Institute) that graphically display incidents in biodiesel and ethanol plants.Biodiesel Fires and Explosions Map (click to view)According to the map, there were ...
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
A couple of years ago I did a presentation for the Houston AIChE chapter on biodiesel market trends and commercial opportunities. Hope you like it.
http://www.slideshare.net/sanjeev_saraf/biodiesel-srs-2007
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Sunday, February 1st, 2009
Biofuel production and manufacturing facilities in the United States are increasing rapidly. On August 8, 2005, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (H.R. 6) into law. The comprehensive energy legislation includes a nationwide renewable fuels standard (RFS) that will double the use of ethanol and biodiesel by 2012.
Biodiesel ...
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