Sunday, January 16th, 2011
A month ago, I wrote about fire in a biodiesel facility - the last one for 2010.
https://risk-safety.com/risksafetynewsite/another-biodiesel-firehopfully-the-last-one-for-2010/
Four days into 2011, a fire was reported at a biodiesel plant in Indiana. A boiler used to heat oil which in turn in used to warm biodiesel caught on fire.
To read more click below:
http://tinyurl.com/BiodieselFire-Jan11
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
In a number of my previous blog posts, I have emphasized the disturbing trend of fires and explosions in the biodiesel and biofuel industry.
Based on the statistics, the biodiesel industry in the US is experiencing an incident every two-and-a-half months, i.e. approx. 10 weeks.
The last biodiesel incident I wrote about was in Dec. ...
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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. Below is a link.
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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