Products
Biodiesel
Traditional diesel is produced from mineral crude oil. Biodiesel is produced from a variety of vegetable oils, including but not limited to palm, rape, canola, soy, linseed, coconut, mustard and cotton oils. It can also be manufactured from tallow oil and yellow grease (used cooking oils).
It offers similar power and energy content to ULSD. Biodiesel has emerged as a realistic and desirable alternative, or blended addition, to mineral diesel and is becoming an increasingly valuable contributor to the worlds drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It has been in general pure use for the last 10 years in continental Europe. However, the majority of the UK biodiesel produced is expected to be used as a 5 per cent. blend with mineral diesel.
Advantages of biodiesel include the following:
- Virtually zero sulphur content
- Zero aromatic content (toluene and benzene)
- Comparable energy and power content
- Flash point of 300 °F against 137 °F for mineral diesel
- Significant reduction in particulates (soot) and hydrocarbons
- 70 per cent reduction of carbon monoxide emissions in diesel exhausts
- Non toxic and biodegradable
- Fully degraded from a waterway environment within approximately 28 days
- Significant lubricant characteristics enabling a reduction in wear
- extended efficiency for injectors and for all engines using ULSD resulting in lower maintenance costs