Biodiesel 101Making Use of Used

Restaurant Oil and GreaseJune 8, 2010 by Tajana Mesic, MBA

What it biodiesel?

• Diesel fuel manufactured from vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled restaurant oils and greases through a series of chemical reactions.

• It is biodegradable, and produces less air pollutants than petroleum-based diesel.

From Oil and Grease to Fuel

• http://fwix.com/dallas/share/b061899d44/planet_green_g_word_from_gross_grease_to_biodiesel

How is biodiesel made (feedstock)

1. Virgin oils: such soy, canola, cotton seed, corn.2. Used cooking oil: collected from restaurants or

other food places.3. Yellow grease: which is mainly vegetable oil but

with high fat content and collected from restaurants.

4. Brown grease: grease collected from grease traps and has very high percentage of free fatty acids and animal fat.

Where is biodiesel used?

• Can be used in its pure form (B100) or blended with petroleum diesel in diesel cars, trucks, tractors.

• Common blends are B2 (2% biodiesel), B5, and B20. B2 and B5 can be used safely in most diesel engines.

• The higher the percentage of biodiesel, the more eco-friendly the fuel is.

What is the B Factor?

Much of the world uses a system known as the"B" factor to show the amount of biodiesel inany fuel mix: fuel containing1.100% biodiesel is referred to as B1002.20% biodiesel is labeled B20 3.5% biodiesel is labeled B5 4.2% biodiesel is labeled B2

Oil and Grease…

• Since virgin vegetable oil is expensive for the producers, the most economic choice for biodiesel feedstock is collection of used cooking oil collected from restaurants.

Demand higher than supply

• The estimated transportation diesel fuel and home heating oil used in the US is about 350 billion pounds.

• The US estimated production of vegetable oil for all uses is about 24 billion pounds and estimated production of animal fat is 12 billion pounds.

US Department of Energy, January 2010

Do we have DFW producers?

Company City

Texas Biotech, Inc Arlington

Biodiesel Industries of Greater Dallas-Fort Worth

Denton

New Fuel Company Dallas

Biodiesel of Texas, Inc Denton

Texas Biotech, Inc

Collection of waste vegetable oil to be processed into biodiesel

At the pump…close by

Pump City

DFW Biodiesel Fort Worth

Red River Biofuels Argyle

Star Travel Plaza Denton

GreenSpot Market Dallas

New Energy Fuels Waller

Miles Automotive/BioWillie Keller

BioWillieAny diesel-powered vehicle can run BioWillie or any other B20 blend without modification.

BioWillie

• Willie Nelson has formed a Biodiesel Company to distribute his own blend of biodiesel fuel called BioWillie.

• Made of 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent diesel, BioWillie is now available at various locations in Texas and along the Eastern Seaboard

What do you think?