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Biodiesel Facts Below are some soy biodiesel facts of interest: Soy biodiesel is … Safe. Soy biodiesel degrades as fast as sugar and is 10 times less toxic than salt! Soy biodiesel can
be … Used without engine modifications and at any percentage blend, making it a very user-friendly fuel. Original engine manufacturers continue to test soy biodiesel in their new engine models. Many OEMs have endorsed biodiesel blends for use in their equipment. Stored and handled just as conventional diesel fuel when using B20 or lower blends. Higher blends, especially B100, require protection from severe cold to prevent gelling. B20 and lower blends take on characteristics of the fuel they are mixed with, which is already treated for winter use, and therefore, present few if any problems in cold weather. Soy biodiesel provides … Lubricity that is critical to the maintenance of pumps, injectors and other fuel components of diesel engines. Research has shown that adding soy biodiesel at a rate as low as 2% to No. 2 diesel fuel can increase fuel lubricity by 66%. This becomes even more critical as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is going to require sulfur content (which currently provides the lubricating quality in diesel fuel) be reduced from the current level of 500 parts per million (ppm) to 15 ppm by 2006. Soy biodiesel contains no sulfur, yet maintains its excellent lubricating qualities.
Reduced dependence on foreign oil because it is produced from the oil of domestically grown soybeans. If all farmers and over-the-road truck drivers used B2, based on annual diesel fuel consumption, over 700 million gallons of soy biodiesel would be required. This translates into over 500 million bushels of soybeans (based on 1.4 gallons of soy biodiesel/bushel). That demand is nearly three times Missouri’s annual soybean production of 170 million bushels! |
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© Missouri Soybean Programs |
Missouri
is proud to be the “home” of soy biodiesel. The
Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council began investing checkoff dollars
to research soy biodiesel in 1991. The original testing was done at the
University of Missouri – Columbia’s College of Agriculture
and Natural Resources. Since that time, the biodiesel industry has grown
nationally through the research and promotion efforts of the soybean
industry and its partners. The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) was formed
in 1992 with the support of the soybean checkoff, and it serves the important
role of coordinating current and future research and development of biodiesel
in the United States.
Reduced emissions of compounds such
as unburned hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, particulate matter (soot),
sulfates,
and ozone-which creates smog. When
compared to conventional diesel, soy biodiesel’s smog forming potential
is 50 percent less. Testing shows that soy biodiesel reduces both Polycyclic
Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) and nitrated PAH, which are believed to be
cancer causing compounds, by up to 80% and 90% respectively. Research
has shown a slight increase in nitrous oxide (NOX) emissions.