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Welcome to BioDiesel Michigan
What is BioDiesel ??? note: all blue items are links BioDiesel is a renewable fuel made from vegetable oil feedstock (typically new soybean oil or waste restaurant grease). BioDiesel can be used directly in any diesel engine WITHOUT MODIFICATION. BioDiesel can be used straight or blended in any percentage with petroleum diesel. Typical blends are B2 (or 2% biodiesel) as a lubricity additive, and B20 (20% biodiesel). BioDiesel is produced by adding an alcohol (such as methanol) with a catalyst (such as NaOH) to the oil. This process called transesterification will split off the glycerin molecule from the triglyceride. The free fatty acid chain then bonds with the alcohol to form biodiesel (or a methyl ester).
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Interested in Buying Biodiesel or Starting a SE Michigan Cooperative?? Please email your name and contact information to be added to a list of potential biodiesel users. The author of this site is campaigning for retail stations to carry B20, and a list of potential buyers will be invaluable. A business plan for a Detroit Metro cooperative is also in the works. Show your interest, Please!! click here to email; please include full name & town of residence
Click here for a business and technology model for a small scale biodiesel production facility (3.4mb PDF file, 82 pgs) click here for the executive summary
Also look at Business Management for Biodiesel Producers, Iowa State University & NREL (2004)
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Don't Drive Diesel? Convert Your Existing Gas Vehicle to a Hybrid
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Why use BioDiesel ??? BioDiesel is a clean burning, renewable energy source which is grown right here in the good old US of A. Along with ethanol and other biomass fuels, biodiesel may significantly reduce our dependence on foreign oil imports. Bio-fuels are part of a closed-loop carbon cycle that significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions which are presently warming our Earth. Click here for an illustration.
Biodiesel burns much cleaner than petro-diesel, is biodegradable, non-toxic, and is great for your diesel engine. Newly regulated low-sulfur diesel fuel has significantly less lubricity than old diesel, but a mere 2% of biodiesel adds back this needed lubricity, and then some!
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Green Berets Prefer Biodiesel by Wired News, Sept 28, 2005
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Michigan House Bill 4235 (2005) would mandate 2% BioDiesel Statewide Representative Neal Nitz has introduced a bill to the Michigan State House in which nearly all of the diesel fuel sold in the state of Michigan beginning in 2007 would require 2% biodiesel. click here for info on HB 4235
Minnesota Law Requires 2% Biodiesel Statewide - Audio story on NPR (note: the high lubricity of biodiesel is wonderful for diesel engines)
Listen to Mike Pelly, owner of Olympia Green Fuels on NPR, Mike uses bio-diesel fuel to power his two cars. He makes the mixture from used vegetable oil discarded by Chinese restaurants and fast-food joints. Pelly tells NPR Morning Addition how it works. Olympia Green Fuels Website or click here for the Pelly "Model A" processor
Check this out !!! History Channel Video Clip Modern Marvels series discusses George Washington Carver and Henry Ford's contribution to the science of peanuts, soybeans, and biodiesel.
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