Course: BFM 202 Biodiesel Production

Lecture

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BFM 202 Biodiesel Production Unit 4 Lecture has been adapted from "ENGY 131 Lesson 4 Alternate Biodiesel Feedstocks” by Southeastern Illinois College.

ENGY 131 Biodiesel Production course content by Southeastern Illinois College is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Except where indicated otherwise.

Summary

Until recently, biodiesel has been produced with known feedstocks and
production processes. With global and federal mandates for biodiesel
production, aggressive research in all areas of chemical conversion and
production processes are being pursued. Additional factors include:

- access to regional feedstock availability
- rising feedstock costs
- the ongoing food vs fuel competition for feedstock
- waste stream and waste heat reductions
- less expensive catalysts
- constant attention to lowering production costs