|  | | Making Biodiesel from Crop Residues
Date Approved: 2/03/04
Amount: $249,232
Lead: Professor Roger Ruan
Contacts: Professor Roger Ruan and Dave Kittelson, Center for Diesel Research
Benefits and Deliverables:
- Develop processing conditions for production of biopolyols with molecular weights suitable for making biodiesel.
- Develop processing conditions for making biodiesel from biopolyols through trans-esterification reactions.
- Test the basic physical and chemical properties of the biodiesel.
- Adjust and develop new processes according to the test.
- Conduct an Engine test (since engine testing is expensive, additional funding will be sought to conduct engine test).
Description:
This project will be designed to test biodiesel made from renewable biomass other than vegetable oil. In the researchers' preliminary study, they successfully converted lignocellulosic materials to biodiesel using the total liquefaction process and an esterification step. More research is needed to produce biodiesel that will meet the ASTM 6751 standard.
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