Detrick,
I just compiled this list for somebody else, I know you have
seen Ed Beggs thesis already but here are the other sources I could
think of.
For SVO emission data try:-
http://bengal.missouri.edu/~pavt0689/Review_Utilization_of_Rapeseed_Oil.
pdf
This is a good source, outrageously big file size due to bad file
formatting.
Also a part translation of the German page
http://www.biocar.de/download a thesis report examining emissions from a
vehicle equipped with a Biocar conversion is available from my site:-
www.vegburner.co.uk/biocar if this does not work let me know.
http://www.nf-2000.org/secure/Fair/F484.htm
Widely regarded as one of the best PPO technical papers, has some
information on particulate emissions.
http://www.biodiesel.org/reports/GEN-162.doc
If I remember correctly also contains relevant info.
Hope these help.
Darren
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Detrick Merz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 26 August 2003 14:44
> To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [biofuel] UPDATE: Use of vegetable oil in a diesel engine
>
> A few months ago (May 2003), I started a thread about the legalities
> relating to the use of VO in a diesel engine in the U.S. This
> eventually led to the discovery, that the U.S. EPA wants certain
> emissions test results, to recognize VO as a legal motor fuel.
> Biodiesel went through this process in it's own right, but because of
> the chemical differences between biodiesel and VO, VO cannot be
> recognized on the basis of the biodiesel test results.
>
> Ed Beggs, of Neoteric Biofuels, Inc., allowed me to forward a thesis
he
> had written, "Renewable Oil Fuels and Diesel Engines as Components of
> Sustainable System Design", to the U.S. EPA. It was my hope that this
> thesis would provide the EPA with the data they were looking for. I
> suspected, however, that the thesis would not be enough. Even so, I
> gambled on the EPA responding with where the data was lacking, so I
> could begin to research how to complete the data set.
>
> Jim Caldwell, of the U.S. EPA, has responded back. It took him about
2
> days to respond, so he at least had the time to read the thesis. As I
> had suspected, Jim informed me that the thesis did not contain the
> necessary information. But, he was able to point me to the U.S. EPA's
> "Diesel Retrofit Program". After skimming through the information on
> the Retrofit Program, I've found a section which offers alternative
> fuels as, for lack of a better way to say it, a 'retrofit' to reduce
> emissions. It also appears that a wealth of documentation, test
plans,
> and other requirements are available.
>
> So, what does this mean in the end? My quest to get VO accepted by
the
> U.S. EPA as a legal motor fuel might just have a chance. At least I
> have access to a method for submitting the right information the right
> way, to the EPA. I'll be reading over the information on this program
> over the next few days/weeks, as I have spare time. Hopefully, then,
I
> can draw up some kind of feasable plan to get regulations pushed
through
> the EPA.
>
> If anyone cares to help in some way (I'm certainly don't have the
> facilities or knowledge, yet, to complete what I'm attempting), I'd be
> glad to accept it. If not, expect to be hit with questions as I learn
> how to make this happen.
>
> -detrick
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Use of vegetable oil in a diesel engine
> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 08:35:39 -0400
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: Detrick Merz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> Detrick,
>
> Thank you for the interesting thesis. However, it does not address
> whether the technology, when applied to engines certified to U.S.
> emission standards, will allow those engines to still meet standards.
I
> believe that the most appropriate approach for you to take is through
> the Voluntary Diesel Retrofit Program. Please see:
> http://www.epa.gov/otaq/retrofit/index.htm.
>
> Jim Caldwell
> (202) 564-9303
>
>
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