Thank you very much. I may buy the second book (it is the newer one) and i ll tell you then. My experience is the same about the biofuel list and JTF. It 's been only 1 month and i am getting more info (reliable and immediate) than i can handle.
Thank you all
Regards
Stelios
----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] biofuel-books


Hi Stelios

Good day everbody,

I found these books with a simple search. Does anyone knows if books below are worth buying?

Regards,

Stelios


1)From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel

by Joshua Tickell, Kaia Roman, Kaia Tickell

Paperback: 162 pages

Publisher: Tickell Energy Consultants; 3rd edition (December 1, 2000)

ISBN: 0970722702

Not worth buying, bad book! See:
http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/BIOFUEL/31729/

... for starters.

2)The Biodiesel Handbook

by Gerhard Knothe (Other Contributor)

Hardcover

Publisher: AOCS Press; (December 2004)

ISBN: 1893997790

More information:

https://www.aocs.org/catalog/product.asp?ID=w203&dept=30
AOCS > Publications > Online Catalog
The Biodiesel Handbook Gerhard Knothe, Jon Van Gerpen, and JŸrgen Krahl
Hardbound. 304 pages. 2005.
List Price: $98.00
Member Price: $85.00

View Table of Contents
https://www.aocs.org/catalog/contents.asp?ID=w203&deptID=30&dname=Processing

Academics, US-centric. Knothe is a good man, works for the Agricultural Reearch Service, lots of good work on biodiesel. There are some papers by him referenced at Journey to Forever and included in the JtF online Biofuels library. Van Gerpen is the prof at Iowa, in charge of their biodiesel activities, quite good online stuff and courses (for "professionals", ho-hum - not cheap). Also reffed at JtF, but some of his work has had a poor reception from other professionals.

This book will probably have good basic information for professionals, consultants, would-be investors, the industry-level in the US, less so for individuals, local-niche projects, local coops etc. If you think biodiesel can and should *change* things, you're probably better off here.

3)Recent Developments in the Synthesis of Fatty Acid Derivatives

by Gerhard Knothe, Johannes T. P. Derksen

Hardcover: 250 pages

Publisher: AOCS Press (September 1, 1999)

ISBN: 1893997006

Don't know this one - for research scientists, not much about biodiesel.

It's widely acknowledged that the best information on biodiesel is on the Internet. The Biofuel list, the Biofuel list archives, and the Biofuel section at Journey to Forever are the premier resources.

Best wishes

Keith

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