Biodiesel Handling and Use Guidelines, 2004 (Revised)

摘要

This document is a guide for those who blend, distribute, and use biodiesel and biodiesel blends. It is intended to help fleets and individual users, blenders, distributors, and those involved in related activities understand procedures for handling and using biodiesel fuels. We hope it will be a useful tool, both when planning biodiesel use and as an ongoing resource. Biodiesel is a renewable fuel manufactured from vegetable oils, animal fats, and recycled cooking oils. Biodiesel offers many advantages: It is renewable; it is energy efficient; it displaces petroleum derived diesel fuel; it can be used in most diesel equipment with no or only minor modifications; it can reduce global warming gas emissions; it can reduce tailpipe emissions, including air toxics; it is nontoxic, biodegradable, and suitable for sensitive environments; it is made in the United States from either agricultural or recycled resources; and it can be easy to use if you follow these guidelines.