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In partial fulfillment of the requirements for CHE140 Tracy Furutani, Fall 2006. Jon Cimuchowski John Gartrell Steve Smith Aram Tetemke Yee Xiong. “Biodiesel is difficult to come by, especially in western Washington, where there are no large growers of soy or other oil-bearing plants.”. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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In partial fulfillment of the requirements for CHE140
Tracy Furutani, Fall 2006
• Jon Cimuchowski
• John Gartrell
• Steve Smith
• Aram Tetemke
• Yee Xiong
“Biodiesel is difficult to come by, especially in western
Washington, where there are no large growers of soy or other oil-
bearing plants.”
RememberCH2OOR1 catalyst CH2OH
| |
CHOOR2 + 3CH3OH 3CH3OORx + CHOH
| |
CH2OOR3 CH2OH
Vegetable oil + 3 Methanols Biodiesel + Glycerin
Local use
• King County Metro
http://www.metrokc.gov/exec/news/2006/0817biodiesel.aspxhttp://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003470213_biodiesel10.html
SSA Marine
• 800,000 gallons of B20 annually
http://www.ssamarine.com/news/010506.html
Terminal 18, Port of Seattle
Port of Seattle
• 20,000 gallons of B20 annually
http://www.portseattle.org/news/press/2005/12_23_2005_36.shtml
Seattle Biodiesel
• "How would the world be different if we could make all our own fuel in our own country? For the last two years I have driven to work on soybeans. This is possible in our lifetime." -Martin Tobias
Imperium Renewables
• 100 million gallons/year• Planned to buy WA canola
• Thanks, Congressmen!
http://murray.senate.gov/news.cfm?id=265195
Seattle Times, Dec 12th, 2006
http://imperiumrenewables.com/grays.html
Shipping hazards
• Regulation by US Coast Guard & EPA
• Nontoxic
• Nonirritant
• Aquatic toxicity insignificant
• Biodegradability
• Flashpoint high
http://www.nbb.org/pdf_files/Environment_Safety.pdf
http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/reportsdatabase/reports/mar/19980601_mar-004.pdf
Chicken feed?
• ~94% poultry feed is corn or soybeans
• ~70% of cost of raising poultry is feed
• “tallow, an historically cost competitive agricultural by-product.”
July 21, 2006
http://agriculture.house.gov/hearings/109/10912.pdf
Biofuel or biofood?
• “The rising demand for biofuels is pushing up the price of palm oil and the other edible oils with which it is interchangeable, making food and cooking oil more expensive for the poor.”
The Economist, 24 Aug 2006
This just in: Nature
• “Sugar cane and ethanol: Drink the best and drive the rest”
• “US biofuels: A field in ferment”
• “Liquid fuel synthesis: Making it up as you go along”
Nature, Dec 7th 2006
This just in: Science
• “Current biofuel production competes for fertile land with food production, increases pollution from fertilizers and pesticides, and threatens biodiversity when natural lands are converted to biofuel production.”
“Carbon-Negative Biofuels from Low-input High-Diversity Grassland Biomass” Tilman, Hill, Lehman, Science, 8 Dec 06, pp 1598-1600
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