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Biodiesel Information
Taylor Oil Co. Inc. Is proud to offer
Biodiesel at the following locations.
None of the following locations
are retail outlets and the product is not dispensed directly into a
vehicle.
B99 is available in 5 gallon pails,
55 gallon drums, 300 gallon totes, and in bulk (min. 300 gallon
delivery). Other blends are available in drums, totes, and bulk
only. Single pails and drums are not available for delivery and must
be picked up at the location.
Please contact the nearest Taylor Oil
office for the current price of all package sizes and other quantities.
Location hours are 9 AM through 5
PM on Monday-Friday.
If you encounter any problems
contacting any of the offices or purchasing Biodiesel please contact
Rick Workman
President
Taylor Oil Co. Inc.
rworkman@tayloroilco.com
908-725-7737
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Biodiesel Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What
is the difference between B100 and B20?
A: The number after
the B is the percentage of Bio in the product mix. B100 is 100%
Biodiesel and B20 is 20% Bio and 80% diesel fuel.
Q: What is
the recommended blend for Bioheat?
A: The current recommendation for Bioheat is 2-5% Bio and
95-98% heating oil.
Q: Where can I get more information on
Biodiesel?
A: The best place for accurate information is the Biodiesel
Board website.
Visit Site:
www.biodiesel.org Q: Does
biodiesel gel in certain temperatures?
A: Biodiesel manufactured from soy has a cloud and pour point
of approximately 32F while yellow grease and tallow ranges in the
fifty degree area. When blending biodiesel manufactured from any
feed stock it is equally important to access the best base stock
(relating to cold properties) with your biodiesel.
Q: How much sulfur is in biodiesel?
A: Virtually none.
Q: Are there specifications for biodiesel
that can be compared against diesel fuel specifications?
A: Yes, compare ASTM D 6751 (biodiesel B100
specification) with ASTM D 975 (generic diesel fuel specification).
You can find a biodiesel typical specification by clicking the
biodiesel basic icon found on the bottom of either the Ask Ben
website or NBB website.
Q: What has been done to keep biodiesel
blends flowing in the cold weather months?
A: Whereas fuel additives are not effective in
neat biodiesel our outreach and communication efforts have included
recommendation on adhering to appropriate storage, blending and
distribution efforts. These recommendation include keeping the
biodiesel heated to a minimum of ten degrees above the posted cloud
point of the biodiesel while ensuring that the diesel fuel which it
is blended is both additized and blended with kerosene to meet the
expected low temperatures of the specific market which the product
is being handled and sold.
Q: Have any oil burner manufacturers
certified biodiesel for use in their products?
A: At this time no oil burner, boiler or fuel pump
manufacturer has approved biodiesel for use in home or commercial
oil applications. However with several years of field and laboratory
studies well documented the National Oilheat Research Alliance
organization has continued to embrace an inclusion of 5% biodiesel
as a blend stock into number two heating oil. The inclusion of
biodiesel in heating oil has no drawbacks relating to combustion
however in storage higher percentages of biodiesel has a similar
drawback such as expeditious cleaning of dirty oil tanks,
sedimentation formation from copper lines which are common
throughout the heating oil industry and seal compatibility in the
oil burner sealing compounds. At this time the National Biodiesel
Board is working closely with NORA, burner, boiler and pump
companies to arrest each of their concerns enabling safe usage of
biodiesel as a heating oil blending stock.
Q: What if any additives can I add to
biodiesel to keep it from gelling this winter?
A: Conventional fuel additives you have become
dependent on just don’t perform with B100. My recommendation for
attaining winter operability success with biodiesel is to start with
the absolute best winterized generic fuel with an additive and
kerosene if necessary in conjunction with your biodiesel. Just
remember a 20% blend of soy biodiesel will impair the blend by only
2-7 degrees Fahrenheit, so work, with the base stock and you will
avoid any operational problems. One other note is keep your systems
free of water, both bottom water and entrained. As you might be
aware water freezes at 32F so you may have great diesel fuel cold
flow properties and the fuel still could cause issues if your water
is not controlled.
Q: What is the minimum and maximum flash
point of B20?
A: The definition of flash point is the lowest
temperature at which the application of the ignition source causes
the vapors above the liquid to ignite. Biodiesel flash point can be
close to 300F but has been as low as 260F. Diesel fuel on the other
hand is rated to be 140F. To determine the actual flash point for
B20 you would have to average the blends accordingly or better yet,
have the sample professionally tested once blended to determine or
validate your calculations. Any ASTM testing laboratory can perform
flash point testing.
Q: What is the truth about seals…does
everything need to be Viton?
A: B100 will have a negative impact on Buna and
Nitrile seals however Teflon and Viton are more suitable for higher
to neat blends. If you plan on using biodiesel at 20% or under you
most likely will have negligible headaches with sealing compounds. I
would suggest that you click biodiesel basics at www.biodiesel.org
for a complete listing of recommended elastomer.
Q: Can you tell me the problems with B100
and yellow metals? Are there any modifications someone can make in
order to run it in your home heating oil system?
A: Use of tanks or lines made of brass, bronze, copper, lead,
tin or zinc may cause high sediment formation and promotes filter
clogging and is not recommended with B100 or for that matter generic
heating oil as well. This is why additive companies are including
metal deactivators in premium heating oil packages to tie up the
yellow metals so as not to accelerate corrosive act ivies within the
storage tanks which the fuel is stored. Blends of 5% up to 20% are
less of an issue but this is one area that NBB is working on to
evaluate the impact of yellow metals with biodiesel. Unless you are
prepared to pretty much change your oil lines from copper to
stainless, your fuel pump seals to Viton or Teflon I would suggest
sticking with B5 as a minimum to a max of 20% biodiesel. There is a
comprehensive overview of heating oil and biodiesel at
www.biodiesel.org for your
review.
Q: I have heard that biodiesel has 300
percent more lubricity than petroleum diesel. Is this true and if so
where can I get information sources to back it up?
A: Biodiesel is a well known lubricity enhancer. Go to
www.biodiesel.org and type in
lubricity and you will be recipients of reams of data on the
subject. Small amounts of biodiesel as low as 2% can increase a
fuels lubricity up to 65%. It is being positioned as a future
lubricity additive for the new ultra low sulfur diesel heading our
way in 2006. If you have any further questions
please visit:
www.nbb.org/askben/ |
