Renewable hydrocarbon biofuels are hydrocarbons produced by hydrotreating and also via gasification and a range of other biochemical, pyrolysis and thermochemical methods from biomass-derived sources. These are becoming a larger proportion of the diesel fuel used on the market as government environmental policies move and adapt.
It’s an unavoidable topic, requiring discussion and active planning so as to avoid the upcoming problems to be solved. We can say the major issues are already solved and these solutions are proven using our technology with it treating at a molecular level of the hydrocarbon chain destroying the bacteria’s DNA reducing its size and cleaving the water molecules back to separate hydrogen and oxygen molecules.
For a many year’s people have used waste chip oil to fuel smaller engines. This has now grown to a level where the fuel industry is offering diesel biodiesel blends or straight biodiesel, these fuels are used in transport, infrastructure, power generation and mining operations at locations around the world.
The reason for growth has been the move away from crude oils for a multitude of reasons, environment, geopolitics, and basic human desires to invent alternatives.
Crude oil derived diesel properties are very close to fatty acid composition and biodiesel solutions within boundaries required.
One of the characteristics of biodiesels is its ability to absorb moisture at a greater rate (15 to 20% higher) than petroleum-based diesel at normal storage temperatures of 4C to 35C. This results in expensive and unavoidable issues for many commercial operations.
A key issue is the higher than acceptable water content for modern engines resulting in microbial growth within storage, transport and handling equipment.
It has been proven that a mixture of Petro diesel and biodiesels can lower the absorption of moisture. However PFMBlue’s technology has returned B30 palm oil derived biodiesel to “fit for purpose“condition within limits of modern engine design, then maintained it at this high standard in tropical humid conditions.
Tests were carried out in association with Clean Green Fuel Treatment Systems, who have utilised PFMBlue units to provide solutions in mining, power generation and transport sectors, and solutions for bulk storage facilities of 7 million litres a day are under development.