"Petroleum diesel" refers to a type of fuel that is made from crude oil, which is found deep underground. It is commonly used to power vehicles, like cars and trucks.
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The company's diesel fuel works in today's engines and matches the performance
of petroleum diesel.
In contrast,
petroleum diesel releases roughly 85 percent of its greenhouse gas emissions during combustion in a vehicle's engine, the final use stage.
Different feedstocks produce biodiesel with distinct qualities that must be considered when blending biodiesel
with petroleum diesel for use in transportation.
«As little as 20 percent biodiesel in
petroleum diesel fuel will reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent,» Wiedemann says.
«We are thus able to adjust our biodiesel to the applicable standards
for petroleum diesel,» Gooßen adds.
Virgin Atlantic airline announced that early this year it will conduct the first flight test of a biodiesel —
petroleum diesel blend in one of the four engines of a 747 aircraft; Air New Zealand is planning a similar test flight on a Rolls Royce engine in one of its 747s later in the year.
Willson predicts his company's algae fuel (and its coproducts, which are to be sold for animal feed) will be cost - competitive with
petroleum diesel within five years.
We use 99 % clean - burning biodiesel instead of dirty,
smelly petroleum diesel in our brand new John Deere engines.
The answer is equivocal:
petroleum diesel comes out ahead in five categories; biodiesel comes out ahead in the other five.»
«The emissions of palm oil based biofuels substantially exceed the emissions from
conventional petroleum diesel,» added Jeremy Martin, Senior Scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Compared to
petroleum diesel fuel, which is refined from crude oil, biodiesel combustion produces fewer air pollutants such as particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrocarbons, and air toxics.
Nitrogen oxide emissions from burning a gallon of biodiesel may be slightly higher than emissions from burning a gallon
of petroleum diesel.
This article used quotes an information from «
Petroleum diesel vs biodiesel», a news release from the Society of Chemical Industry, and pesonal correspondence with the authors.
Researchers from Kaiserslautern, Bochum, and Rostock have developed a method for producing
a petroleum diesel - like fuel from conventional biodiesel at low temperatures.
Biodiesel contains no petroleum, but can be blended at any level with
petroleum diesel to create a biodiesel blend.
Biodiesel may worsen global warming relative to
petroleum diesel (4/23/2007) Biodiesel made from rapeseed could increase rather than reduce greenhouse emissions compared to conventional diesel fuels, reports a new study published in the journal Chemistry & Industry.
Overall the study found that biodiesel and
petroleum diesel have similar environmental impact.
Overall the researchers found that
petroleum diesel and rapeseed biodiesel, presently the main biofuel used across Europe, have a similar environmental impact.
«If the land used to grow rapeseed was instead used to grow trees,
petroleum diesel would emit only a third of the CO2 equivalent emissions as biodiesel,» stated a release from the Society of Chemical Industry, publisher of Chemistry & Industry.
They add biodiesel to
petroleum diesel fuel to make biodiesel fuel.
Burning the fuel produces no sulfur, less carbon monoxide, and fewer nitrogen oxides, particulates, and other emissions, compared with
petroleum diesel.