Rapeseed and safflower oils as diesel fuels

Conference · Fri Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:140207

Peterson, C L ^[1]; Haines, H ^[2]; Chase, C ^[3]

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1. Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID (United States)
2. Montana Bioenergy Programs, Helena, MT (United States)
3. Alaska Regional Bioenergy Program, Seattle, WA (United States)

During the past decade the US has become increasingly dependent upon imported oil to meet our energy demands. Nearly 50 percent of our US consumption of petroleum is imported. Research has shown that agricultural crops can be used to reduce this dependence. Vegetable oil as an alternative fuel has been under study at the Univ. of Idaho since 1979. Since then the Idaho research team has pioneered the use of rapeseed oil as a diesel fuel substitute. Idaho`s interdisciplinary team includes plant breeding, plant modification, process development and scale-up, engine testing, and economics. Researchers in Montana have studied safflower oil as a potential diesel fuel replacement since 1983. This project, aimed for use of safflower oil in railroad engines, involves genetics, agronomics, economics and contract engine testing.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
• OSTI ID: 140207
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP--200-5768-Vol.2; CONF-9308106--Vol.2; ON: DE94000435
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
BIOMASS PLANTATIONS
DIESEL ENGINES
DIESEL FUELS
ECONOMICS
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
GENETICS
LIQUID FUELS
LOCOMOTIVES
PETROLEUM
PLANT BREEDING
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
TESTING
VEGETABLE OILS