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BTC PTEC Biodiesel Workshop

BTC PTEC Biodiesel Workshop. August, 2006. Workshop Schedule. August 7 8 – 9 Introduction to Biodiesel (history, current situation, future) – Speaker: Tom Carleson 9 – 10 Chemical background and preparation of biodiesel fuel from feedstocks – Speaker: Tom Carleson

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BTC PTEC Biodiesel Workshop

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  1. BTC PTEC Biodiesel Workshop August, 2006

  2. Workshop Schedule August 7 • 8 – 9 Introduction to Biodiesel (history, current situation, future) – Speaker: Tom Carleson • 9 – 10 Chemical background and preparation of biodiesel fuel from feedstocks – Speaker: Tom Carleson • 10:15 – 11:30 Feed stock types and measurement of feed stock and biodiesel physical properties – Speaker: Tom Carleson • 1 – 2 Use of biodiesel in diesel engines – Speaker: Jeff Curtis • 2 – 3 Processes for making biodiesel - Speaker: L. Davis Clements • 3:30 – 4:30 Government incentives and economics of biodiesel production - Speaker: L. Davis Clements August 8 • 8 – 9 Feedstock and biodiesel quality – Speaker: Tom Carleson • 9 – 10 Making your own biodiesel (obtaining feedstock, sources of information) – Speaker: Paul Davis • 10:15 – 11:30 Making your own biodiesel (equipment, distribution, local sources, problems) – Speaker: Paul Davis • 1 – 2 Tour of BTC biodiesel pilot plant (Building T) – Tour guide: Satpal Sidhu • 2 – 4: Lab experiments (Haskell Chem Lab): making biodiesel from different feedstocks – Facilitator: Tom Carleson and Andrea Oleah • 4 – 4:30 Workshop wrapup

  3. In the classroom with Dave Clements

  4. Dean Sidhu explaining the BTC Biodiesel pilot unit

  5. Paul Davis explaining his biodiesel pilot unit

  6. Tour of the BTC Biodiesel Pilot Plant

  7. In the lab

  8. Measuring free fatty acids

  9. Making biodiesel

  10. See, that wasn’t so hard

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