What is Biodiesel?

Refers to diesel fuel based on vegetable oil or animal fat consisting of fatty acid esters, alkyl esters (methyl, ethyl or propyl) of long chain carboxylic acids. It is a renewable and biodegradable, usually obtained from the chemical reaction of lipids, oils or fats of animal origin (eg, tallow) or vegetable, with an alcohol in the presence of a catalyst (reaction known as transesterification). It can also be obtained by the processes of cracking and esterification.

Biodiesel is made to be used in standard diesel engines, and therefore distinct from waste vegetable oils and used to fuel diesel engines converted and fully or partially replace diesel oil in automotive diesel cycle engines (trucks, tractors, vans , automobiles, etc.) or stationary (generators of electricity, heat, etc.). Can be used pure or blended with diesel in various proportions. Biodiesel can be used alone or blended with petroleum diesel (diesel fuel derived from petroleum).

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