The manufacture and use of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME), has implications for the environment.
The manufacture and use of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME), has implications for the environment. Bio diesel is the name of a clean burning alternative fuel, produced from domestic, renewable resources. Bio diesel contains no petroleum, but it can be blended at any level with petroleum diesel to create a bio diesel blend. It can be used in compression-ignition (diesel) engines with little or no modifications. Bio diesel is simple to use, biodegradable, non-toxic, and essentially free of sulphur and aromatics. Bio diesel is made through a chemical process called transesterification whereby the glycerine is separated from the fat or vegetable oil. The process leaves behind two products -- methyl esters (the chemical name for bio diesel) and glycerine (a valuable by-product usually sold to be used in soaps and other products). Fuel-grade bio diesel must be produced to strict industry specifications (ASTM D6751) in order to insure proper performance. Bio diesel is the only alternative fuel to have fully completed the health effects testing requirements of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments.
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