vwrobert51
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Ok Guys I Need Help On This, Dose Any One Out Their Have Any Infomation On Health Hazards From Biodiesel Exhaust Fumes? Please Straight Info , Not Hearsay.
http://www.biodiesel.org/pdf_files/fuelfactsheets/emissions.pdfvwrobert51 said:Ok Guys I Need Help On This, Dose Any One Out Their Have Any Infomation On Health Hazards From Biodiesel Exhaust Fumes? Please Straight Info , Not Hearsay.
LOL! That's cold, man...chuckle...heheLug_Nut said:...p.s. What have "beige", "beetle" and "restored" in common that you won't capitalize those words?
Mutagenicity is a measure of the likelihood of the overall emission profile to cause mutation (and potentially cancerous mutation), so looking at the rated mutagenicity of the emissions is the best overall measure for how carcinogenic the emissions are (and yes, to a certain extent, essentially anything you burn can yield carcinogenic emissions - either from incomplete combustion or from the affect of the heat on the air). The EPA testing found that B100 reduced the overall mutagenicity of the emissions compared to diesel by roughly 90% (see the link I gave previously).Audi5000TDI said:I wouldn't want to breath either biodiesel or D2 fumes, period. High temperature combustion causes all kinds of carcenogenics, from burnt oil, to burnt meat to burnt fat or yellow grease. None of it is good for you.
Most emissions comparisons have been made with LSD, but there have been some comparing biodiesel to ULSD - I think mostly EUropean studies. ULSD does of course burn much cleaner than LSD, but in the studies I recall seeing, Biodiesel had a slight edge (although not nearly as much as when compared to LSD). I think biodiesel.org has some of those reports archived on their website.That said, I'd be very much interested in a comparison between ULSD and biodiesel to see the components of elements and carcenogins, now that ULSD is mandated this year.
What's the Biodiesel Council? Do you mean the NBB? They paid for the Tier I and II H&S testing, but it was done by an independent company (to meet the EPA's requirements). There have been many studies done by university research groups though that have replicated the results.I'd like to see something not formulated or funded by the Biodiesel Council nor US oil for the results.
Primarily because there's not really any reason to do more emissions testing, as it's been pretty well established what the emissions profile is with biodiesel. The government won't fund emissions studies of biodiesel anymore, since they view it as a sufficiently studied area.All the info I find is based on 6 to 10 year old data.
True. Still, don't expect to see much in the way of new studies, since the government won't fund them anymore, and companies don't see any reason to pay for it anymore, since it's considered sufficiently studied.ULSD should change the exhaust results, as well as higher pressure injector nozzles providing a more complete burn.