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Article: New biodiesel blend specifications approved
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- International News on Fats, Oils and Related Materials : INFORM
- Article date:
- August 1, 2008
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In mid-June the ASTM International D02 Main Committee voted to approve a trio of long-awaited ASTM specifications for biodiesel blends. This vote was the culmination of five years of extensive research and subsequent balloting by ASTM fuel experts in the blended fuel balloting process.
Three key sets of biodiesel specifications should significantly increase automaker support of expanding consumer demand for biodiesel:
* Changes to the existing B100 (100% biodiesel, 0% petrodiesel) biodiesel blend stock specification ...