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	View Edit Domain: BioEnergy Title: * Body: The search for new raw materials for making biodiesel fuel has led scientists to an unlikely farm product — butter. <br /> <br /> In a new study in ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, they report that butter could be used as an eco-friendly feedstock, or raw material, for making diesel fuel.<br /> <br /> Michael Haas and colleagues cite rising global demand for biodiesel, and the desire to expand the feedstock base, as motivating factors for their research. The United States alone has committed to producing 36 billion gallons of biofuel by 2022, a major increase from the current annual production level of about 11 billion gallons. Most of that was ethanol. Biodiesel production, now approaching 1 billion gallons annually in the U.S., is also slated to increase. As researchers seek additional and affordable feedstocks for biodiesel production, these scientists turned to butter, one billion pounds of which are produced annually. Could surplus, spoiled, or nonfood-grade butter be used to make biodiesel at competitive prices?<br /> <br /> In an effort to find out, the scientists recovered the fat from a quarter-ton of butter and converted it into the fatty acid esters that constitute biodiesel. They found that the resulting material met all but one of the official test standards for biodiesel. The study concluded that with further purification or by blending with biodiesel from other feedstocks butter biodiesel could add to the supply of biobased fuel for diesel engines.<br /> <br /> <strong>ARTICLE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong> <br /> "Butter as a Feedstock for Biodiesel Production"<br /> <br /> <strong>DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT ARTICLE<br /> </strong> <a href="http://pubs.acs.org/stoken/presspac/presspac/full/10.1021/jf1003754">http://pubs.acs.org/stoken/presspac/presspac/full/10.1021/jf1003754</a><br /> <br /> <strong> CONTACT:</strong><br /> Michael Haas, Ph.D.<br /> Fats, Oils and Animal Coproducts Research Unit<br /> Eastern Regional Research Center<br /> Agricultural Research Service<br /> U.S. Department of Agriculture<br /> Wyndmoor, Penn. 19038<br /> Phone: 215-233-6459<br /> Fax: 215-233-6795<br /> Email: <a href="mailto:Michael.haas@ars.usda.gov">Michael.haas@ars.usda.gov</a> Captcha: Please Enter Code : * Time Zone: * Select the time zone Vocabularies Newsletter: Domain: Show summary in full view Input format Filtered HTML Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. Full HTML Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. news_filter Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. More information about formatting options			Related Articles Estimating Ethanol Yields from CRP Croplands Renewable energy effort redefining waste Fiberight cellulosic ethanol project lands $25M USDA loan gu... Piedmont Biofuels Founder Recognized with National Award Mansfield, Noble merge ethanol marketing divisions Nucleic Acids Research Journal Publishes Sapphire Energy Pee... POET Ramps Up Production of Corn Oil for Biodiesel Iowa Biodiesel Interests Plan Radio Ads for Basketball ADM to close ND ethanol plant Research plans to be outlined Top BioEnergy Articles

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