Present Situation of Biodiesel Technology and Development

If we trace the history of biodiesel, we would find that the concept of biodiesel first comes up by Rudolf Diesel, he designed the first engine that runs on vegetable oil with the purpose of attracting the farmers. Now this technology has become more mature after decades of research and experiment by engineers, it is until recent years that this technology is able to be used instead of diesel.

Biodiesel is a form of biomass energy, the main component is being transformed from the animal oil or vegetable oil, it can be intergraded with diesel in any proportion and has similar structure and function is with diesel.

As a renewable bio-energy, biodiesel production does not influence the environment; less exhaust gas during the process of burning, if it is vastly used, the dependence on oil would be reduced. Now the increase of biodiesel usage is the largest in Europe (the birth place of biodiesel), USA is the second, the other countries are China, Japan, Brazil, Korea, etc. Presently there are two kinds of ways to produce biodiesel: chemical way and physical way. There is great potential and meaning of biodiesel becoming a alternative fuel of diesel, Chinese government has been offering financial support and policy support to bio-energy industry for many years, AGICO provide biodiesel machines and technical support to china mainland and overseas.