Bio Diesel

July 2004

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NREL/SR-510-36244

Biodiesel Production Technology
August 2002–January 2004

J. Van Gerpen, B. Shanks, and R. Pruszko
Iowa State University

D. Clements
Renewable Products Development Laboratory

G. Knothe
USDA/NCAUR

National Renewable Energy Laboratory
1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, Colorado 80401-3393 303-275-3000 • www.nrel.gov Operated for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by Midwest Research Institute • Battelle Contract No. DE-AC36-99-GO10337

July 2004

•

NREL/SR-510-36244

Biodiesel Production Technology
August 2002–January 2004

J. Van Gerpen, B.Shanks, and R. Pruszko
Iowa State University

D. Clements
Renewable Products Development Laboratory

G. Knothe
USDA/NCAUR

NREL Technical Monitor: K. Shaine Tyson
Prepared under Subcontract No. ACO-2-35016-01

National Renewable Energy Laboratory
1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, Colorado 80401-3393 303-275-3000 • www.nrel.gov Operated for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by Midwest Research Institute • Battelle Contract No. DE-AC36-99-GO10337

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