Additive to boost biofuels

Science Alert - Australia and New Zealand
Monday, 27 October 2008
Flinders University

A biofuel additive developed by Flinders University could significantly boost biofuel use in Australia following the product’s commercialisation by the University’s industry partners, Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), Midfield Group and Food Processing Equipment (FPE).

The additive lowers the temperature at which tallow-based biodiesel solidifies - a problem which causes fuel flow difficulties and has constrained the take-up of biofuels made from the waste products of abattoirs.

Leader of Flinders Materials and Bioenergy Group, Dr Stephen Clarke, said there “is a huge potential market for tallow-based biofuels, with the current consumption of petroleum diesel being around 15 billion litres annually in Australia”.

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