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Iowa’s first-ever B99 biodiesel pump open for business
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A fuel retailer in Iowa has opened the state’s first B99 biodiesel pump.
Dave Walton with the Iowa Soybean Association says the arrival of a B99 pump at Pilot’s Des Moines Travel Center in Urbandale is a major milestone in clean fuels innovation.
“It’s the lowest carbon fuel that’s out there as far as heavy-duty equipment,” Walton said.
According to ISA, PepsiCo plans to fuel its Des Moines-based distribution fleet at the new B99 pump, using advanced engine systems from Optimus Technologies.
Eric Fobes, vice president and head of renewables at Pilot Travel Centers, says he’s hopeful more trucking companies will invest in engine technology capable of operating on B99.
“Heavy-duty trucking is very difficult to abate,” Fobes said. “This is a very unique solution to abate that carbon.”
State Ag Secretary Mike Naig says the new B99 pump reflects future possibilities for renewable biodiesel.
“We can make this high-quality biofuel, but if it doesn’t make it into a fuel tank somewhere and get used then we haven’t really completed the supply chain,” Naig said.
Naig says Iowa was the first state to implement a B30-plus incentive.
INTERVIEW: Dave Walton
INTERVIEW: Eric Fobes
INTERVIEW: Mike Naig
Technology to make quality BIODIESEL at low cost in farms and small business
Argentina,March 2025,-
– CMM Ingenieria SH has updated its SAVOIA BD JET technology to produce high quality biodiesel.
It is worldwide exported since the 2003 year, and uses any vegetable oil as a feedstock: crude (produced by crushing seeds at site),refined one, used cooked oil (UCO)& tallow collected in towns.
The proven pressurized reaction in high temperature (+80°C/+176°F), reaches a conversion oil-to-methylester of 98-99% in a single step (with oils with up to 6% FFA’s). Please note that the CEN14214 std requires +96,5% content only.
The innovative BD2 & BD4 processors are affordable Stainless Steel industrial mixers, producing at low cost, from 400 to 6000 Liter/day (100-1500 GPD) in a succesive batches.
– The separation is by gravity settling or centrifugally forced (option)
– It is not mandatory to “wash” our methylester.
One not skilled operator can manage each module, with DIY installation. No maintenance needed: cleaning only.
The company also offers a BD2-G processor to turn all the crude glycerol in 100% cattle feed, and the innovative BD4-MGW system to manufacture reusable Biomethanol & Glycols from the crude glycerol.
This biodiesel fuel is widely used in diesel engines (Scania, Deutz, Valtra, Case, New Holand:all them allow to use B100) and may also be turned into an ecologic coadjuvant, to reduce the qty of poisonous agrochemicals deployed in farms.
Eng. Carlos Muñoz