Aquafuel launches technology to enable biodiesel by-product, glycerol, to power diesel generators

In England, Aquafuel Research announced that it has made its technology commercially available that uses biodiesel by-product crude glycerol in standard diesel-engined combined heat and power (CHP) generators.  The technology will enable biodiesel producers to generate their own electricity and heat from glycerol, a byproduct of the biodiesel trans-esterization process. The new process, by burning clean-combusting glycerol in the power generator as a replacement for diesel, reduces CO2 and other greenhouse gases and  pollutants. Aquafeul Systems and Greenergy cooperated on the project, which will reduce costs and improves the carbon footprint for biodiesel operations.

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