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German Researchers Find Straight Rapeseed Oil Fuel Increases Mutagenicity of Diesel Engine Emissions
April 13, 2007
A German team of researchers has found that straight rapeseed vegetable oil used as a fuel in diesel engines shows a strong increase in the mutagenicity of emissions compared to a reference diesel fuel and other fuels.
In a study published in Archives of Toxicology, the team compared the mutagenic effects of emissions produced by two different batches of straight rapeseed oil to the emissions produced by rapeseed methyl ester (biodiesel), GTL diesel and a reference diesel fuel.
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V100 Golf Aces EPA Emissions Tests
February 04, 2007
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| Results of the emissions testing. Click to enlarge. Source: AAE. |
A 2002 Volkswagen Golf TDi modified to run on straight canola oil (V100) produced emissions below the EPA standards for the vehicle in recent testing at the National Center for Vehicle Emissions Control and Safety located at Colorado State University (NCVECS).
Albuquerque Alternative Energies (AAE) modified the Golf with a vegetable oil fuel system supplied by PlantDrive and VO Control, consisting of a Hotfox stainless steel heated fuel pickup, Vormax dual stage vegetable oil processing filter, Vegtherm inline electric final fuel heater, and a VO Control Systems VO Controller.
