SG Biofuels, Brookhaven National Lab, NYSERDA partner for jatropha testing

Biofuels Digest
April 20, 2010 Jim Lane

In California, SG Biofuels announced a strategic partnership with Brookhaven National Laboratory to accelerate the analysis and testing of oil produced by its Latin American Jatropha plantations.

In the project, jatropha will be blended with residual oil combusted in a commercial boiler that has been used by Brookhaven National Laboratory to test other biofuel blends over the past few years. During the tests, measurements of gases and particulates in the stack will be made to evaluate the differences made by the blending.

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