US firms develop bio-fuel from animal by-products
17/04/2007
US energy company ConocoPhillips and the world's largest processor of chicken, beef, and pork Tyson Foods, Inc. have formed a strategic alliance to produce renewable diesel fuel from beef, pork and poultry by-product fats in order to help to supplement the traditional petroleum-based diesel fuel supply.
Having worked on the project over the last year, the companies have been developing ways to leverage Tyson’s knowledge in protein chemistry and production with ConocoPhillips’ processing and marketing expertise to introduce a renewable diesel to the
Using a proprietary thermal depolymerisation production technology, developed at ConocoPhillips, the animal fats will be processed with hydrocarbon feedstocks to produce diesel fuel. The addition of animal fat is also said to improve the fuel’s ignition properties, while the processing step improves its storage stability and handling characteristics.
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