RING-BOUND BOOK: This is a great collection of documents and publications from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) with detailed information about biodiesel, its handling and use, and business management plans for producers. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCERS (2004) ? "The material contained in this book is intended to provide the reader with information about biodiesel in four basic areas: 1) Biodiesel and the liquid fuels industry 2) Biodiesel business start-up issues 3) Legal and regulatory issues 4) Operational concerns. Biodiesel is an alternative fuel for diesel engines that is receiving great attention around the world. Although it attracts the most attention because it is renewable, it can be used either pure or in blends with diesel fuel in unmodified diesel engines, and it reduces some exhaust pollutants. What is biodiesel? Biodiesel is defined as the mono-alkyl esters of fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats. In simple terms, biodiesel is the product you get when a vegetable oil or animal fat is chemically reacted with an alcohol to produce a new compound that is known as a fatty acid alkyl ester. BIODIESEL HANDLING AND USE GUIDELINES "This document is a guide for those who blend, distribute, and use biodiesel and biodiesel blends. It is intended to help fleets and individual users, blenders, distributors, and those involved in related activities understand procedures for handling and using biodiesel fuels. We hope it will be a useful tool, both when planning biodiesel use and as an ongoing resource. Biodiesel is a renewable fuel manufactured from vegetable oils, animal fats, and recycled cooking oils. Biodiesel offers many advantages: It is renewable; It is energy efficient.; It displaces petroleum derived diesel fuel; It can be used in most diesel equipment with no or only minor modifications; It can reduce global warming gas emissions; It can reduce tailpipe emissions, including air toxics; It is nontoxic, biodegradable, and suitable for sensitive environments."

CD-ROM - This up-to-date and comprehensive electronic book on CD-ROM presents an enormous library of federal government documents and publications covering all aspects of biodiesel fuel and related biofuels. This great collection of important documents, reports, and publications from the federal government includes extensive material from the databanks of every relevant federal agency, including: * Department of Energy (DOE) * DOE Biomass Document Database * National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) * U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) National Programs; Bioenergy and Energy ? annual reports, plans, program summaries, project information; Alternatives; Biobased Industrial Products * Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) bio-based product research.

In all, the CD-ROM in this set has over 24,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Apple Macintosh systems. Reader software is included on the CD.