INVESTIGATIONS OF CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS

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CORE EXPERTISE

ELEVEN QUESTIONS

SERVICES

       I- INVESTIGATIVE

           FUEL

           PLASTICS 

         OILS AND FAT

           WATER/AIR

           CORROSION

           EMULSIONS

  SEPARATION SCIENCE

           RESEARCH

     II- ANALYSIS TECH

     III- CONTRACT TESTING

           BIODIESEL 

           GLYCERIN 

           B100  FEEDSTOCK   

           FATS AND OILS

  IV-ENVIROSCIENCE

          WATER CHEMISTRY

          ODORS/AROMA 

         PROCESSES

PROJECTS

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BIODIESEL FEEDSTOCK QUALITY TESTING LABORATORY

Vegetable, algal or microbial oils, and animal fats, are feedstocks for a variety of commercial products, including the fatty acid methyl esters of biodiesel.  The properties of those products depend on the bulk composition of the feedstock oil or fat, and impurities derived from the process of isolating the oil and fat, and the origin, the particular animal, plant, microbe, or waste source.  Also, environmental factors or previous uses can wreak havoc on purity and oil quality.   R.W. Heiden Associates tests a variety of materials and substances that contain vegetable oils and animal fats or are derived from them.    We can assist you in determining quality, product stability, and suitability as a feedstock for manufacturing biodiesel.    Less expensive oil feedstocks, such as used vegetable oils, are sometimes sufficiently altered that the biodiesel product fails to meet ASTM D 6751 despite additional processing and considerable expense.  

Are you using vegetable oils and fats in your processes, as a fuel for diesel vehicles, as a feedstock for higher end chemicals or biodiesel, or as an additive or ingredient in food or feed formulations ?   

Are you developing new strains of microbes, algae or plants that make their own unique fatty acid profile, or have special cellular apparatus for increasing oil yield ?   Are you cultivating algae or developing processing capability to harvest algal oils ?   

If the answer to any of those questions is yes or maybe, we can help meet the most demanding project requirements.   We use a variety of AOCS, ASTM, and specially developed test methods to meet your needs, AND assess the quality of the feedstock.

Among the types of oils  and tests we perform  are the following:

Biodiesel Feedstock (click here for more info on B100 and biodiesel blends testing)

Edible Oils

Microbial Oil  (e.g. oil from algae)

Industrial Oils and fats

Seed Oil

Oxidation Stability

Additive Stabilization

Oxidative Condition

Particulate Characterization

Process Filter Debris

Hydrolytic Stability

Microbial Degradation

Authentication

Fatty Acid Distribution

Corrosion Investigations

Failure Analysis

Off-Road Vehicle Diesel Fuels

If you have an interest in these or other related topics just give us a call or contact us.