Plant Oils as Fuels

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-IX

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2. Introduction The Biodiesel Market Today and its Future Potential

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Biodiesel Market Today and its Future Potential

      • Werner Körbitz

      Pages 3-12

3. Back Matter

   Pages 13-14

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4. Engines for Natural and Modified Plant Oil-Based

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Engines for Natural and Modified Plant Oil-Based Fuels

      • Peter Walzer

      Pages 17-17

   3. The Automotive Industry’s Views of the Standards for Plant Oil-Based Fuels

      • Sven-Oliver Koßmehl, Hartmut Heinrich

      Pages 18-28

   4. Vegetable Oil Fatty Acid Methyl Esters as Alternative Diesel Fuels for Commercial Vehicle Engines

      • Ansgar Schäfer

      Pages 29-46

   5. Diesel Engine Technologies for Raw and Transesterified Plant Oils as Fuels: Desired Future Qualities of the Fuels

      • Onno Syassen

      Pages 47-63

   6. Exhaust Components of Biofuels Under Real World Engine Conditions

      • Theodor Sams

      Pages 64-77

5. Back Matter

   Pages 78-86

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6. Toxicological and Environmental Aspects Related to the Use of Plant Oils as Fuels

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87

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   2. Toxicological and Environmental Aspects Related to the Use of Plant Oils as Fuels

      • Günter Oberdörster

      Pages 89-91

   3. Health Issues Concerning Inhalation of Petroleum Diesel and Biodiesel Exhaust

      • Joe L. Mauderly

      Pages 92-103

   4. Biodiesel Exhaust Emissions and Determination of their Environmental and Health Effects

      • Jürgen Krahl, Jürgen Bünger, Axel Munack

      Pages 104-122

   5. The Mutagenic Potential of Diesel and Biodiesel Exhausts

      • Peter M. Eckl, P. Leikermoser, M. Wörgetter, H. Prankl, F. Wurst

      Pages 123-140

   6. Biodiesel: Effects on Exhaust Constituents

      • Joseph McDonald, Matthew W. Spears

      Pages 141-160

   7. Toxicology and Ecotoxicology of Biodiesel Fuel

      • Wolfgang Rodinger

      Pages 161-180

7. Back Matter

   Pages 181-193

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8. Contribution of Plant Breeding for Making Biodiesel Rapeseed a Realistic Proposition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195

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Among renewable energy resources, Biodiesel fuel made from rapeseed is of special importance in Europe. Economical, technological, ecological and toxicological arguments have been advanced implying that, at present, Biodiesel is at best just a "niche" product that can only compete with traditional fossil diesel fuel because of significant tax incentives. Given the present state of knowledge in these very different areas, the decisive question to be asked is whether the competitiveness, and thus marketability, of Biodiesel can be enhanced by biotechnological manipulations of the rape plant.

• Biodiesel
• Dieselkraftstoff
• biodiesel exhaust
• biofuel
• biofuels
• biotechnology
• fuel
• genetic engineering
• kerosene
• plant biotechnology
• rapeseed

• Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Köln, Germany

  Norbert Martini, Jozef S. Schell

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