Biodiesel
Credit: 7 PDH Hours
Course Fee: $84.00
56 pages
How it Work!
- Register first and log into your account. Study and take the quiz for FREE until passed.
- After passing the quiz, follow the page, pay for the course and print your certificate.
Course Summary:
This course provides a basic overview of biodiesel and also a guide for those who blend, store, distribute, and use biodiesel and biodiesel blends. It provides basic information on the proper and safe use of biodiesel and biodiesel blends in compression-ignition engines and boilers, and it is intended to help fleets, individual users, blenders, distributors, and those involved in related activities understand procedures for handling and using biodiesel fuels. Biodiesel is manufactured from plant oils, animal fats, and recycled cooking oils.
Learning Objective:
- Introduction
- Biodiesel Basics
- What is Biodiesel?
- Benefits of Biodiesel Use
- Other Biodiesel Attributes
- Biodiesel (B100)
- B100 Quality Specification
- Variation in Biodiesel Properties
- Energy Content
- Low Temperature Properties
- Cetane Number
- Transport and Storage
- Use of B100 and High Blend Levels
- Biodiesel Blends
- Specifications
- Low Temperature Properties
- Lubricity
- Blending, Storage and Transport
- BQ-9000 Program for Supply Chain Management
- Engine Warranties
- Taxes and Incentives
- Off Road Diesel
- Safety, Healthy and Environmental Issues
- Signs, Labels, and Stickers
- Fire Safety and Considerations
Review the quiz before studying the course.
Course Content
Course Author: U.S. Department of Commerce
Certificate of completion of the course
This course comes with a multiple-choice quiz. You can view the quiz and take the quiz if you are logged in your account. You can take the quiz for this online PDH course as many times until passed. The passing grade is 70% and above. After you pass the quiz simply follow the page, to pay for the course and print your certificate instantly. A copy of the certificate and receipt for this course will always be in your account.
This online PDH course can also be used as a continuing education course for the following.