Description

The alternative fuels and solvents lab is primarily for graduate and faculty research, and is used as needed for undergraduate student projects. Research conducted here focuses primarily on the development of alternative fuel and solvent replacements that are more environmentally friendly than their traditional counterparts.

Projects

The lab has facilities for differential and gravimetric thermal analysis studies of vapor pressure, boiling points, and specific heat measurements. Viscosity, density, and other standard fuel and solvent properties may be determined in the lab.

Current projects are focused on the development of biodiesel fuels from renewable farm-grown oils. This includes recycling waste farm-grown oils as an environmentally friendly diesel fuel. Solvent properties of renewable oils are being investigated in a search for substitutes for commercial solvents.

Contact Info

John Goodrum
jgoodrum@engr.uga.edu
706 542-0867

The University of Georgia Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering.
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