Multi-Purpose Treatment with Cold Flow Improver For Better Cold-Weather Handling of Biodiesel Blends
Biodiesel blends provide outstanding benefits for users through better lubricity, reduced emissions in urban areas, and a contribution to a shift in reduced usage of petroleum-based fuels.
One of the downsides for these fuels is an increased tendency to gel and thicken at temperatures much higher than normal diesel fuel.
Conventional #2 diesel can stay useable at temperatures approaching 0 degrees, which is reasonable for many parts of the United States that may be cold but not "really cold" in the winter.
Biodiesel blends, from B5 up to through B100, start gelling at much higher temperatures - some even approaching 50 degrees F. The exact temperature depends on two things - the percentage of biodiesel "FAME" in the blend (higher percentages gel at higher temperatures) and the base fat that the biodiesel was made from - fats like palm oil gel at much higher temperatures than fat like canola or rapeseed oil.
BIO DEE-ZOL PLUS - Keeping Your Biodiesel Fuels Useable in Cold Weather
BIO DEE-ZOL PLUS solves these problems for most types of biodiesel, with multiple cold flow improvers that keep both the biodiesel FAME and regular diesel base portion of the blends useable and flowing at lower temperatures than untreated biodiesel fuel.
Use of BIO DEE-ZOL PLUS takes cold filter plug point temperatures down an extra 15 degrees, and lower pour point (the temperature at which the fuel remains pourable) down an extra 30 degrees.
BIO DEE-ZOL PLUS also eliminates water and moisture in the biodiesel fuel - a primary cause of accelerated fuel quality degradation.
As always, it is recommended that the biodiesel fuels you use be certified through meeting the ASTM D-6751 specification for biodiesel.