From what I can gather, this Permaflow cold weather biodiesel is an additonal process added to the production of biodiesel and claims to prevent B100 from gelling all the way down to -67F for less 10 cents a gallon. Anyone heard of this? Seems too good to be true…

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http://www.greencarcongress.co...cold-weather-te.html This is a good link

That is a good link, at the bottom of the page you can download a PDF and on page 16 it shows a little diagram of the process: http://www.purdue.edu/dp/energ...007%20symposiuim.pdf

it likely is too good to be true and some petroleum lobby will likely buy up the patent for millions and it will never come to market

I'm surprised this isn't getting more attention. It seems to solve a BIG problem with biodiesel.

I have found a good deal of information on the process. It seems that it is actually pretty darn easy and uses commonly available materials. You can even reuse the Urea over and over to separate the saturated and unsaturated biodiesel molecules. You can then re-blend to the temp range you need, as -60F is a little extreme for most.

Nothing is said about anybody having made any actual fuel with this process, it's often a long, long way from theory to finished product.

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Originally posted by fabricator:
Nothing is said about anybody having made any actual fuel with this process, it's often a long, long way from theory to finished product.

Well, actually a lot was said last winter when they did tests with the Permaflow fuel in Fairbanks Alaska. Do a Google search on those keywords to learn more. This is a proven product.