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AGQM creates no-harm test for biodiesel home heating oil stabilizers

Plantations International Information As a result of boosting need for biodiesel-blended home heating oil, the German biodiesel quality management association AGQM revealed it will offer for the initial time a test to evaluate oxidation stabilizers for fatty acid methyl esters (POPULARITY) planned for mixing with home heating oil. AGQM states the advanced tests are implied to eliminate likely dangerous results of the fuel itself as well as undesirable interactions with various other gas parts. "In order to assure the high quality of energies and also POPULARITY, ingredients such as circulation improvers, steel deactivators, odor-covering representatives and stabilizers are made use of," [...]

AGQM to start first glycerol round robin test

Plantations International News For the first time ever, the German biodiesel quality management association AGQM will carry out a round robin test for pharmaceutical glycerol For the first time ever, the German biodiesel quality management association AGQM will carry out a round robin test for pharmaceutical glycerol. Round robin tests are used to check test methods and proper laboratory handling, and according to AGQM they have had a long and successful history. “That is why AGQM has also carried out round robin tests for biodiesel analytics as part of its quality management system since being founded in 1999,” the organization states. [...]