BioFuels in the News

Schroeder Industries hires new BioFuels and Process Product Manager
May 2010
Leetsdale, PA - Schroeder Industries, a recognized leader in filtration and fluid conditioning products, welcomes Edward Naugle as the new BioFuels and Process Product Manager.....more

Schroeder Industries hires new BioFuels and Process Product Manager
October 2009
Leetsdale, PA - Schroeder Industries, a recognized leader in filtration and fluid conditioning products, welcomes David Henry as the new BioFuels and Process Product Manager. David will report directlly to Michael Lamers, National Sales and Marketing Manager of Schroeder Industries, and work out of the Leetsdale, PA office. David will be responsible for promoting and developing the BioFuels and Process product lines......more.

ColdClear mentioned in BioDiesel Magazine
October 2009
......."R3 energy uses Schroeder Biofuels', ColdClear filtration technology to remove sterol glucosides and other impurities that can drop out of fuel suspension in cold weather. ColdClear works by removing certain contaminants "that create higher than normal likelihood of surface crystallization" on filters, which can cause break downs. The system is designed to be a single pass three-stage bank of filters and absorbers that sequentially remove those compounds likely to cause filter plugging. Click here to read the entire article.

Schroeder BioFuels Launches Two New ColdClear Sizes
July 2009
Leetsdale, PA - Schroeder BioFuels, a recognized leader in filtration and separations products for the biodiesel industry, is pleased to announce the release of two new product sizes for ColdClear, the first multistage treatment system for solving the cold soak dilemma in biodiesel and biodiesel blends. After some great success with the 5gpm, BCC100 ColdClear unit, Schroeder recognized the need for a 15 gpm unit, BCC300, and a 45 gpm unit, BCC900.....more

Region sees beginning of widespread energy boom
July 2009 I Tribune-Review

On a smaller scale, a Leetsdale-based company last month launched a filtration system for biofuels blenders that's designed to prevent the common problem of surface crystallization, and meet new production standards.

"I've seen more places in the U.S. that have more biofuels companies, " said Jonathan Dugan of Schroeder Biofuels, founded two years ago as part of industrial filter maker Schroeder Industries, which dates to 1946. "There's a big undercurrent of it beginning to emerge."

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Schroeder launches ColdClear Filtration System
June 2009 I BioDiesel Magazine
Every biodiesel producer and distributor must pass the ASTM cold soak filtration test after Oct. 1, 2009. Because many biodiesel fuel samples have failed cold soak filtration since its introduction into the fuel quality parameters, Schroeder Industries of Leetsdale, Penn., began to research the problems and develop a solution....more

Schroeder BioFuels Lanches ColdClear
May 2009
Leetsdale, PA - Schroeder BioFuels, a recognized leader in filtration and fluid conditioning products, is pleased to announce the release of ColdClear, the first multistage treatment system for solving the cold soak dilemma in biodiesel and biodiesel blends.
ColdClear is a new proprietary multi-stage separation technology designed specifically to ensure that biodiesel products conform to the new ASTM D6751 Standard for cold flow properties. ColdClear technology developed by Schroeder BioFuels is a multistage filtration/adsorpotion system that ensures that any potential factors that would initiate crystallization or plugging are dramatically reduced. ColdClear is effective for B100 and a range of biodiesel blends meaning that producers, distributors, or even fleet consumers of biodiesel blends can use it...more

Schroeder BioFuels Announces New Pricing and New Applications for Eco2Pure Media

Leetsdale, PA – Schroeder Biofuels, a recognized leader in filtration and fluid conditioning products, is pleased to announce new biodiesel applications and new pricing for Eco₂Pure, a second generation biodiesel dry washmedia, which provides the
lowest cost per gallon, highest performing purification method on the market.

In addition to being a stand alone purification solution, the media can also work in tandem with current Ion Exchange Systems at production facilities where high soap levels are causing the FFA level to increase in the final product. “Surprisingly, this seems to be a more common issue in the biodiesel world than we initially realized,” commented Jonathan Dugan, Product Manager for Schroeder Biofuels, “though we are confident in the eco2pure media as a stand alone product, we are happy to see that the product can assist other technologies in performing better”. In this application, eco2pure is used as a “pretreatment” step to drop the level of soap in the fuel before passing it through the ion exchange media. “Some of our end users are finding a four-fold increase in their resin life,” said Dugan, “which dramatically lowers the overall cost of production, so everyone wins”.

Schroeder is also announcing that it is offering new pricing for the eco2pure media. “With the excitement over the product at the National Biodiesel Show and the new applications with ion exchange, we changed our strategy internally to get some significant cost savings, which we are passing on to the end user” said Michael Lamers, Schroeder Industries’ National Sales Manager. “Our target end user price was to be less than $7 per kilogram for the smallest user, and we are happy to say that we exceeded our expectations.” Effective February 17^th, the single bag price for the media will be $96.01 for 15 kilograms, which amount to less than $6.50 per kilogram. Click here to access the Eco2pure price list.

The media still can be purchased in single 15Kg bags, pallets, or 20 and 40 ft shipping containers, which gives the BioFuels producers many convenient purchasing options, depending on purification needs. Lab tests and customer results show that each kilogram of Eco2Pure is effective at purifying 131-184 gallons of crude biodiesel and assists in the attainment of ASTM and EN quality.

Eco₂Pure media can be purchased from any of Schroeder Biofuels’ highly qualified distributors. To find a local or preferred distributor of Eco₂Pure media, please visit http://www.schroederbiofuels.com/dsign.php.

FEATURED ARTICLE : Pennsylvania Passes Biofuels-Friendly Budget
July 2008 | BioDiesel Magazine
Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell signed the state’s 2008-'09 budget into law on July 4, ushering in new incentives for biodiesel and cellulosic ethanol producers.
The Biofuel Development and In-State Production Incentive Act includes a mandate that gradually increases the amount of biodiesel to be blended into all diesel sold in Pennsylvania, beginning with a B2 requirement that goes into effect one year after the in-state production volume tops 40 MMgy. The requirement increases to 20 percent biodiesel one year after 400 MMgy is produced in-state ... more

Cleaner and Clearer
January 2008 | BioDiesel Magazine
Quality is the name of the game in biodiesel these days. Filter-clogging impurities made headlines in 2006 and biodiesel producers don’t need adverse press in an economically demanding era. ... more

Buyer Beware: What Blend of Biodiesel is in Your Tank?
May 2008 | BioDiesel Magazine
Small-scale fuel retailers are often inaccurately advertising biodiesel blends, a recent study ... more

Will Biodiesel Tax Credit Be Extended?
May 2008 | BioDiesel Magazine
The National Biodiesel Board’s legislative team is working to extend the biodiesel excise tax ... more

Airline Industry Advances Use of Biofuels
May 2008 | BioDiesel Magazine
On Feb. 24, a Boeing 747 jumbo jet flew from London to Amsterdam, burning a mix of 20 percent biofuel containing ... more

Dry Wash Approach to Biodiesel Purification
November 2007 | BioDiesel Magazine
As global warming moves onto the domestic and international agendas, and the U.S. government pursues its "Twenty in Ten" initiative... more

Congress sends bill raising fuel efficiency standards to Bush
December 2007 | CNN Politics
Congress by a wide margin approved the first increase in automobile fuel economy in 32 years Tuesday, and... more

House Sends Energy Bill to President Bush; New Renewable Fuel Standard
December 2007 | Green Car Congress
By a 314 to 100 vote, the US House of Representatives passed the energy bill (H.R.6) that had come back from... more

Algae on the Edge
March 2007 | BioDiesel Magazine
It was a sunny summer day in Fort Collins, Colo., and a group of students were busily laying 70-foot-long plastic... more

An algae-based fuel
May 2005 | Green Fuel Online
In the context of climactic changes and of soaring prices for a barrel of petroleum, biofuels are now being presented... more