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Current Virginia Clean Cities Biodiesel Events |
The South Centre Corridors RC&D and Virginia Clean Cities Present...
Biodiesel Seminar
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Location: 6450 Administration Drive, Prince George, VA 23875
Meeting held in 2nd floor conference room of the Prince George Human Services Building
Register by Thursday, May 1st - Instructions below
Agenda
Target Audience: petroleum marketers, fuel regulators & fleet managers
9:00 - 9:15: Welcome and Introductions
Patrick Vincent - South Centre Corridors RC&D
9:15 - 9:45: Biodiesel 101: Covers the basics of biodiesel
Dennis Sulick - Virginia Biodiesel Refinery
9:45 - 10:30: Biodiesel Handling and Use: Successfully transitioning to biodiesel, basic properties and blending considerations for biodiesel, blending techniques, cold weather considerations, storing biodiesel blends, fuel quality assurance, biodiesel tax credit and funding opportunities
Al Christopher - Virginia Clean Cities
10:30 - 10:45: Break
10:45 - 11:30: Case Studies
Biodiesel Use in Gloucester School Bus Fleet, Roger Kelly, GC
Biodiesel Use in James City County Fleet, Buddy Stewart, JCC
Biodiesel Production at Prince George High School, Randy Bullock, PGHS
11:30 - 12:00: Q & A
12:00 noon: Boxed lunch - Stay for lunch and participate in discussion and Q & A
Event cost is $10 - payment accepted at the door (cash, check, money order only)
To register, send an email to Patrick Vincent at patrick.vincent@va.usda.gov with "biodiesel seminar" in the subject line by Thursday, May 1st, or call (804) 732-4375. Send the following information in the email.
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Past Virginia Clean Cities Biodiesel Events |
Virginia Clean Cities won a competitive grant award from the National Biodiesel Foundation to host biodiesel fuel quality seminars to advance education on biodiesel quality issues. The target audience for these events, which have now concluded, included petroleum marketers, fleet managers, federal and state enforcement professionals and others.
The agenda included the following topics:
Biodiesel Preparedness: adding biodiesel to your product line, preparing for the transition to biodiesel, fuel sampling techniques, how to prepare customers for a biodiesel transition.
Fuel Management and Housekeeping: Basic properties and blending considerations for biodiesel, blending techniques, cold weather considerations, storing biodiesel blends, fuel quality assurance, biodiesel tax credit and funding opportunities.
ASTM & Quality Assurance: It's not biodiesel unless it meets the ASTM standard. This session explores what the standard means, why it is vitally important to biodiesel's future, what it means to producers, distributors and users and how quality control programs ensure ASTM standards are met.
Seminars were held in Poquoson, Chesterfield, Fairfax, and Roanoke in 2007. Download materials from each seminar below. |
Seminar Materials - Presentations |
Seminar Materials - Supporting Resources |
National Biodiesel Board ResourcesThe NBB has a webpage on their site dedicated to fuel quality. Visit, http://www.nbb.org/resources/fuelqualityguide/, to check it out. The biodiesel fuel quality assurance video show at the seminars is located on this site. The NBB BQ9000 Program discussed at the seminar has it's own site: http://www.bq-9000.org/. |
Seminar Materials - Virginia Clean Cities Supporting Documents |
The following resources were developed as part of the Biodiesel Retail Infrastructure and Marquee Fleets Project funded by the State Energy Division.
Use the Biodiesel Best Practices Guide to familiarize yourself with how to prepare for the transition to biodiesel, blending practices, cold weather handling, quality control and standards, and the administrative to-do's for biodiesel distributors, marketers, and retailers.
The quick guide resources are a good quick and simple overview of handling, blending and distributing biodiesel. These were developed with biodiesel distributors and marketers in mind, and are good resources to provide drivers and handlers with. |
| The following quick guides are PowerPoint files, and are sized as 4" x 8.5" pages. These files are meant for printing on thick cardstock. Each quick guide is 2 pages, for double-sided printing. |
Roanoke Fuel Quality Seminar
When: Friday, November 2, 2007
Where: Special Events Center at the Roanoke Civic Center, Roanoke, Virginia (http://www.roanokeciviccenter.com/). This seminar is a special seminar of the Green Living and Energy Expo hosted by AECP (http://www.aecp.org/Expo/overview.shtml). Admission is free for the Expo, and we encourage you to attend.
Agenda
Target audience: biodiesel producers, petroleum marketers, fuel regulators, & fleet managers
12:30 – 12:45
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Welcome & Introduction to Biodiesel Production in Virginia
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Allen French, Chesapeake Custom Chemical
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12:45 – 1:00
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New Fuel Impacts: As we transition to a variety of new fuels that are developed to deliver positive economic, human health, environmental and national security impacts, there are some potential issues that once understood, can be minimized.
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Ed Kitchen, Fuel Management Services, Inc.
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1:00 – 1:30
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Biodiesel Preparedness: adding biodiesel to your product line, preparing for the transition to biodiesel, fuel sampling techniques, how to prepare customers for the transition to biodiesel
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Chad Freckmann,
Blue Ridge Clean Fuels
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1:30 – 2:00
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Fuel Management and Housekeeping: basic properties and blending considerations for biodiesel, blending techniques, cold weather considerations, storing biodiesel blends, fuel quality assurance, biodiesel tax credit and funding opportunities.
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Al Christopher, Virginia Clean Cities
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2:00 – 2:15
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BREAK
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2:15 – 2:45
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ASTM & Quality Control: There are many quality control programs that can be used to produce and maintain ASTM specified fuel. We will discuss some of these programs.
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Chelsea Jenkins, Virginia Clean Cities
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2:45 – 3:00
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Q & A
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Northern Virginia Fuel Quality Seminar
When: Monday, October 22, 2007
(Register by Wednesday, October 17th to reserve lunch)
Where: Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, VA 22030. Conference Room 2/3 on the main entrance floor of the Government Center.
Lunch will be provided -- MUST register by Wed, Oct 17th to reserve lunch.
Agenda
Target audience: biodiesel producers, petroleum marketers, fuel regulators, & fleet managers
12:30 – 1:00
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LUNCH
Welcome & Introduction to Biodiesel
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Dave DuVal, Fairfax County Denny Sulick, VA Biodiesel Refinery
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1:00 – 1:30
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Biodiesel Preparedness: adding biodiesel to your product line, preparing for the transition to biodiesel, fuel sampling techniques, how to prepare customers for the transition to biodiesel
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Chad Freckmann,
Blue Ridge Clean Fuels
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1:30 – 2:00
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Fuel Management and Housekeeping: basic properties and blending considerations for biodiesel, blending techniques, cold weather considerations, storing biodiesel blends, fuel quality assurance, biodiesel tax credit and funding opportunities
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Al Christopher, Virginia Clean Cities
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2:00 – 2:15
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BREAK
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2:15 – 2:30
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ASTM & Quality Control: There are many quality control programs that can be used to produce and maintain ASTM specified fuel. We will discuss some of these programs
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Chelsea Jenkins, Virginia Clean Cities
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2:30 – 3:00
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Q & A
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Poquoson Fuel Quality Seminar
Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Where: the Poquoson City Council Chambers, Poquoson City Hall, 500 City Hall Avenue, Poquoson, Virginia
Agenda:
9:00 – 9:30
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Welcome & Introduction to Biodiesel Production in Virginia
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Dennis Sulick, Virginia Biodiesel Refinery
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9:30 – 10:15
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Biodiesel Preparedness: adding biodiesel to your product line, preparing for the transition to biodiesel, fuel sampling techniques, how to prepare customers for the transition to biodiesel
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Chelsea Jenkins,
Virginia Clean Cities
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10:15 – 11:00
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Fuel Management and Housekeeping: basic properties and blending considerations for biodiesel, blending techniques, cold weather considerations, storing biodiesel blends, fuel quality assurance, biodiesel tax credit and funding opportunities.
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Al Christopher, Virginia Clean Cities
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11:00 – 11:15
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BREAK
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11:15 – 11:30
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ASTM & Quality Control: There are many quality control programs that can be used to produce and maintain ASTM specified fuel. We will discuss some of these programs.
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Chelsea Jenkins, Virginia Clean Cities
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11:30 – 12:00
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Q & A
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Chesterfield County Fuel Quality Seminar
When: Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Where: Chesterfield County Fleet Management Training Room (in the Heavy Vehicle Maintenance Facility) located at 9700 Lori Lane, Chesterfield, VA 23832 (see directions below)
Agenda:
9:00 – 9:30
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Welcome & Introduction to Biodiesel Production in Virginia
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Rob Caudle, RECO Biodiesel, LLC
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9:30 – 10:15
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Biodiesel Preparedness: adding biodiesel to your product line, preparing for the transition to biodiesel, fuel sampling techniques, how to prepare customers for the transition to biodiesel
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Chad Freckmann,
RECO Biodiesel, LLC
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10:15 – 11:00
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Fuel Management and Housekeeping: basic properties and blending considerations for biodiesel, blending techniques, cold weather considerations, storing biodiesel blends, fuel quality assurance, biodiesel tax credit and funding opportunities.
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Al Christopher, Virginia Clean Cities
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11:00 – 11:15
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BREAK
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11:15 – 11:30
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ASTM & Quality Control: There are many quality control programs that can be used to produce and maintain ASTM specified fuel. We will discuss some of these programs.
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Chelsea Jenkins, Virginia Clean Cities
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11:30 – 12:00
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Q & A
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