Informal energy and price analysis: B99.9 versus #2 heating oil.
The following analysis was performed on Saturday, April 28, 2007
on a Buderas G115 boiler which had just been professionally cleaned and serviced.

April 28, 2007 retail prices:

B99.9 = $3.20/gallon
#2 heating oil, petroleum = $2.39/gallon.

It would be wrong to presume that B99.9 is more expensive to run in your boiler. It would be correct to deduce that, given the energy
content of B99.9, you are paying the same amount of money per unit of energy, while also reducing the
stack emissions of your boiler by 75% for SO2. Also, let's not forget that B99.9 is entirely biodegradeable,
non-toxic and is water soluble. Oh, and it's renewable.

Mad about the current war on terrorism? Consider the following:

• 1 gallon of Made-In-The-USA B99.9 contains more energy than 1 gallon #2 heating oil
• After little to no adjustment, B99.9 burns appropriately in a Buderas G115 boiler.
• For this scenario, the adjustment requiredreducing the oil jet diameter and increasing the fuel pressure from 150psi to 175psi..
• Before and after emissions testing shows that B99.9 emits 13ppm SO2 and 13ppm CO2 with a net stack temperature of 400F, compared with #2 heating oil which emits 113ppm SO2 and 13ppm CO2 at a net stack temperature of 300F...
• representing a 75% reduction in SO2 emissions.
• Soot analysis shows that B99.9 emits soot (on a scale from 1 - 10) between 0 and 1, and #2 heating oil emits soot at around 2. I believe this to be a non-logarithmic scale.
• The final efficiency analysis shows that at the adjusted settings, B99.9 will burn .75 gallons per hour versus one (1) gallon per hour for #2 heating oil.
• Biodiesel has a very high lubricity. 15ppm sulfur fuels appear to be less slippery than 500ppm sulfur fuels. Now that all petro fuels are required to be low sulfur, lubricity is suffering. Biodiesel has an amazing lubricity that keeps your automobile, truck, equipment or boiler running smoothly and quieter.