5th „Biodiesel“ International Conference

Berlin, 13. April, 2011 – The Association Quality Management Biodiesel (AGQM) organizes its fifth international conference on biodiesel in Berlin on 6th and 7th October, 2011. The focus at the conference will be on current aspects of quality assurance, research results of the application in engines (B100 and blends), in addition to current developments and trends in the international markets for biodiesel. For the first time, participants will be informed in detail on the future focus of the application of biodiesel as blending component in heating oil. With this commitment, AGQM underlines the objective of developing the heating oil market as a new high-volume sales market for biodiesel in the future. This was an urgent necessity considering an overcapacity of the order of approximately 10 million tonnes throughout the European Union.

At the beginning of the conference, the general support framework will be explained and the development of sales within the European Union and also major production and export countries, such as Argentina, the United States of America and Brazil, discussed.

Other topics at the conference will be questions of the analysis of quality with particular consideration of by-products (e.g., glycerol) obtained in the production of biodiesel. The effects of other secondary components of biodiesel present at very low concentrations will also be presented because some are suspected to have a negative effect on filtration or the long-term operation of systems for the after-treatment of exhaust gas. Another block of conference topics will look at recent developments in the different applications of biodiesel. Results of research in the use of biodiesel in engines and as biocomponent in heating oil will be discussed.

As far as the combustion of biodiesel in engines is concerned, the results, e.g., of a project for the production of biodiesel-based mixed fuels will be presented and details of the long-term stability of heating oil containing biodiesel discussed. The conference is addressed to biodiesel producers, analytical laboratories, representatives of the mineral oil and automotive industries as well as additive producers and research institutions and associations in this field.

Editorial contact:


Dieter Bockey
AGQM Biodiesel e. V.
Claire-Waldoff-Straße 7
10117 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0)30/31 904-215
e-mail vasb@ntdz-ovbqvrfry.qr