Clean Power (Pvt.) Limited

BIO-DIESEL

- Project with AEDB

- Project with Pakistan
..Railways

Health Effects Testing Program and its Results

In May 2000, Bio-diesel became the only alternative fuel in the country to have successfully completed the EPA’s Tier I and Tier II Health Effects testing under Section 211(b) of the Clean Air Act. The soybean industry invested more than USD 2 million and 4 years into the health effects testing program with the goal of setting Bio-diesel apart from other alternative fuels and increasing consumer confidence in Bio-diesel. The first tier of health effects testing was conducted by Southwest Research Institute and involved a detailed analysis of Bio-diesel emissions. Tier II was conduted by Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, where a 90-day sub-chronic inhalation study of Bio-diesel exhaust with specific health assessments was completed. The Tier I testing conclusively demonstrated Bio-diesel’s significant reductions in most currently regulated emissions as well as most unregulated emissions—especially those associated with cancer and lung disease. Tier II testing demonstrated Bio-diesel’s non-toxic effects on health. The results of the health effects testing are given below:-

•	The overall ozone (smog) forming potential of exhaust emissions from Bio-diesel is 50% less.
•	The exhaust emissions of Sulphur Dioxide and sulphates (major components of acid rain) are totally eliminated.
•	The exhaust emissions of Carbon Monoxide (a poisonous gas which contributes in the localized formation of smog and ozone) from Bio-diesel are 50% lower.
•	The exhaust emissions of particulate matter (contributes to respiratory diseases) from Bio-diesel are 30% lower.
•	The exhaust emissions of hydrocarbons (a contributing factor in the localized formation of smog and ozone) are 95% lower.
•	The exhaust emissions for aromatic compounds known as PAH and NPAH compounds (suspected of causing cancer) are substantially reduced. Most PAH compounds were reduced by 75% to 85%. All NPAH compounds were reduced by at least 90%.

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