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Biodiesel is a clean, non-toxic and biodegradable fuel. It does not contain aromatic compounds. Furthermore, the sulfur oxides (SOx), carbon monoxide, unburnt hydrocarbons and soot emissions, which result from its combustion in diesel engines, are considerably less. The presence of sulfur in fuels is responsible for the sulfuric oxide (SOx) in exhaust gases, which comprises one of the main pollutants of conventional diesel. In biodiesel, the sulfur content is practically nil. In addition, biodiesel contains significant quantities of oxygen, which renders combustion less incomplete, with the result that the amount of carbon monoxide (CO), unburnt hydrocarbons (HC) and soot (C) in exhaust gases are far less than in conventional diesel.
Apart from that, the combustion of biodiesel does not increase, or only slightly increases, nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions and contributes to the reduction of the greenhouse effect by the equivalent of at least 3.2 kilos of carbon dioxide for each kilo of biodiesel, as the amount of CO2 released during combustion has already been absorbed by photosynthesis from the producing plant.
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