WI Company Pioneers Hand-Held Biodiesel Analyzer

from Paradigm Sensors (press release):

December 18, 2007--( Milwaukee, Wisconsin)--Paradigm Sensors’ CEO, Robert Young, announced today that they will be launching their proprietary handheld biodiesel analyzer that tests in the field for total glycerin, acid number, blend percent, and methanol at the 2008 National Biodiesel Conference & Expo. Young says: "Our handheld provides a means to overcome a market barrier to alternative fuels: Poor quality biofuels that clog up engines."

Paradigm’s i-Spec™ Q-100 handheld analyzer tests the quality as well as the blend percent of the biodiesel to help assure that the biodiesel blend being used is in spec. “Our analyzer’s Impedance Spectroscopy (IS) technology correlates well with standard reference methods,” says Dr. Charles Koehler, a full-time engineer with Paradigm Sensors. “Our research indicates that our handheld analyzer will be the only field instrument to be able to measure methanol and blend percent in minutes and it is the only handheld analyzer that can test for total glycerin, acid number, blend percent, and methanol within minutes with readings that are consistent and reliable.”

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