Browsing by Author/Contributor "Schumacher, Leon G."

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  • Bio fuels go oink [abstract] 

    Bishop, Bruce; Schumacher, Leon G. (University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2007)
    Poster will show the effects of adding pork fat and ethanol to #2 diesel. Different concentrations were added and the results were recorded from several different tests. The blends were compared against B99, and #2 diesels ...

  • Biodiesel fuel (1993) 

    Frisby, James; Schumacher, Leon G. (University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1993)
    "The use of vegetable oil in compression-ignition engines is not new. Rudolph Diesel, who is credited with invention of the engine, first used peanut oil as fuel. However, the petroleum-based based fuel we now call "diesel ...

  • Effects of temperature on biodiesel supplemented with pork and beef fat compared to standard fuels [abstract] 

    Bishop, Bruce; Schumacher, Leon G. (University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2008)
    Bio based blends were prepared with pork and beef fat, as well as ethanol on a volume per volume basis. These percentages were determined using previous research. Blends were then tested on temperature characteristics set ...

  • Teacher preparation impacts in regard to physiological stress of preservice educators within agricultural mechanics project construction 

    Reed, Jeffery J. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
    The purpose of this study was to identify how the differences in teacher preparation impact the physiological stress teachers and teaching quality students experience within the agricultural mechanics laboratory setting, ...

  • Using Biodiesel as a Lubricity Additive for Petroleum Diesel Fuel 

    Schumacher, Leon G.; Adams, Brian T., 1971- (2009-04)
    Professor Schumacher discussed aspects of lubricity in fuels, including a project to determine the concentration of biodiesel that will raise the lubricity of the new low sulfur diesel fuel.