July 2008, Government Fleet - Feature

City of Fayetteville Builds A Biodiesel Dispenser

By Cheryl Knight

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On-Site Fueling Saves City Mileage and Crew Time

Fuel pumps in Fayetteville were previously located at the fuel supplier’s site and connected directly to bulk storage tanks. Bragg said the fleet was billed daily for fuel pumped, and the site was approximately three miles from the fleet maintenance facility.

"The distance was causing substantial loss in mileage and crew time," Bragg said.

The fleet operations was looking to discontinue use at the facility and build a new facility at the City’s on-site fleet location. And in June 2007, after several months of an engineering and bidding process, the City of Fayetteville opened its new fuel facility and began pumping a B-20 blend into all diesel-powered equipment, slightly over half of the fleet, amounting to two-thirds of total fuel use.

Due to shipping distance from biodiesel producers, a separate pure biodiesel storage tank was installed, and full tanker loads are purchased from the producers.

The fuel is blended with premium diesel inside a dispenser at a ratio programmed by management. To the City’s knowledge, it operates the first biodiesel dispenser capable of blend-at-the-dispenser in the United States.

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