History of vegetable oil-based diesel fuels -- Basics of diesel engines and diesel fuels -- Basics of the transesterification reaction -- Alternate feedstocks and technologies for biodiesel production -- Catalysis in biodiesel processing -- Ion exchange resins in biodiesel processing -- Analytical methods for biodiesel -- A sensor for discrimination of fossil diesel fuel, biodiesel, and their blends -- Cetane numbers-heat of combustion-why vegetable oils and their derivatives are suitable as a diesel fuel -- Viscosity of biodiesel -- Cold weather properties and performance of biodiesel -- Oxidative stability of biodiesel -- Biodiesel lubricity and effect of biodiesel on lubricants -- Biodiesel fuels: biodegradability, biological and chemical oxygen demand, and toxicity -- Soybean oil composition for biodiesel -- Impacts of biodiesel fuel on pollutant emissions from diesel engines -- Ultrafine particles from a heavy duty diesel engine running on rapeseed oil methyl ester -- Biodiesel in the United States -- Biodiesel in Germany and the European Union -- Biodiesel in South America -- Biodiesel in Asia -- Biodiesel in Japan -- Environmental implications of biodiesel (life-cycle assessment) -- Potential production of biodiesel in the United States -- Other uses of biodiesel -- Other alternative diesel fuels from vegetable oils and animal fats -- Glycerol technology options for biodiesel industry.