▁as ▁trans ester ification ) ▁of ▁veget able ▁o ils ▁using ▁eth an ol ▁( and ▁mentions ▁m eth an ol ) ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁separate ▁the ▁fat ty ▁ac ids ▁from ▁the ▁g ly cer ol ▁by ▁replacing ▁the ▁g ly cer ol ▁with ▁short ▁linear ▁alco h ols . ▁This ▁appears ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁first ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁what ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁" b iod ies el " ▁today . ▁This ▁is ▁similar ▁( copy ) ▁to ▁the ▁pat ented ▁methods ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁to ▁make ▁lamp - o il , ▁and ▁may ▁be ▁inspired ▁by ▁some ▁old ▁historical ▁oil ▁l amps , ▁in ▁some ▁places . ▁ ▁More ▁recently , ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁Brazil ian ▁scient ist ▁Ex ped ito ▁Par ente ▁invent ed ▁and ▁submitted ▁for ▁pat ent , ▁the ▁first ▁industrial ▁process ▁for ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁b iod ies el . ▁This ▁process ▁is ▁class ified ▁as ▁b iod ies el ▁by ▁international ▁norm s , ▁confer ring ▁a ▁" standard ized ▁identity ▁and ▁quality . ▁No ▁other ▁proposed ▁bio f uel ▁has ▁been ▁valid ated ▁by ▁the ▁motor ▁industry ." ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Par ente ' s ▁company ▁T ec bio ▁is ▁working ▁with ▁Bo eing ▁and ▁NASA ▁to ▁cert ify ▁bio quer os ene ▁( bio - ker os ene ), ▁another ▁product ▁produced ▁and ▁pat ented ▁by ▁the ▁Brazil ian ▁scient ist . ▁ ▁Research ▁into ▁the ▁use ▁of