1979年7月9日,在美国密西根大学里举行了第九届国际农业工程会议。约有200名各国代表出席了这次会议。日本代表三重大学农学部教授竹田策三在大会上做了题为“有关日本发展代替燃料的研究”的报告,其内容分为以下五项:1.农用柴油机应用植物油的试验研究;2.乳化燃料的研究; On July 9, 1979, the Ninth International Conference on Agricultural Engineering was held at the University of Michigan in the United States. About 200 delegates attended the meeting. Japan’s representative Professor at Mitsuo University Faculty of Science and Technology Takeda made three at the General Assembly entitled “Japan’s development of alternative fuels,” the report, which is divided into the following five: 1. Experimental study of agricultural diesel engine oil; 2. Emulsification Fuel research;