Crystallization Status of Palm Oil Biodiesel under Low Temperature Environment

2014 ◽  
Vol 1008-1009 ◽  
pp. 116-120
Author(s):  
Ling Ling Cai ◽  
Yin Nan Yuan ◽  
Xiu Chen ◽  
Yong Bin Lai ◽  
Xing Qiao ◽  
...  

The composition of palm methyl ester (PME) was determined and quantified by Gas chromatography-Mass spectrometer (GC-MS). Cold flow properties of PME was studied by means of cold filter plugging point tester and kinematic viscosity tester and the solution crystallization theory, at the same time to observe the crystalline mechanism with low temperature phase contrast microscope. Experimental results showed that PME was mainly composed of saturated fatty acid methyl ester (SFAME) and unsaturated fatty acid methyl ester (UFAME), PME has a poor cold flow properties because of its more SFAME content. Observation results of the microscope showed that, the crystallization of PME at a steady cooling rate was lamellar crystal for rules. With the reduction of temperature, lamellar crystal increased gradually, and aggregated together. The higher the cooling rate was, the smaller the lamellar crystal and the irregular shape was.

2014 ◽  
Vol 881-883 ◽  
pp. 635-640
Author(s):  
Guang Wu ◽  
Jia Hui Shong ◽  
Shen Tao Xu ◽  
Yong Bin Lai ◽  
Xiu Chen ◽  
...  

The chemical compositions of waste cooking methyl ester (WCME) were analyzed by GC-MS, and the cold flow properties of WCME were studied by cold filer plugging point tester and viscosity tester. Through blending with petrodiesel and adding cold flow improver (CFI), the cold flow properties of WCME were improved efficiently. The study shows that WCME was mainly composed of saturated fatty acid methyl ester (SFAME) and unsaturated fatty acid methyl ester (UFAME), and contents of SFAME and UFAME were 27.63 and 71.81 w%, respectively. The cold filer plugging point (CFPP) of WCME was 0 °C, and the viscosity of it was 4.41 mm2·s-1 at 40 °C. Blending with 0 petrodiesel (0PD) and-10 petrodiesel (-10PD) decreased the CFPP of WCME to-4 °C and-13 °C, respectively. Meanwhile with WCME blending ratio increasing the viscosities of blending oils increased at the same temperature, and the viscosities increased gradually when the temperature decreased. Treating with CFI could significantly reduce the CFPP of blending oils which were composed of WCME and petrodiesel. The viscosities of blending oils with adding CFI were slightly higher than those with out CFI.


2013 ◽  
Vol 448-453 ◽  
pp. 3050-3053
Author(s):  
Yong Bin Lai ◽  
Ling Ling Cai ◽  
Yin Nan Yuan ◽  
Xiu Chen ◽  
Xin Qiao ◽  
...  

This paper studies the chemical composition of biodiesel, cold flow properties, and the influence of chemical composition on cold filter plugging point (CFPP) by using GC-MS and CFPP tester according to the theories of crystallization. Using the method of multivariate linear regression to analyze the correlation between chemical composition and CFPP, the prediction model of CFPP which has a very significant linear correlation and is based on chemical composition is built. The study shows that biodiesel is mainly fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) that is composed of 14-24 even number carbon atoms (C14:0~C24:0 , C16:1~C22:1, C18:2~C20:2 and C18:3). The CFPP increases linearly with the increase of the content of SFAME and the longer the carbon chains are, the greater the increase will be; the CFPP decreases linearly with the increase of the content of UFAME. Among the 120 kinds of biodiesel we studied, the CFPP of Chinese tallow methyl ester (CTME) is the lowest (-14 °C) and the CFPP of peanut methyl ester (PNME) is the highest (13 °C).


Fuel ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 351-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Abe ◽  
Hiroyuki Komatsu ◽  
Kazuaki Yamagiwa ◽  
Hideo Tajima

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jr Morris ◽  
Shardo Robert W. ◽  
Higgins James ◽  
Cook Kim ◽  
Tanner Rhonda ◽  
...  

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. e0121697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirk J. Grubbs ◽  
Jarrod J. Scott ◽  
Kevin J. Budsberg ◽  
Harry Read ◽  
Teri C. Balser ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 903 ◽  
pp. 75-80
Author(s):  
Valdis Kampars ◽  
Anastasija Naumova

The blends of varying proportions of biodiesel (FAME) containing formate esters of glycerol and 93.0 wt.% fatty acid methyl esters, obtained in an interesterification reaction with methyl formate without further purification, and winter diesel fuel, were prepared, analyzed and compared with winter diesel fuel. The obtained results showed that blends comprising up to 20 vol.% of FAME fulfill the requirements of the standard LVS EN 590 concerning such characteristics as cold flow properties, viscosity, density, and carbon residue. The increase of FAME content worsens the cold flow properties; however, the mixed fuel with 20 vol.% or lower FAME content, according to the cloud point and cold filter plugging point values, remains in the same severe climate "Class 0" group as winter fuel. The carbon residue of mixed fuels raises with increasing FAME content, but stay low and do not exceed the limits of standard for mixtures with FAME percentage up to 20 vol.%. The comparison of mixed fuels containing 20 vol.% of FAME and the same amount of neat biodiesel (99.6 wt.% of fatty acid methyl esters) shows that the difference is negligible. The obtained results have indicated a good potential of FAME obtained in the interesterification reaction with methyl formate without further purification as a diesel fuel additive for up to 20 vol.%.


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