SULFUR COMPOUNDS IN MIXING DIESEL AND BIODIESEL
The mixing of biodiesel and petroleum diesel is being widely used as an attempt to reduce the emissions of sulfur compounds. These compounds are responsible for pollution, causing several diseases, like some breath problems. Sulfur compounds cause car catalyst poisoning and deactivation of processing, contributing to undesirable emissions of other toxic compounds. The goal of this work was to identify sulfur compounds in diesel and in some biodiesel mixtures of different sources. Gas chromatography system coupled with FID (flame ionization detector) was the methodology initially employed, for adjustment of the operational conditions, since FID is a low selectivity detector capable of identifying sulfur compounds and the majority of hydrocarbons. After that, a selective detector for sulfur compounds was employed (SCD - sulfur chemiluminescence detector). The results showed that sulfur compounds decreased proportionally with the addition of biodiesel.