Yeong, Siew Ping; Chan, Yen San; Law, Ming Chiat; Ling, Jordy Kim Ung published the artcile< Improving cold flow properties of palm fatty acid distillate biodiesel through vacuum distillation>, Category: esters-buliding-blocks, the main research area is palm fatty acid distillate biodiesel vacuum distillation flow property.
Palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD), a byproduct of refining process of crude palm oil can be used as a potential feedstock for biodiesel production However, the application of palm oil-based biodiesel is often hinder by its poor cold flow properties (CFP). Biodiesel fuel with poor CFP may crystallize and result in clogging of fuel lines, filters and injectors that cause engine operability problems. For that, a vacuum distillation method was designed and its feasibility and efficiency in improving the CFP was examined A total of 13.60wt% of total saturated fatty acid Me esters were successfully removed from the PFAD biodiesel, resulting in the improvement of the cloud point (CP), cold filter plugging point (CFPP) and pour point (PP) of PFAD biodiesel from 20掳C, 19掳C, and 15掳C to 13掳C, 11掳C, and 9掳C, resp. It is remarkable that the improved CFPP satisfied the requirements for grade C summer biodiesel for temperate climates in EN 14212 standard Addnl., Sarin (UFAME) empirical correlation was evaluated and it was found to have a good prediction of CFP for PFAD biodiesel, with lower than 2掳C deviation.
Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts published new progress about Biodiesel fuel. 112-63-0 belongs to class esters-buliding-blocks, and the molecular formula is C19H34O2, Category: esters-buliding-blocks.
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