The Effect of Biodiesel Composition on Characteristics of Blended Summer Diesel Fuel

Key Engineering Materials. Vol.850: Materials Science and Applied Chemistry III: Selected peer-reviewed papers from 60th International Scientific Conference of Riga Technical University (RTU). Section of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry (MSAC 2019). 2020
Valdis Kampars, Rūta Kampare, Anastasija Naumova

The blends of varying proportions of biodiesel fuel (FATA) containing fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), triacetin (TA) and several intermediates were synthesised accordingly to Latvian patent LV 15373, and summer diesel fuel was prepared, analysed, and compared with “Viada Baltija” diesel fuel. The selected fuel properties (viscosity, density, carbon residue, and cold flow properties) were tested according to LVS-EN 14214 standard. The results indicated that the prepared biodiesel fuel has a good potential in using as a renewable diesel engine fuel additive, obtained by simultaneous conversion of glycerol to TA. Blends containing 5 wt% to 25 wt% of FATA in summer diesel yielded the properties closely matching those of summer diesel.

Keywords
Biodiesel; Blend; FAME; Summer diesel; Triacetin
DOI
10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.850.133
Hyperlink
https://www.scientific.net/KEM.850.133

Kampars, V., Kampare, R., Naumova, A. The Effect of Biodiesel Composition on Characteristics of Blended Summer Diesel Fuel. Key Engineering Materials, 2020, Vol. 850, pp.285-290. ISSN 1013-9826. e-ISSN 1662-9795. Available from: doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.850.133

Publication language
English (en)