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Properties of fatty acid glycerol formal ester (FAGE) for use as a component in blends for diesel engines

Journal

BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
Volume 76, Issue -, Pages 130-140

Publisher

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.03.008

Keywords

Glycerol; Biofuel; Biodiesel; Thermochemical properties; Cold flow properties

Funding

  1. Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Research project Waste Origin Liquid Fuels, WOLF) [ENE2013-48602-C3-1-R]
  2. European Union [El7593]
  3. Spanish CDTI

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The worldwide explosion of biodiesel fuels -FAME- over the last decade has caused an excess of glycerol (a by-product of biodiesel production) in the market, and its consequent price drop hinders the viability of biodiesel plants. The efforts made for assuring biodiesel sustainability and eliminating the impact on global food market and environment will not change this reality: new solutions for glycerol are needed if the present and future glycerol stock is to be managed. This manuscript describes an innovative chemical process that uses waste oils and glycerol as reagents and yields esters of glycerol formal -FAGE-, to be used as a blending component in diesel fuels. The reaction could be integrated in conventional biodiesel plants for a combined FAME/FAGE product. The properties of two FAGE derived from cooking oil and animal fats and their blends with conventional diesel fuel were evaluated. The viscosity (higher than 10 mm(2) s(-1) at 40 degrees C) and the poor Cold Filter Plugging Point- CFPP (around 15 degrees C) of pure FAGE makes blending with diesel fuel necessary for automotive applications. Blends up to 20% volume fraction of FAGE exhibited viscosity and CFPP within current legislative limits, while their improved derived cetane number, the adiabatic flame temperature of FAGE, close to that of FAME, and the high oxygen content, anticipate a positive NOx-particulate trade-off in diesel engines. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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