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FUEL
Volume 85, Issue 7-8, Pages 1004-1009Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2005.10.024
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biodiesel; density; temperature
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In order to obtain the densities of biodiesel fuels at temperatures up to 300 degrees C, a capacitance type liquid level meter was designed to measure the increase in volume of 50 ml of three commercial biodiesel fuels over the temperature range of 20-300 degrees C. Densities were measured for methyl esters of canola and soy and ethyl esters of fish-oil. The frequency output from the meter was linear with temperature and liquid level. Frequencies were recorded in kHz to within three decimal places and had sensitivities of 0.040 kHz/degrees C and -2.740 kHz/cm for temperature and submergence depth, respectively. Derived densities were found to be linear with temperature over the measured range. Used in this fashion, the level meter can be considered a precise densitometer with a repeatability of 1%. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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