The effect of additives on the oxidation stability of biodiesel |
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| Authors: | Abdullah Engin Özçelik Mustafa Acaroğlu Nalan Akgün |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Selcuk University, Technology Faculty, Automotive Engineering Department, Konya, Turkey;2. Bursa Technical University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Architecture and Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Bursa, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | In the present study, it was aimed to examine the degradation of biodiesel and the changes that occur in the cold flow characteristics of biodiesel obtained from safflower oil as a result of the modification of the production process steps that leads to a state in which the process is not realized completely despite the addition of antioxidant additives that stabilize the cold flow characteristics of the fuel and the effects of the modification of the production process steps on fuel characteristics. The study is focused on the modification of the production process. Some samples showed very rapid decomposition in the first 3 hours but the rest took nearly 3 days to reach 200 microsiemens. But then the derivative this value due to the rate of oxidation 0.04 h showed. |
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| Keywords: | Antioxidant additives biodiesel oxidation stability rancimat safflower oil |
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