Characterization of beef tallow biodiesel and their mixtures with soybean biodiesel and mineral diesel fuel |
| |
Authors: | Leonardo SG Teixeira Marcelo B Couto Giancarlos S Souza Miguel Andrade Filho Júlio CR Assis Paulo RB Guimarães Luiz AM Pontes Selmo Q Almeida Josanaide SR Teixeira |
| |
Affiliation: | 1. Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Campus Universitário de Ondina, 40.170-280, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil;2. INCT de Energia e Ambiente, Universidade Federal da Bahia, 40.170-280, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil;3. Departamento de Engenharia e Arquitetura, Universidade Salvador – UNIFACS, Av. Cardeal da Silva 132, 40.220-141, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil;4. Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnológica da Bahia – IFBAHIA, Rua Emídio de Morais S/N, 40.625-650, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
| |
Abstract: | Tallow is a raw material for biodiesel production that, due to their highly centralized generation in slaughter/processing facilities and historically low prices, may have energy, environmental, and economic advantages that could be exploited. However beef tallow biodiesel have unfavorable properties due the presence of high concentration of saturated fatty esters. One way to overcome these inconveniences is using blending procedures. In this way, blends of beef tallow biodiesel with soybean biodiesel and with conventional mineral diesel fuel were prepared and the quality of the mixtures was monitored with the purpose to study ideal proportions of the fuels. By measurement of the viscosity, density, cold filter plugging point, and flash point, it was demonstrated that tallow biodiesel can be blended with both mineral diesel and soybean biodiesel to improve the characteristics of the blend fuels, over that of the tallow. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录! |
|