Engineering
5 years ago

Adding Biodiesel to Diesel Fuel Improves Physical Properties, But Not in Cold Weather.

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The Physical Properties of Biodiesel-Diesel Fuel Produced via Transesterification Process from Different Oil Sources
Rauf Foroutan, Hossein Esmaeili, Seyyed Mojtaba Mousavi, Seyyed Alireza Hashemi, Golan Yeganeh

Paper Summary

Biodiesel made from different oils like goat fat and palm kernel oil can improve some fuel properties when mixed with diesel. The physical properties like density, viscosity, and flash point get better with biodiesel added. But the pour point and cloud point can get worse with more biodiesel, making it less usable in cold weather. Mixing biodiesel with diesel can enhance fuel properties overall.

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