Abstract
Low temperature fluidity and oxidation stability are important indicators for the measurement of the performance of biodiesel, which are currently two major issues in association with the use of biodiesel on diesel engines. In the current work, actors affecting the low temperature fluidity and oxidation stability of biodiesel, such as adding reagents, changing the blending ratio, were studied separately. Then, the influencing factors were comprehensively analyzed to simultaneously improve the low temperature fluidity and oxidation stability of biodiesel through adjusting the proportion of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs). The results show that the cold fluidity improver (CFI) exerts the greatest influence on the biodiesel blending oil B10. When the CFI is added to 0.6%, the cold filter plugging point (CFPP) of B10 is reduced to a minimum of −17 °C. Additionally, blending ratio also has a great influence on the CFPP of biodiesel blended fuel. When the amount of biodiesel added is 5%, the CFPP of biodiesel blended fuel is equivalent to the CFPP of 0 petrol diesel (0PD). When the amount of biodiesel added exceeds 50%, the oxidation induction time (OIT) of biodiesel with different blending ratios can be made greater than 6 h by adding butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) with a ratio of 0.1%. The CFPP and OIT of the blended fuel increase with the increasing of PME addition ratio. When the blending ratio of palm oil methyl ester (PME) and rapeseed oil methyl ester (RME) is R60P40, the CFPP is 0 °C, and the OIT is 5.9 h.
Highlights
IntroductionWith the rapid development of the economy, the economic development based on petrochemical energy is increasingly constrained by the petrochemical resources shortage and environmental pollution
Wu M.X. [15] and other scholars believed that biodiesel fatty acid methyl ester composition is one of the factors which can affect its low temperature fluidity
The low temperature fluidity of biodiesel deteriorates with the increasing of saturated fatty acid methyl ester content and carbon chain length
Summary
With the rapid development of the economy, the economic development based on petrochemical energy is increasingly constrained by the petrochemical resources shortage and environmental pollution. [15] and other scholars believed that biodiesel fatty acid methyl ester composition is one of the factors which can affect its low temperature fluidity. The low temperature fluidity of biodiesel deteriorates with the increasing of saturated fatty acid methyl ester content and carbon chain length. It is considered that for some high-pour point biodiesel, the effect of improving the low temperature flow performance through oil blending is more effective in comparison with adding petrochemical diesel pour point depressant. Ten kinds of biodiesel fatty acid methyl esters were selected to study the influence of their composition on the coupling relationship between low temperature fluidity and oxidation stability of biodiesel, as well as to explore how to simultaneously improve the low temperature fluidity and oxidation stability of biodiesel
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