Improvement of fuel properties of biodiesel with bioadditive ethyl levulinate

Unlu D., Boz N., İLGEN O., HİLMİOĞLU N.

OPEN CHEMISTRY, cilt.16, sa.1, ss.647-652, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1515/chem-2018-0070
  • Dergi Adı: OPEN CHEMISTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.647-652
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Biodiesel, Cold flow improver, Ethyl levulinate, Fuel bioadditive, Renewable energy, SULFONIC-ACID GROUPS, CATALYTIC MEMBRANE, VEGETABLE-OILS, DIESEL-ENGINE, FATTY-ACIDS, ESTERIFICATION, FEEDSTOCKS, BIOFUELS, ESTERS, BLEND
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Biodiesel has poor cold flow properties due to their high saturated fatty acid content. Ethyl levulinate is used as bio-based cold flow improver additive in biodiesel. In this work, both ethyl levulinate and biodiesel were synthesized in the laboratory. Ethyl levulinate was added to the biodiesel at different rates, i.e, 5, 10, 15, 20 (vol %). The effect of ethyl levulinate addition on density, kinematic viscosity, acid value, cloud point and pour point was determined and compared to the EN 14214 and ASTM D6751 specification. Consequently, ethyl levulinate appears acceptable as a cold flow improver for biodiesel fuel.