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Tertiary fatty amides as diesel fuel substitutes
Author(s) -
Serdari Aikaterini,
Lois Euripides,
Stournas Stamoulis
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-114x(200004)24:5<455::aid-er602>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - diesel fuel , cetane number , flash point , biodiesel , pour point , cloud point , chemistry , organic chemistry , distillation , freezing point , pulp and paper industry , biofuel , biomass (ecology) , fatty acid , waste management , thermodynamics , engineering , catalysis , aqueous solution , physics , biology , agronomy
This paper presents experimental results regarding the impact of adding different tertiary amides of fatty acids to mineral diesel fuel; an assessment of the behaviour of these compounds as possible diesel fuel extenders is also included. Measurements of cetane number, cold flow properties (cloud point, pour point and CFPP), density, kinematic viscosity, flash point and distillation temperatures are reported, while initial experiments concerning the effects on particulate emissions are also described. Most of the examined tertiary fatty amides esters have very good performance and they can be easily prepared from fatty acids (biomass). Such compounds or their blends could be used as mineral diesel fuel or even fatty acid methylesters (FAME, biodiesel) substitutes or extenders. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.