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INSTITUTUL NAÅ¢IONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE - ICECHIM

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1. Bioresurces and biomaterials -PTRANSESTERIFICATION OF VEGETABLE OILS WITH DIFFERENTALCOHOLSPetre CHIPURICI, Adina IONUTA GAVRILAPolitehnica University of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science,Department Bioresources and Polymer Science, 149 Calea VictorieiTransesterification of vegetable oils to obtain alkyl esters of fatty acids is a process knownand extensively studied in recent years 1-3 .Using mixtures of alkyl esters of fatty acids can lead to lower diesel oil addiction and reducegreenhouse emissions 4,5 .This paper presents transesterification of vegetable oils (rapeseed oil, sunflower oil andcooking oil) with methanol or ethanol in the presence of alkaline catalyst. Esters obtainedwere used to obtain blends with diesel in different proportions. Properties of mixtures weredetermined according to SR EN 590.Table 1. The characteristics determined for diesel mixtures – ethyl esters of fatty acidsobtained from rapeseed oil.Characteristics SR EN 590Diesel B5 B7 B15 B25 B100 min maxDensity at 15 0 C, (kg/m 3 ) 836 838.3 839.2 840.5 847.3 881 820 845Viscosity at 40 0 C,(mm 2 /s)3 3.1 3.3 3.5 4.2 4.46 2 4.5Cloud point, ( 0 C) -7 -7 -6 -6 -5 -4 -10Flash point, ( 0 C) 54 55 56 58 72 129 45Most mixtures are within accepted quality requirements of SR EN 590.Rferences1. A. Demirbas, Biofuels: A Realistic Fuel Alternative for Diesel Engines, Springer-Verlag London Limited,ISBN 978-1-84628-994-1, e-ISBN 978-1-84628-995-8, London, 20082. A. P. Vyas , J. L. Verma, N. Subrahmanyam, A review on FAME production processes, Fuel, 89 (2010) 1–9.3. M.Canakci, H. Sanli, Biodiesel production from various feedstocks and their effects on the fuel properties,J.Ind.Microbiol.Biotechnol, 35(2008), 431-441.4. A. Demirbas, Caracterization of Biodiesel Fuels, Energy Sources, PartA: Recovery, Utilization andEnvironmental Effects, 31:11(2009), 889-896.5. M. Mittelbach, C. Remschmidt, Biodiesel The Comprehensive Handbook, Boersedruck Ges.m.b.H, ISBN 3-200-00249-2, Viena, 2004

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