{"title":"Study on cold flow properties of waste oil biodiesel and improvement","authors":"Xiu Chen, Y. Yuan, Y. Lai","doi":"10.1109/RSETE.2011.5965086","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The cold flow properties of waste oil biodiesel (WME) were studied by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), multifunctional low temperature tester, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and solution crystallization theory. Three approaches for reducing cold filter plugging point (CFPP) of WME were investigated: crystallization fractionation, blending with winter petrodiesel and treating with cold flow improver (CFI) additives. A good correlation model was proposed for prediction CFPP by WME blending ratio. The study shows that the WME was mainly composed of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME): C<inf>14∶0</inf>–C<inf>22∶0</inf>, C<inf>16∶1</inf>–C<inf>22∶1</inf>, C<inf>18∶2</inf> and C<inf>18∶3</inf>. The mass fraction of saturated fatty acid methyl esters (SFAME) and unsaturated fatty acid methyl esters (UFAME) was 31.04% and 64.51%, respectively. The CFPP of WME was 3 °C. Crystallization fractionation and blending with −10 petrodiesel (−10PD) decreased the CFPP to −2 and −12 °C respectively. Treating with CFI additives (volume fraction ≤ 0.5%) decreased the CFPP of WME and WME/−10PD to −1 and −26 °C, respectively. This study has effectively improved cold flow properties of WME and provided guide for using WME during cold weather.","PeriodicalId":6296,"journal":{"name":"2011 International Conference on Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering","volume":"21 1","pages":"3516-3519"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2011-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2011 International Conference on Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RSETE.2011.5965086","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The cold flow properties of waste oil biodiesel (WME) were studied by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), multifunctional low temperature tester, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and solution crystallization theory. Three approaches for reducing cold filter plugging point (CFPP) of WME were investigated: crystallization fractionation, blending with winter petrodiesel and treating with cold flow improver (CFI) additives. A good correlation model was proposed for prediction CFPP by WME blending ratio. The study shows that the WME was mainly composed of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME): C14∶0–C22∶0, C16∶1–C22∶1, C18∶2 and C18∶3. The mass fraction of saturated fatty acid methyl esters (SFAME) and unsaturated fatty acid methyl esters (UFAME) was 31.04% and 64.51%, respectively. The CFPP of WME was 3 °C. Crystallization fractionation and blending with −10 petrodiesel (−10PD) decreased the CFPP to −2 and −12 °C respectively. Treating with CFI additives (volume fraction ≤ 0.5%) decreased the CFPP of WME and WME/−10PD to −1 and −26 °C, respectively. This study has effectively improved cold flow properties of WME and provided guide for using WME during cold weather.