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Synthesis, Performance and Emission Quality Assessment of Ecodiesel from Castor Oil in Diesel/Biofuel/Alcohol Triple Blends in a Diesel Engine

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Hurtado, Beatriz
Posadillo, Alejandro
Luna, Diego
Bautista, Felipa M.
Hidalgo, J.M.
Luna, Carlos
Calero, Juan
Romero, Antonio A.
Estévez, R.
Publisher
MDPI
Date
2019
Subject
Castor oil
Biofuel
Selective transesterification
Ecodiesel
Biodiesel
Diesel engine
Electricity generator
Smoke opacity
Bacharach opacity
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This research aims to promote the use of second-generation biofuels based mainly on Castor oil, which is not adequate for food use, and Sunflower oil as a standard reference for recycled oils. They have been applied in the production of Ecodiesel, a biofuel that integrates glycerol as monoglyceride, employing sodium methoxide as homogeneous catalyst and ethanol as solvent, but operating in milder conditions than in the synthesis of conventional biodiesel in order to obtain a kinetic control of the selective transesterification. The behavior of biofuels has been evaluated in a conventional diesel engine, operating as an electricity generator. The contamination degree was also evaluated from the opacity values of the generated smokes. The different biofuels here studied have practically no differences in the behavior with respect to the power generated, although a small increase in the fuel consumption was obtained in some cases. However, with the biofuels employed, a significant reduction, up to 40%, in the emission of pollutants is obtained, mainly with the blend diesel/castor oil/alcohol. Besides, it is found that pure Castor oil can be employed directly as biofuel in triple blends diesel/biofuel/alcohol, exhibiting results that are very close to those obtained using biodiesel or Ecodiesel.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10396/17945
Fuente
Catalysts 9(1), 40 (2019)
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/catal9010040
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