Determination of the Effect of the Addition of Second-Generation Biodiesel BBuE to Diesel Fuel on Selected Parameters of “B” Fuels

Dariusz Kurczyński (), Grzegorz Wcisło, Piotr Łagowski, Agnieszka Leśniak, Miłosław Kozak and Bolesław Pracuch
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Dariusz Kurczyński: Department of Automotive Vehicles and Transportation, Faculty of Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering, Kielce University of Technology, 25-314 Kielce, Poland
Grzegorz Wcisło: Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Energy and Automation, Faculty of Production Engineering and Power Technologies, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 31-120 Kraków, Poland
Piotr Łagowski: Department of Automotive Vehicles and Transportation, Faculty of Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering, Kielce University of Technology, 25-314 Kielce, Poland
Agnieszka Leśniak: Department of General Chemistry, Institute of Quality and Product Management Sciences, Cracow University of Economics, 31-510 Kraków, Poland
Miłosław Kozak: Institute of Combustion Engines and Powertrain, Faculty of Civil and Transport Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznań, Poland
Bolesław Pracuch: Malopolskie Centre for Renewable Energy Sources “BioEnergia”, Szczytniki 16, 32-420 Szczytniki, Poland

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 19, 1-20

Abstract: Progressive and increasingly noticeable climate change is forcing the search for new energy sources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide. One way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is by gradually replacing fossil fuels with biofuels. The authors of this work addressed the production of second-generation biofuel. The purpose of this study was to produce second-generation biodiesel from babassu palm oil (BBuE) and first-generation biodiesel from rapeseed oil (RME), to study their properties, and to determine the effect of the addition of these biodiesels to diesel fuel on selected properties of “B” fuels that affect the fuel–air mixture formation process and the combustion process. Biodiesel from babassu oil was produced because it is non-edible and has a different composition than canola oil. Then, fuels were prepared that were mixtures of diesel oil and biodiesel containing from 10 to 40% ( v / v ) BBuE or RME (B10, B20, B30, and B40).Tests were conducted on selected physicochemical properties of the obtained fuels. “B” fuels prepared with BBuE and DF were shown to have more favorable fuel properties than those obtained from RME and DF. Fuels that are blends of BBuE and DF have slightly higher heating values, higher cetane number values, a more favorable distillation curve, lower dynamic viscosity values as a function of temperature, and marginally lower flash point values compared to the corresponding blends of RME and DF. Esters with shorter molecules have been shown to have more favorable fuel properties.

Keywords: renewable fuels; biodiesel production; transesterification; non-edible fuel sources; babassu butyl esters; rapeseed methyl esters; second-generation biofuels; first-generation biofuel; improved fuel properties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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