The diesel biodiesel-diesel oil-bioethanol mixture displays real potential uses as an alternative fuel. The idea stands on the fact that a series of properties of the two biofuels complete each other. Therefore, in this study, biodiesel and bioetanol were blended with commercial diesel fuel at 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% and 30% on a volume basis to characterize the key fuel properties of the blends such as density, viscosity, surface tension, lubricity, flash point and cold filter plugging point. The densities of the diesel oil-biodiesel-bioethanol blends are in the range of 841-852 kg/m3, very close to the diesel fuel requirement related in EN 590. In the case of the investigated blends kinematic viscosity is in the range of 2.176…2.756 mm2/s. The blends flash points that containing 5% ethanol are in the range of 16…18 °C, and which containing 10% ethanol are less than 16 °C. Measured values of surface tensions are in the range of 28.47…34.83 mN/m. Keywords: biofuels, bioethanol, biodiesel, blend, fuel properties.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Key Fuel Properties of Biodiesel-diesel Fuel-ethanol Blends


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants Meeting ; 2009



    Publication date :

    2009-06-15




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Key fuel properties of biodiesel-diesel fuel-ethanol blends

    Barabas,I. / Todurut,A.I. / Tech.Univ.of Cluj-Napoca,RO | Automotive engineering | 2009


    Diesel Combustion Characteristics of Buthanol - Ethanol - Diesel Fuel Blends

    Setiapraja, H. / Hara, K. / Ozawa, T. et al. | British Library Online Contents | 2011


    Exhaust Gas Emissions and Mutagenic Effects of Diesel Fuel, Biodiesel and Biodiesel Blends

    Krahl, J. / Munack, A. / Ruschel, Y. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2008


    Exhaust Gas Emissions and Mutagenic Effects of Diesel Fuel, Biodiesel and Biodiesel Blends

    Munack, Axel / Bünger, Jürgen / Krahl, Jürgen et al. | SAE Technical Papers | 2008


    Diesel Fuel Improvers and Their Effect on Microbial Stability of Diesel/Biodiesel Blends

    Tsesmeli, Chrysovalanti / Zannikos, Fanourios / Dodos, George S. | SAE Technical Papers | 2018