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Dependence of biodiesel fuel properties on the structure of fatty acid alkyl esters
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In this paper, structural features that influence the physical and fuel properties of a fatty ester molecule are chain length, degree of unsaturation, and branching of the chain, as well as the structural features of the fatty acid and the alcohol moieties.About:
This article is published in Fuel Processing Technology.The article was published on 2005-06-25. It has received 2145 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Biodiesel production & Biodiesel.read more
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Microalgal triacylglycerols as feedstocks for biofuel production: perspectives and advances
Qiang Hu,Milton Sommerfeld,Eric E. Jarvis,Maria L. Ghirardi,Matthew C. Posewitz,Michael Seibert,Aldis Darzins +6 more
TL;DR: A brief summary of the current knowledge on oleaginous algae and their fatty acid and TAG biosynthesis, algal model systems and genomic approaches to a better understanding of TAG production, and a historical perspective and path forward for microalgae-based biofuel research and commercialization are provided.
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Second generation biofuels: high-efficiency microalgae for biodiesel production
Peer M. Schenk,Skye R. Thomas-Hall,Evan Stephens,Ute C. Marx,Jan H. Mussgnug,Clemens Posten,Olaf Kruse,Ben Hankamer +7 more
TL;DR: A review of second generation biodiesel production systems using microalgae can be found in this paper, where the main advantages of second-generation microalgal systems are that they: (1) have a higher photon conversion efficiency (as evidenced by increased biomass yields per hectare): (2) can be harvested batch-wise nearly all-year-round, providing a reliable and continuous supply of oil: (3) can utilize salt and waste water streams, thereby greatly reducing freshwater use: (4) can couple CO2-neutral fuel production with CO2 sequestration: (
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Production of liquid biofuels from renewable resources
TL;DR: An up-to-date review of the literature available on the subject of liquid bio-fuels can be found in this article, which includes information based on the research conducted globally by scientists according to their local socio-cultural and economic situations.
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Influence of fatty acid composition of raw materials on biodiesel properties.
TL;DR: A triangular graph based on the composition in monounsaturated, polyunsaturated and saturated methyl esters was built in order to predict the critical parameters of European standard for whatever biodiesel, known its composition.
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Review of biodiesel composition, properties, and specifications
TL;DR: In this paper, the fatty acid (FA) profiles of 12 common biodiesel feedstocks were summarized, and it was shown that several fuel properties, including viscosity, specific gravity, cetane number, iodine value, and low temperature performance metrics are highly correlated with the average unsaturation of the FA profiles.
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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
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The lipid handbook
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview of the medical and agricultural aspects of lipids, including properties of lipid metabolism, structural and physical properties, as well as chemical properties.
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Impact of biodiesel source material and chemical structure on emissions of criteria pollutants from a heavy-duty engine.
TL;DR: It was found that the molecular structure of biodiesel can have a substantial impact on emissions and the properties of density, cetane number, and iodine number were found to be highly correlated with one another.
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Cetane numbers of branched and straight-chain fatty esters determined in an ignition quality tester
TL;DR: In this article, the cetane numbers of 29 samples of straight-chain and branched C 1 -C 4 esters as well as 2-ethylhexyl esters of various common fatty acids were determined.