Phenolic compounds are widely recognized because of their antioxidant capacity. In the present work, caffeic acid was shown to minimize the formation of oxidative radicals in soybean biodiesel, according to the induction period (IP) obtained by the Rancimat method. Its efficiency was much higher than usual antioxidants, such as butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and tertbutylhydroquinone (TBHQ). With a decomposition temperature of 170 °C, caffeic acid retained its properties, showing excellent antioxidant activity even when subjected to accelerated oxidation tests. While contamination with metals led to a meaningful decrease of the oxidative stability of soybean biodiesel, when small amounts of caffeic acid (500 mg L À1 ) were also present in the fuel, IP values higher than 6 h were obtained, reaching the limit specified by EN 14214.
Aviation industry has the challenge of halving CO2 emissions by 2050, as
compared to 2005. An alternative are drop-in biofuels, which are sustainable
and fully compatible with aircraft engines and also can be mixed with
fossil jet fuel. Among the feedstock for biojet fuel production, licuri
(Syagrus coronata) can be highlighted
as most of its fatty acids are in the jet fuel range. Thereby, this
work investigated the composition and physicochemical characterization
of licuri oil and licuri biodiesel, both with satisfactory results
according to international standards, with the purpose of obtaining
hydrocarbons in the range of jet fuel from these feedstock, by catalytic
deoxygenation. The semi-batch reaction, using a 5% Pd/C catalyst at
300 °C and 207 psi, produced n-alkanes with
a conversion of up to 39.2%. The n-alkane selectivity
was 80.7%, in addition to CO2 selectivity of 83.4% for
biodiesel, indicating the preference for the decarboxylation pathway
and also confirming licuri as a potential raw material for biojet
fuel.
Biodiesel is an increasingly attractive alternative to diesel fuel. The main component of Babassu biodiesel is lauric acid (C12:0), which is a saturated fatty acid with a high melting point. Controlling flow properties, such as viscosity and the cold filter plugging point, is critical because viscosity affects atomization, and crystal formation resulting from decreases in temperature can negatively affect engine starting and performance. To evaluate its flow characteristics more fully, the rheological properties of babassu biodiesel were analyzed, taking into account variations in temperature. The crystallization temperature was determined by modulated temperature differential scanning calorimetry (MT-DSC). The curve of biodiesel viscosity as a function of the biodiesel refrigeration temperature contained an inflection point (corresponding to a steep increase in viscosity) that was coincident with both the transition from a Newtonian-type flow to a pseudoplastic-type flow and the crystallization temperature obtained by MT-DSC, indicating that the appearance of crystals in the biodiesel increased its viscosity. The rheological properties of fatty acid methyl and ethyl mixtures (FAME and FAEE) with metropolitan diesel were also evaluated; a higher FAME percentage reduced viscosity in blends up to B100.
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