Possibilities of Using Camelina Sativa Oil for Producing Biodiesel Fuel

Abstract

Biofuels for diesel engines are produced mainly from rapeseed oil in Lithuania and the Member States of the European Union. In order to minimise an adverse impact of biodiesel fuel on the food sector, it is necessary to look for alternative feedstocks for producing biodiesel fuel including the potential utilisation of the new kinds of oilseed crops and various fatty waste. Camelina (Camelina sativa) could be one of the kinds of such oilseed crops, and therefore the physical and chemical parameters of Camelina sativa oil and biodiesel fuel produced from this oil were determined and the conformity of quality parameters with the requirements of biofuel standard was evaluated. It was found that fatty acid methyl esters made from Camelina sativa oil had a high iodine value (164.6÷169.6 g I2 / 100 g oil), and therefore could be used as fuel for diesel engines only in the mixtures with methyl esters produced from animal fat or used for frying oil. It has been established that similar mixtures can contain 50÷60% of Camelina sativa oil methyl esters. The possibilities of increasing oxidation stability as well as improving the cold flow properties of ester mixtures were investigated. The most effective antioxidant – Ionol (optimal dosage of 500 ppm) and the most efficient depressants Wintron XC-30 (optimal dosage – 1500 ppm) and Infineum R-442 (optimal dosage – 1200 ppm) were selected.

Oxidative stability of camelina (Camelina sativa L.) oil using pressure differential scanning calorimetry and Rancimat method

“…Camelina oil is also used in cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries, among others, to manufacture creams and lotions. It is also used in the chemical industry; since now, there were few studies on the use of camelina oil for biodiesel production [9,11,[13][14][15].…”

Camelina Seed Yield and Fatty Acids as Influenced by Genotype and Environment

“…Both biodiesel and renewable jet fuels have been successfully produced from camelina oil (Fröhlich and Rice, 2005;Moser, 2010;Shonnard et al, 2010;Soriano and Narani, 2012). Besides biofuel production, camelina oil and meal has high potential in the biopolymer industry for making adhesives, coatings, resins, and gums (Zaleckas et al, 2012;Kim et al, 2015;Zhu et al, 2017). Th e ability to genetically modify camelina using a simple transformation method…”

Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz A mercantile crop with speckled pharmacological activities

“…Camelina oil is categorised into fast drying oil due to large content of polyunsaturated fatty acid because of which it is widely preferred as a raw material for production of eco-friendly polymers, paints and varnishes. Oil with this kind of properties is appropriate for making some medicines (Zaleckas et al, 2012). Previously, the seed oil was utilised in folk medicine to treat burns, eye inflammation, wounds, stomach ulcers, and now-a-days, it is being used in veterinary medicine (Rode, 2002).…”

“…Earlier this oil was used in lights, in recent years the oil has attracted various manufacturers of soaps and varnishes, dermatological goods, cosmetic products such as cosmetic oils, lotions and skin creams (Conn et al, 1988). In order to lower the negative influence of biodiesel production on food sector, it is obligatory to discover substitute feedstock for the production of biodiesel, including commercial oilseed crops and other fatty waste (Zaleckas et al, 2012). Camelina oil could be one of its kind of feedstock well-suited for biofuel production.…”

“…An extensive research is being carried out throughout the globe in search of potential biofuel feedstock to fulfil the requirements to an extent. Compared to other biofuel feedstocks, Camelina has been shown potential to endure the early water deficits, arid conditions and can grow up in a lesser rainfall area (Moser, 2010), can grow in less fertile land and can be propagated as a mix crop (Bramm et al, 1990;Putnam et al, 1993;Zaleckas et al, 2012). Camelina oil has become the choice of natural resource for biodiesel and satisfies most of the standards to be a biofuel feedstock except its higher iodine value (Crowley, 1999).…”