nowadays, the source fuel in the world is decrease, we can use the bio oil to replace the source of fuel. i want to know which bio oil is the best for make fuel / lubricant.
I dont know the english word, but I think are colza or sunflower.
You may want to consider ‘rapeseed oil’ (also called ‘colza oil’) as a non-drying vegetable oil with good lubricity, having long C22 fatty chains.
Dear Abdul,
There is no unique answer to your question... for diesel fuel, you need rather long n-paraffins (>C10 if possible) to provide good combustion properties. however, you will need also i-paraffins/aromatics/olefins to preserve the good operability of the product in cold conditions. And particularly in the case your product contains olefins, you must be careful to the storage stability... F.A.M.E. form rapeseed, palm and soya oils are suitable to be blended in diesel fuel at low concentrations (few %) as they have an adequate mean carbon length (mostly C18). Rapeseed and soya provide good cold properties and palm oil exhibits the best storage stability. An other option consists in hydrotreating and isomerizing the vegetal oils (including used fried oils) in order to provide both good storage stability and good cold properties.
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