The kinematic viscosity of biodiesel and its blends with diesel fuel

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1511-1513

  Tat, Mustafa E ^a   Van Gerpen, Jon H ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mechanical Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Diesel fuel; Kinematic viscosity; Methyl esters; Methyl soyate; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIESEL FUELS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

BIODIESEL; MELTING POINT;

OILS AND FATS;

EID: 0033316419     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-999-0194-0     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Graboski, M.S., and R.L McCormick, Combustion of Fat and Vegetable Oil Derived Fuels in Diesel Engines, Prog. Energy Combust. Sci. 24:125-164 (1998).
2. Zhang, Y., Emissions and Combustion of Fatty Acid Esters of Soybean Oil in a Diesel Engine, M.S. Thesis, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1994.
3. Clements, D.L., Blending Rules for Formulating Biodiesel Fuel. Liquid Fuels and Industrial Products from Renewable Resources, in Proceedings of the Third Liquid Fuel Conference, American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Nashville, Sept. 15-17, 1996, pp. 44-53.
4. Gouw T.H., J.C. Vlugter, and C.J.A. Roelands, Physical Properties of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester. VI. Viscosity, J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 43:433-436 (1966).
5. Noureddini, H., B.C. Teoh, and D.L. Clements, Viscosities of Vegetable Oils and Fatty Acids, Ibid. 69:1189-1191 (1992).
6. Valeri, D., and A. Meirelles, Viscosities of Fatty Acids, Triglycerides, and Their Binary Mixtures, Ibid. 74:1221-1226 (1997).
7. ASTM D 975-97, Standard Specifications for Diesel Fuel Oils, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1998.
8. Peterson, C.L., G.L. Wagner, and D.L. Auld, Vegetable Oil Substitutes for Diesel Fuel, Trans. ASAE 26:322-332 (1983)
9. ASTM D 445-88, Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and Opaque Liquids (and the Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity), American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1986.
10. Grunberg, L. and A.H. Nissan, Mixture Law for Viscosity, Nature 164:799-800 (1949).