Biodiesel compatibility with carbon steel and HDPE parts

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1175-1182

  Maru, Marcia Marie ^a   Lucchese, Marcia Maria ^a   Legnani, Cristiano ^a   Quirino, Welber Gianini ^a   Balbo, Andrea ^a   Aranha, Isabele Bulhões ^a   Costa, Lílian Terezinha ^a   Vilani, Cecília ^a   de Sena, Lídia Ágata ^a   Damasceno, Jailton Carreteiro ^a   dos Santos Cruz, Talita ^a   Lidízio, Leandro Reis ^a   Ferreira e Silva, Rui ^b   Jorio, Ado ^a,d   Achete, Carlos Alberto ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Carbon steel; Compatibility; HDPE; Immersion

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIODIESEL; CARBON STEEL; CHARACTERIZATION; DIESEL ENGINES; DIESEL FUELS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; COMPATIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES; IMMERSION; RAMAN AND FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND MORPHOLOGY;

FUEL STORAGE;

EID: 68349100146     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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