Effects of Monoacylglycerols on Kinematic Viscosity and Cold Filter Plugging Point of Biodiesel

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1883-1894

  Dunn, Robert O ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold filter plugging point; Density; Kinematic viscosity; Monoacylglycerol; Soybean oil fatty acid methyl esters; Time to filter; Vogel Tammann Fulcher equation

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ESTERS; GLYCEROL; KINEMATICS; MIXTURES; SOYBEAN OIL; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

COLD FILTER PLUGGING POINT; MONOACYLGLYCEROL; OIL FATTY ACIDS; TIME TO FILTER; VOGEL-TAMMANN-FULCHER EQUATION;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 84892157456     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-013-2342-9     Document Type: Article

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