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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are pollutants of concern due to their carcinogenic and mutagenic activity. Their emissions are mainly related with the combustion or pyrolysis of the organic matter, such as in fossil fuels combustion. It is important to characterize PAHs in the combustions of biofuels due to their increasing importance in the actual energetic setting. There is a lot of research...
An interesting source of hydrocarbon fuels that has attracted considerable attention in the last few years is the pyrolysis of waste materials of organic origin, like tires, lube oils and plastics. However, one main drawback, among others, of these pyrolysis fuels is their high sulphur content that makes them inappropriate as automotive or heating fuels. This work describes the use of two affordable...
Coconut and palm kernel oils have been transesterified with methanol by the classical homogeneous basic catalysis method with good yields. The FAME’s have been subjected to fractional distillation at vacuum, and the low boiling point fractions have been blended with two types of fossil kerosene, a straight-run atmospheric distillation cut (hydrotreated) and a commercial Jet A1.The blends of palm kernel...
The excess of bioglycerol from the production of biodiesel finds no profitable use in the already saturated glycerol market. In this paper, the synthesis of 1,3-di-tert-butoxypropan-2-ol as a component for fossil diesel/biodiesel is reported. This new application could add value to the bioglycerol at the same time that it could enhance the properties and environmental performance of biodiesel. The...
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