Recent progress in the development of diesel surrogate fuels

WJ Pitz, CJ Mueller - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2011 - Elsevier
There has been much recent progress in the area of surrogate fuels for diesel. In the last few
years, experiments and modeling have been performed on higher molecular weight …

Stability of biodiesel and its blends: a review

S Jain, MP Sharma - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
Biodiesel consists of long chain fatty acid esters derived from feed stocks such as vegetable
oils, animal fats and used frying oil, etc. which may contain more or less unsaturated fatty …

Prediction of viscosity of biodiesel blends using various artificial model and comparison with empirical correlations

Y Zheng, MS Shadloo, H Nasiri, A Maleki… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
From the perspective of renewability and environmental pollution, biodiesels are appropriate
alternatives to conventional diesel fuels due to their proper combustion behavior and …

Correlation between the chemical structure of biodiesel and its physical properties

AA Refaat - International Journal of Environmental Science & …, 2009 - Springer
Biodiesel is a renewable, biodegradable, environmentally benign, energy efficient,
substitution fuel which can fulfill energy security needs without sacrificing engine's …

Flow properties of biodiesel fuel blends at low temperatures

RM Joshi, MJ Pegg - Fuel, 2007 - Elsevier
The dynamic viscosities of biodiesel derived from ethyl esters of fish oil, no. 2 diesel fuel,
and their blends were measured from 298K down to their respective pour points. Blends of …

Kinematic viscosity of biodiesel components (fatty acid alkyl esters) and related compounds at low temperatures

G Knothe, KR Steidley - Fuel, 2007 - Elsevier
Biodiesel, defined as the mono-alkyl esters of vegetable oils and animal fats is, has
undergone rapid development and acceptance as an alternative diesel fuel. Kinematic …

Density and viscosity of biodiesel as a function of temperature: Empirical models

LFR Verduzco - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is a promising alternative of renewable energy obtained from natural raw material.
This work presents empirical models to predict the density (ρ) and dynamic viscosity (μ) of …

Measurements and empirical correlations in predicting biodiesel-diesel blends' viscosity and density

M Gülüm, A Bilgin - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
One of the attempts to limit the use of fossil fuels in automobiles is to replace them partially
or totally with clean and renewable fuels. Among renewable fuels, biodiesel has emerged as …

Prediction of the density and viscosity in biodiesel blends at various temperatures

LF Ramírez-Verduzco, BE García-Flores… - Fuel, 2011 - Elsevier
Biodiesel defined as mono-alkyl esters of vegetable oils and animal fats, has had a
considerable development and great acceptance as an alternative fuel for diesel engines …

Estimation of kinematic viscosity of biodiesel-diesel blends: Comparison among accuracy of intelligent and empirical paradigms

SI Yahya, B Aghel - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, Biodiesels are found high popularity as environmentally friendly and renewable
fuels. Suitable combustion, appropriate atomization process, high flash point, and proper …