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 …

Artificial neural network models to predict density, dynamic viscosity, and cetane number of biodiesel

CI Rocabruno-Valdés, LF Ramírez-Verduzco… - Fuel, 2015 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is considered as an alternative source of energy obtained from renewable
materials. This paper presents models based on artificial neural networks (ANNs) to predict …

Experimental investigations of density and dynamic viscosity of n-hexadecane with three fatty acid methyl esters

X Wang, X Wang, J Chen - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
The main components of biodiesel are fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) or fatty acid ethyl
esters (FAEEs). N-hexadecane is commonly used as a reference molecule for modeling …

Predicting the phase equilibria of esters/alcohols mixtures and biodiesel density from its fatty acid composition using the modified group-contribution PC-SAFT

TTX Nguyen, D NguyenHuynh - Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2018 - Elsevier
An empirical approach proposed recently (Fluid Phase Equilibria, 434 (2017) 176–192) to
distinguish different isomer molecules is extended in this paper aiming to apply for alkyl …

Predicting biodiesel densities over a wide temperature range up to 523 K

X Meng, M Jia, T Wang - Fuel, 2013 - Elsevier
Density is an important parameter for liquid fuel to correlate the cetane number, heating
value and viscosity, and directly influences the fuel injection process. Densities of biodiesel …

Distillation analysis of diesel-biodiesel mixtures: A comparative study with ASTM norms, experimental data, and novel correlations

AAA Alves, RS Alves, PYG de Medeiros, LC Maia… - Fuel, 2025 - Elsevier
This study investigates the importance of biodiesel as an alternative fuel to reduce pollutant
emissions from diesel engines and mitigate the ecological impacts of fossil fuels. Biodiesel …

Viscosities and viscosity deviations of binary mixtures of biodiesel+ petrodiesel (or n-hexadecane) at different temperatures

FMR Mesquita, FX Feitosa, FR Do Carmo… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
Viscosities of four binaries mixtures [soybean biodiesel+ diesel oil (or n-hexadecane) and
coconut biodiesel+ diesel oil (or n-hexadecane)] have been determined at T=(293.15 …

Comparative thermokinetic study of vegetable oils and deoxygenated derivatives

LF Ramírez-Verduzco, E Torres-García - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
This study shows the usefulness of thermokinetic analysis in the characterization of
vegetable oils and their deoxygenated derivatives (bioparaffin mixtures). The approach …

Density, viscosity, and refractive index of binary mixtures of fatty acid ethyl esters with ethylcyclohexane

D Li, J Wang, Y Gao, X Zhan, M Li… - Journal of Chemical & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The density, viscosity, and refractive index data of binary mixtures for the main components
of biodiesel (ethyl caprylate, ethyl caprate, and ethyl myristate) with ethylcyclohexane in the …

Excess volumes and deviations of viscosities of binary blends of sunflower biodiesel+ diesel and fish oil biodiesel+ diesel at various temperatures

RC Parente, CA Nogueira Jr, FR Carmo… - Journal of Chemical & …, 2011 - ACS Publications
This paper presents the values of viscosity (η) and density (ρ) of binary blends of sunflower
biodiesel+ diesel and of fish oil biodiesel+ diesel over the entire range of proportion at …