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Model for Thermodynamic Properties of a Biodiesel Fuel

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Marcia L. Huber, Eric W. Lemmon, Andrei F. Kazakov, Lisa S. Ott, Thomas J. Bruno

Abstract

We present an equation-of-state approach to modeling the thermodynamic properties of a biodiesel fuel. Preliminary Helmholtz-type equations of state were developed with limited experimental data for five fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) that are primary constituents of soy-based biodiesel fuel, namely, methyl palmitate, methyl stearate, methyl oleate, methyl linoleate, and methyl linolenate. These components were combined in a mixture model using ideal mixing to represent the thermodynamic properties of a biodiesel fuel. We performed limited experimental measurements on the density, sound speed, and initial boiling point of two biodiesel fuel samples and compared the results with the model.
Citation
Energy and Fuels
Volume
23
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

B100, biodiesel fuel, density, equation of state, fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs), methyl linoleate, methyl linolenate, methyl oleate, methyl palmitate, methyl stearate, velocity of sound
Thermochemical properties and Thermodynamics

Citation

Huber, M. , Lemmon, E. , Kazakov, A. , Ott, L. and Bruno, T. (2009), Model for Thermodynamic Properties of a Biodiesel Fuel, Energy and Fuels, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=901096 (Accessed October 12, 2025)

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Created June 12, 2009, Updated June 2, 2021
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