New method to obtain methyl esters from Camelina sativa L. oil to feed piston compression-ignition engines
2009
Wojtkowiak, R. | Kaczynski, P.,Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu, Poznan (Poland); Katedra Techniki Lesnej | Frackowiak, P.,Przemyslowy Instytut Maszyn Rolniczych w Poznaniu, Poznan (Poland)
One of the methods to do so is to find adequate plant-origin additives, which either as self-contained fuels or additives to fuels could reduce the emission of toxic compounds to the natural environment. Investigations described in this paper concerned the technical utilization of oil produced from false flax (Camelina sativa L.). This plant, known for centuries, used to be very popular, but it has been replaced by higher-yielding rape and is rarely grown at present. This study presents an attempt to obtain biofuels using a new method in a small processing plant. Esterification of produced false flax oil was performed at the Industrial Institute of Agricultural Engineering in Poznan, the Department of Research and Development of Renewable Energy Facilities. This research team developed a novel technology of methanolysis of false flax oil, patent pending. It was shown that the production of methyl esters of higher fatty acids from false flax (gold of pleasure, camelina madwort) oil is possible and under such conditions 30.74 kg of biofuel may be produced from 34.3 kg of oil
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