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Biodiesel was produced by transesterification of waste olive oil with methanol catalyzed with sodium methoxide at 60°C. A simple kinetic model was developed for this process resulting in a second order reaction, first order in methanol and triglycerides, with a rate constant of 0.2245 L mol−1 min−1. The biodiesel obtained was characterized after the EN 14214 standard, and it was tested in a single cylinder laboratory engine. This waste olive oil biodiesel, added in a 5% vol to conventional fossil diesel, greatly reduces the NOx and particulate matter emissions, especially when using ternary blends of fossil diesel, biodiesel (5% vol) and ethanol (5% vol) BE-diesel fuel. It also significantly reduces the fuel consumption of the engine.
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Canoira, L. et al. (2009). Biodiesel from Waste Olive Oil: Transesterification Kinetics, Exhaust Emissions and Fuel Consumption. In: Rauch, S., Morrison, G., Monzón, A. (eds) Highway and Urban Environment. Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3043-6_7
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