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Low-temperature behavior of diesel/biodiesel blends

Solid–liquid phase diagrams of binary mixtures composed of fatty acid ethyl esters and alkanes

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Solid–liquid equilibria for three binary mixtures, ethyl myristate (1) + n-tetradecane (2), ethyl myristate (1) + n-hexadecane (2) and ethyl palmitate (1) + n-octadecane (2), were measured using a differential scanning calorimeter. Simple eutectic behavior was observed for these systems. The experimental results were correlated and compared by means of the UNIFAC original, NRTL, WILSON, UNIQUAC and ideal models. The root-mean-square deviations of the solubility temperatures for all measured data vary from 0.32 to 1.80 K and depend on the particular model used. The best solubility correlation was obtained with the UNIQUAC models. It was found out that all the systems are eutectic and globally good agreement is obtained between experimental and predicted SLE.

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  1. Ecole Supérieure du Matériel ESM, BP 188, Beau-Lieu, Alger, Algeria

    Samy Chabane & Mokhtar Benziane

  2. Ecole Militaire Polytechnique EMP, BP 17, Bordj-El-Bahri, Alger, Algeria

    Kamel Khimeche & Djalal Trache

  3. Faculté de chimie, USTHB, BP.32, El-Alia, Bab-Ezzouar, 16111, Alger, Algeria

    Saeda Didaoui

  4. Faculté de pharmacie, EA 401, IFR 141, Université Paris-Sud, 92296, Châtenay Malabry, France

    Najet Yagoubi

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Chabane, S., Benziane, M., Khimeche, K. et al. Low-temperature behavior of diesel/biodiesel blends. J Therm Anal Calorim 131, 1615–1624 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-017-6614-8

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