Avaliação do comportamento termo oxidativo de biodiesel aditivado com produtos naturais

Abstract

Oxidation stability is one of the most important properties of biodiesel because it affects their stability during the storage period influence on engine performance. Current research tend to develop antioxidant additives to improve their stability. Some plants have antioxidant properties due to their chemical composition and may assist in this stabilization. The aim of this study was to oxidative term stability of soybean biodiesel and pure beef tallow and spiked with leaves and extracts of the leaves of cherry, soursop, mango and cherry front light, 60 ° C and low temperatures for 0, 168, 504, 1176 and 1848 h of storage in order to evaluate its framework within the ANP, ASTM, EN. The leaves used as an antioxidant additive were ground in a knife mill to 10 mesh and extracts of leaves were obtained by Soxhlet process. Soybean biodiesel was obtained by the ethyl route and beef tallow by methyl. The term oxidative stability was monitored by determining the acid number, kinematic viscosity, density, by infrared spectroscopy with Fourier Transform and thermogravimetry. The results showed that the biodiesel soya and tallow is stable against the light for 1848 h. The antioxidant effect of leaves on soybean biodiesel after 168 h of storage at 60 ° C follows the following order: leaves of soursop> sheets of cherry> mango leaves> acerola leaves while for the leaves of the statement we have: extract leaves acerola> extract of the leaves of soursop> extract of mango leaves> extract of cherry leaves after 504h. For the leaves beef tallow biodiesel showed the order: leaves of cherry> leaves acerola> mango leaves> soursop leaves and extracts the order: Mango leaf extracts> soursop leaf extracts> leaf extracts of cherry> acerola leaf extracts. The butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), synthetic antioxidant, showed higher antioxidant effect on soybean biodiesel in relation to additivations with leaves and their extracts after 1176h. In beef tallow biodiesel BHT activity was similar to the extracts of the leaves of cherry, soursop and cherry after 504h and the sleeve after 1176h. The order of stability of soy biodiesel additive against low temperatures was: cherry extract> mango extract> acerola extract> soursop extract. The results of the tests indicate that low temperature soybean biodiesel additive or may not be used in any region of the country for all seasons. The effect of the extracts of leaves in front biodiesel stability at low temperatures was: extracts of mango leaves> acerola extracts> soursop extracts> cherry extracts. Biodiesel pure beef tallow has lower stability in low temperatures to soy biodiesel. The results of the AI, kinematic viscosity, density, FTIR and TGA show that the extracts of the leaves and fruits studied sheets can act as antioxidant additives in the oxidative stability of biodiesel.