Biodiesels will become the most popular
alternative energy resource
to fossil diesels; they can be used alone or blended with an oxygenated
additive in any proportion. The properties of biodiesels strongly
depend on the type of the fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) that compose
them. The main objective of the present work is to investigate the
influence of 2-butanol addition on the waste cooking oil biodiesel
(WCOB), for this fact, the new experimental density data (952 points)
of WCOB + 2-butanol binary mixtures over a wide range of composition
[seven compositions; 0 ≤ (WCOB) mole fraction x ≤ 1] between 0.1 and 140 MPa and 298.15 and 393.15 K are
presented. The experimental data were correlated using Tait and perturbed
chain-statistical associating fluid theory (PC-SAFT) equations of
state (EoS), to our knowledge, this is the first time that density
measurements for the WCOB + 2-butanol mixture are correlated using
the famous PC-SAFT EoS. The Tait equation predicts successfully the
density with a global absolute average deviation (AAD) of 0.089%,
while the PC-SAFT model correlates well the density with a very small
global AAD of 0.223% in each composition. Furthermore, contrary to
the Tait equation, the PC-SAFT model can explain some interactions
between fluid molecules. From the experimental data, the excess volumes V
E have been calculated and fitted using the
Redlich–Kister equation with a very small global standard deviation
of 7.49 × 10–5 cm3 mol–1, and V
E show a positive and symmetric
parabolic shape in all composition ranges. Finally, the isobaric thermal
expansivity, α
p
, and the isothermal
compressibility, κT, have been derived from the Tait
equation and their observed trend was as expected.