Characterization and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrum Analysis of Bio-oil/Bio-diesel Emulsion

Author

Jiang, Xiaoxiang ; Zhong, Zhaoping ; Ellis, Naoko

Author_Institution

Thermoenergy Eng. Res. Inst., Southeast Univ., Nanjing, China

fYear

2010

fDate

28-31 March 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Up to now the direct use of crude bio-oil as transportation fuel has been an impossible goal due to the thermal instability and some other drawbacks of bio-oil. In this paper, we use a simple method to accomplish the goal. Bio-oil and bio-diesel are potential renewable and carbon-neutral alternative to fossil fuel. We mix bio-oil and bio-diesel to get the emulsion using octanol as the emulsifier. The liquids were composed of two layers: bio-diesel rich phase (upper layer) and pyrolytic lignin phase (bottom phase). From the properties, the upper layer seems to be a potential transportation fuel, namely, bio-oil/bio-diesel emulsion. We also study the combustion characteristics and the functional groups information of emulsions.

Keywords

Fourier transform spectra; biofuel; combustion; crude oil; emulsions; infrared spectra; pyrolysis; renewable energy sources; Fourier transform infrared spectrum analysis; bio-diesel rich phase; carbon-neutral alternative; combustion characteristics; crude bio-oil; emulsifier; emulsion; fossil fuel; octanol; pyrolytic lignin phase; renewable energy; thermal instability; transportation fuel; Chemical technology; Combustion; Fossil fuels; Fourier transforms; Infrared spectra; Liquids; Petroleum; Thermal engineering; Transportation; Viscosity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), 2010 Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4812-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4813-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APPEEC.2010.5448718

Filename

5448718