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Abdul Aziz Abdul Raman

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Viscosities And Densities Of Binary And Ternary Blends Of Palm Oil + Palm Biodiesel + Diesel Fuel At Different Temperatures, Abdul Aziz Abdul Raman Dec 2009

Viscosities And Densities Of Binary And Ternary Blends Of Palm Oil + Palm Biodiesel + Diesel Fuel At Different Temperatures, Abdul Aziz Abdul Raman

Abdul Aziz Abdul Raman

Vegetable oil-based fuels are promising alternative fuels for diesel engines because of their environmental and strategic advantages. In this work, binary and ternary blends of palm oil, biodiesel, and diesel fuel were prepared, and dynamic viscosities and densities of blends were measured as functions of temperature. The binary and ternary blends demonstrate a temperature-dependent behavior, and viscosities and densities decreased nonlinearly and linearly with temperature, respectively. The evaluation of the measured viscosities of binary and ternary blends was completed, and the best correlation was obtained by a polynomial regression. © 2010 American Chemical Society.