Fig. 1. Fatty acid methyl ester molecules in biodiesel.
Fig. 2. Mechanism for the auto-oxidation of linoleic acid methyl ester leading to the formation of its hydroperoxides[4].
Fig. 3. Different oxidation products of biodiesel[4].
Fig. 5. Principle of the Rancimat method[74].
Fig. 6. The example of the Rancimat test data for rapeseed biodiesel sample, RIP=4.54 h[74].
Fig. 4. (a) Cyclohexene derivative formed by the Diels Alder reaction of linoleic acid, (b) Diels Alder reaction of linoleic acid to form the dimer[4].
Table 1. The fatty acid composition (mass%) of some biodiesel feedstocks
Table 2. The standard value of some of the fuel parameters of biodiesel and diesel
Table 3. The iodine value of biodiesel from different feedstocks[54,55,57]
Table 4. The peroxide value of different oils used for biodiesel production
Table 5. Summary of the analysis conditions for determination of ester content.
Table 6. Standards to determine stability of biodiesel
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