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The use of biodiesel blends in domestic vaporising oil burners

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  • Barnes, C.D.
  • Garwood, D.R.
  • Price, T.J.

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Biodiesel is receiving increasing attention as a partial substitute for home heating oil. The properties that make it a suitable fuel for use in diesel engines also make it suitable for heating systems using pressure jet burner technology. In the UK, however, there are a significant number of vaporising burners whose suitability for operation with biodiesel has not been properly studied. The purpose of this study was therefore to investigate the use of different blends of biodiesel and kerosene in a production Aga that employed a sleeve-type vaporising burner. It was found that significant fouling of the burner well would occur within a short period of time, even with a blend as low as 5% by volume of biodiesel in kerosene. Further investigation revealed the build-up to consist of polymerised biodiesel, most likely triggered by heat. Factors contributing to the rate and extent of fouling are thought to include the type of vegetable oil used as feedstock for the biodiesel, as well as the degree of prior utilisation of the feedstock oil. Further investigation is warranted, possibly with the use of suitable fuel additives to inhibit the polymerisation process.

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  • Barnes, C.D. & Garwood, D.R. & Price, T.J., 2010. "The use of biodiesel blends in domestic vaporising oil burners," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 35(2), pages 501-505.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:35:y:2010:i:2:p:501-505
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.10.014
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    1. Ghorbani, Afshin & Bazooyar, Bahamin, 2012. "Optimization of the combustion of SOME (soybean oil methyl ester), B5, B10, B20 and petrodiesel in a semi industrial boiler," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 44(1), pages 217-227.
    2. Bazooyar, Bahamin & Hosseini, Seyyed Yaghoob & Moradi Ghoje Begloo, Solat & Shariati, Ahmad & Hashemabadi, Seyed Hassan & Shaahmadi, Fariborz, 2018. "Mixed modified Fe2O3-WO3 as new fuel borne catalyst (FBC) for biodiesel fuel," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 149(C), pages 438-453.
    3. Mustafa, K.F. & Abdullah, S. & Abdullah, M.Z. & Sopian, K. & Ismail, A.K., 2015. "Experimental investigation of the performance of a liquid fuel-fired porous burner operating on kerosene-vegetable cooking oil (VCO) blends for micro-cogeneration of thermoelectric power," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 505-516.
    4. Jakeria, M.R. & Fazal, M.A. & Haseeb, A.S.M.A., 2014. "Influence of different factors on the stability of biodiesel: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 30(C), pages 154-163.
    5. Atadashi, I.M. & Aroua, M.K. & Abdul Aziz, A.R. & Sulaiman, N.M.N., 2012. "The effects of water on biodiesel production and refining technologies: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 16(5), pages 3456-3470.

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