Characteristics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons emissions of palm-biodiesel blends. (8th December 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sunar, N. M.; Emparan, Q.; Karim, A. T. A.; Maslan, M.; Mustafa, F.; Khaled, N.; Othman, N.
• Is Part Of: Materials research innovations. Volume 18:Number 6(2014)
• Page Start: S6-43
• Page End: S6-46
• Publication Date: 2014-12-08
• Subjects: Materials -- Research -- Periodicals; Matériaux -- Recherche -- Périodiques; 620.1105
• DOI: 10.1179/1432891714Z.000000000929
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1432-8917

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Pure diesel fuel and biodiesel/diesel blends are widely used as important materials in manufacturing and transportation industries because of increasing industrialisation rate and consumption of energy worldwide. However, it causes environmental damages because of spills during their extraction, transportation, processing and distribution. The spill simulations with pure diesel and pure palm-biodiesel as well as their blends have been carried out in laboratory, aiming at analysing their polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The spill simulations with pure diesel and pure palm-biodiesel as well as their blends have been carried out in laboratory, aiming at analysing their polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by using chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis. Total 14 compounds of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were found in this study that known as toxicity potential stated by United States of Environmental Protection Agency. The results showed that higher proportion of biodiesel fuel in the mixture resulted lower amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Most of quantification limits obtained for all of these compounds exceeded the permitted limits recommended by Netherland, UK and Canada soil quality guidelines.</p> </abstract>