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Composition and structure of biodiesel

Composition and structure of biodiesel

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The EU 80% biodiesel raw materials for double low rapeseed oil (low erucic acid and low glucosinolate). The United States, Brazil is mainly soybeans, China is mainly woody oil, waste oils and fats as raw materials. In our country, Inner Mongolia has carried out the integration of microalgae bio energy demonstration projects, at the same time, has launched the project demonstration of biodiesel industry in Sichuan, Guizhou, Tung small Hainan.
Compared with the traditional petrochemical energy, the sulfur and aromatic hydrocarbon content is low, the flash point is high, the sixteen alkane value is high, and the lubricating oil is good.
Biodiesel is a kind of fatty acid alkyl ester, which is obtained by transesterification of animal and vegetable fats (triglycerides) and alcohol (methanol or ethanol).

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