EVALUATION OF OILSEED RADISH ( Raphanus sativus L. var. oleiformis Pers.) OIL AS A POTENTIAL COMPONENT OF BIOFUELS

The growing interest in alternative fuels based on plant oils has led to the search for new species. Given this, during 2015–2020, oil from 12 varieties of oilseed radish was studied using standard research protocols. average content dominant fatty acids was: [cis-9] oleic (C 18:1) 33.95% (Cv = 14.2%), [cis-9,12] linoleic 18:2) 16.20% 20.8%), [cis-13] erucic 22:1) 15.18% 17.9%), [cis-9, 12, 15] α-linolenic 18:3) 13.33% 18.5%) and palmitic 16:0) 5.42% 18.5%), with a monounsaturated acid 59.69% ratio polyunsaturated/monounsaturated 0.508. were ranked order increasing suitability as component biofuels: ‘Zhuravka’ < ‘Raiduha’ ‘Lybid’ ‘Olga’ ‘Iveya’ ‘Ramonta’ ‘Alpha’ ‘Tambovchanka’ ‘Fakel’ ‘Snizhana’ ‘Sabina’ ‘Nika’. technological variety confirmed analysis its physicochemical parameters when subjected polymerization (at 280 °C) oxypolymerization 120 150 °C). Under these conditions basic varied within limits that determine thermodynamic combustion processes systems controlled pressure temperature.