Improved Method for Determining Microbiological Contamination of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters and Blended Diesel Fuels

Crystallization Behavior of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters

Biodiesel from most agricultural feedstocks has flow properties that are prone to startup and operability problems during cold weather. Biodiesel from soybean oil is generally a mixture of long-chain fatty acid alkyl esters composed of 0.15–0.20 mass fraction saturated esters (melting point [MP] 0 C) mixed with unsaturated esters (MP \ 0 C). This work investigates the crystallization properties...

Preparation of fatty acid methyl esters for gas-liquid chromatography.

A convenient method using commercial aqueous concentrated HCl (conc. HCl; 35%, w/w) as an acid catalyst was developed for preparation of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) from sterol esters, triacylglycerols, phospholipids, and FFAs for gas-liquid chromatography (GC). An 8% (w/v) solution of HCl in methanol/water (85:15, v/v) was prepared by diluting 9.7 ml of conc. HCl with 41.5 ml of methanol....

Determining the fatty acid composition in plasma and tissues as fatty acid methyl esters by gas chromatography

Method of Converting Free Fatty Acids to Fatty Acid Methyl Esters

A method for converting free fatty acids in acid oil or acid fat into fatty acid methyl esters is disclosed. The method involves adding a small amount of methanol and an acid catalyst to the acid oil or acid fat and subjecting the mixture to conditions that allow the fatty acid methyl esters to form. A lipid phase containing the fatty acid methyl esters and triglycerides can from and be separat...

Determination of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester and triglyceride contents in Diesel Fuels (Draft) - High Performance Liquid Chromatography -

2. Normative reference The standards cited at the appropriate places in this standard are as follows. For these reference standards, their latest version (including the Supplements) shall be applied. JIS K 0124 General rules for high performance liquid chromatography JIS K 2249 Crude petroleum and petroleum products Determination of density and petroleum measurement tables based on a reference ...