Cleaner engines through the use of biodiesel

25 June 2020

Press release

The Biodiesel (DIN EN 14214) project carried out at the University of Rostock to investigate the tendency of biodiesel and diesel-biodiesel fuel blends to form deposits has been successfully completed.

The aim of the project carried out at the University of Rostock in co-operation with AGQM Biodiesel and ERC Additive GmbH was to investigate the tendency of biodiesel and diesel-biodiesel blends to form deposits in the injector.
critical areas.

Biodiesel of various origins (RME, SME, TME, UCOME) and blends of these biodiesels were used in the project. In addition, various diesel-biodiesel fuel blends (B10 to B30) were tested.

The test results show that the use of biodiesel or biodiesel blends generally does not cause any deposits in the critical low temperature range.
have occurred. In addition, the results indicate that the tendency of diesel-biodiesel blends to form deposits decreases as the FAME content increases. The higher the biodiesel content, the lower the tendency to deposit formation. This deposit-reducing effect can be seen both in the DDFT and in comparative test bench investigations in open-loop mode.

The results of the project show once again that the use of biodiesel and higher biodiesel blends such as B10, B20 and B30 is already possible today under the current demanding technical conditions in order to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector and at the same time avoid internal diesel injector deposits.

Source: AGQM

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