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News Release from: Metrohm UK | Subject: Biodiesel Analysis
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 October 2004
Equipment for quality checking of
Biodiesel
Metrohm have the perfect instrument for the Oxidative Stability Analysis of Biodiesel and due to an increase in demand, we are able to offer these instruments at discounted rates for a limited time
Metrohm have the perfect instrument for the Oxidative Stability Analysis of Biodiesel and due to an increase in demand, we are able to offer these instruments at discounted rates for a limited time As more and more manufacturing sites are built and subsequent need for quality checking of Biodiesel have increased, at Metrohm over the last 12 months, we have seen an extraordinary increase in demand for Rancimat Oxidative Stability analysis
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 30 Jul 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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FREE BioDiesel Analysis Seminar in Leeds
Following on from the highly successful BioDiesel seminar in January, Metrohm and Shimadzu would like to invite you to another free of charge seminar to discover more about analysis of Biodiesel.
Complimentary Biodiesel Seminar at Metrohm UK
At Metrohm UK we have witnessed a large increase in demand for instrumentation for biodiesel analysis as per the European Standard EN14214: so a half day seminar is planned to explain such testing
At Metrohm we try to be quick to see new opportunities and the Rancimat is the instrument perfectly suited to the job so we would like to pass on this opportunity to laboratories interested in expanding their portfolio.
Why is biodiesel manufacturing becoming so huge? The manufacture and use of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAME), has huge implications for the environment.
Biodiesel is the name of a clean burning alternative fuel, produced from domestic, renewable resources.
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Biodiesel contains no petroleum, but it can be blended at any level with petroleum diesel to create a biodiesel blend.
It can be used in compression-ignition (diesel) engines with little or no modifications.
Biodiesel is simple to use, biodegradable, nontoxic, and essentially free of sulphur and aromatics.
Biodiesel is made through a chemical process called transesterification whereby the glycerin is separated from the fat or vegetable oil.
The process leaves behind two products -- methyl esters (the chemical name for biodiesel) and glycerin (a valuable by-product usually sold to be used in soaps and other products).
Fuel-grade Biodiesel must be produced to strict industry specifications (ASTM D6751) in order to insure proper performance.
Biodiesel is the only alternative fuel to have fully completed the health effects testing requirements of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments.
Biodiesel that meets ASTM D6751 and is legally registered with the Environmental Protection Agency is a legal motor fuel for sale and distribution.
The Metrohm Rancimat 743 method for measuring the oxidative stability of fatty acid methyl esters is determined according to DIN EN 14112.
In this method the highly volatile organic acids produced by autoxidation are absorbed in water and used to indicate induction time.
With the simple to use 743 Rancimat, the determination takes place at a highly sophisticated level, 8 measuring positions in 2 independent heating blocks.
Individual start on each position.
Comprehensive control by PC.
Up to 4 Rancimat measuring blocks per PC - and therefore up to 32 samples at up to 8 different temperatures!!.
The Rancimat is fully PC controlled, the software includes integrated GLP test; optimal automatic evaluation with additional computer supported manual evaluation using the tangent method; conversion of the induction times to other temperatures and extrapolation is possible.
If you or a colleague want further information on Stability testing for Biodiesel then request your free copy of Application Notes R9: Oxidative stability of fatty acid methyl esters, and R10: Oxidative stability of biologically degradable lubricant oils. Request a free brochure from Metrohm UK ...
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