“ESTER BASED TECHNOLOGY”.pptVIP

“ESTER BASED TECHNOLOGY” To make fuels Self Cleaning and Self Lubricating WHAT IS AN “ESTER”? An Ester is a product of the reaction of an Acid and an Alcohol. ESTERS IN NATURE The most common esters found in nature are fats and vegetable oils. Many esters have distinctive odors, which led to their widespread use as artificial flavorings and fragrances. Some Common Esters Methyl Butanoate smells like Pineapple Ethyl Methanoate smells of Raspberry Pentyl Ethanoate smells like Banana Pentyl Pentanoate smells like Apple Pentyl Butanoate smells like Apricot Octyl Ethanoate smells like Orange Source - Wikipedia Encyclopedia Did you know? That Biodiesel is Ester based? Different Varieties of Biodiesel RME – Rapeseed Methyl Ester, from Rapeseed Products PME – Vegetable Methyl Ester, purely from vegetable products FME – Fat Methyl Ester, from vegetable AND animal products FAME - Fatty Acid Methyl Esters Source - Wikipedia Encyclopedia SOY METHYL ESTER BIO-DIESEL Derived from Soybean Oil The most common Bio Diesel source in the US Has a lower energy content than #2 Diesel 89% less efficient fuel Has a higher viscosity range than #2 Diesel (1.9-6.0 centistokes vs 1.3-5.8 centistokes) This helps offset the lower energy content through reduced barrel/plunger leakage resulting in slightly improved injection efficiency. HISTORY OF BIODIESEL 1853 - Scientists E. Duffy and J. Patrick were successful in the transesterification of a vegetable oil. Metzner,Jim.”Transesterification: Turning Used Vegetable Oil Into Clear-Burning Biodiesel Fuel.” HISTORY OF BIODIESEL 1898 – Rudolf Diesel’s first Diesel engine with a flywheel at it’s base ran at the Paris, France Expo. It was powered by peanut oil. Rudolph Christian Carl Diesel Born 1858 – Died 1913 HISTORY OF BIODIESEL One of the first uses of trans-esterified vegetable oil was powering heavy duty vehicles in South Africa before World War II. HISTORY OF BIODIESEL During the 1920’s Dies