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Liquid Fuels from Vegetable Oil

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Biodiesel:

Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) usually produced from vegetable oil via transesterification.

Co-refining:

The processing of vegetable oil in a “classical” crude oil refinery together with crude oil to produce biofuels.

“Drop-in” fuels:

Fuels similar to fossil fuels on a molecular level, so that they can be used within the existing infrastructure.

HEFA fuels:

Fuels produced from vegetable oils via the hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids process.

Hydrogenation:

Removal of oxygen and saturation of double bonds with hydrogen.

Transesterification:

Reaction of an ester (e.g., a triglyceride) with an alcohol (e.g., methanol) forming another ester (e.g., FAME).

Triglyceride:

Esters of the trivalent alcohol glycerol in which fatty acids are associated to the hydroxyl (OH) groups of the glycerol; main component of vegetable oils.

Definition of the Subject

Large amounts of the biofuels produced worldwide are derived from vegetable oils, and this mainly as biodiesel. Biofuels...

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    Ulf Neuling & Martin Kaltschmitt

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Neuling, U., Kaltschmitt, M. (2017). Liquid Fuels from Vegetable Oil. In: Meyers, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2493-6_1038-1

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