Using Biodiesel As A Lubricant for Diesel Fuel


Biodiesel is not necessarily that new of a phenomenon. It has been in the spotlight
lately because of rising diesel fuel prices and its potential to become a
substitute for fuels that produce a lot of soot and carbons. These poisonous
elements, which are, associated with regular diesel fuel emissions (especially
buses.) However biodiesel has been around for decades as a supplement that is
added to conventional diesel fuel to improve the lubricity of diesel engines.

The bottom line is that biodiesel lubricates your machinery far better than
petroleum diesel fuel. Scientist and farmers have realized for years marked
improvement in lubricity when biodiesel is added to conventional diesel fuel.
Even biodiesel levels as low as one percent can provide up to a 65 percent increase
in lubricity in distillate fuels.

To refresh your memory, pure biodiesel is referred to as B100 or "neat" biodiesel.
A biodiesel blend is pure biodiesel blended with petrodiesel. Biodiesel blends
are referred to as Bxx. The xx indicates the amount of biodiesel in the blend (for
example a B20 blend is 20 percent by volume biodiesel and 80 percent by volume
petrodiesel.)

The smoothness and mobility of diesel fuel is especially important for diesel
engines and machines that use rotary and distributor type fuel injection pumps.
In these pumps, the fuel itself lubricates moving parts as it moves through the
pump. This is where biodiesel can greatly increase the efficiency of a machine.

The efficiency of other diesel fuel systems-which include unit injectors,
injectors, unit pumps, and in-line pumps also rely on well-lubricated diesel
fuel. The reason that biodiesel fuel in blends of 20% or lower are usually added to
regular diesel fuels is because Biodiesel fuels consisting of methyl esters of
soybean oil. The esters in biodiesel have superior scuffing and adhesive wear
resistance that exceeds conventional diesel fuels

If you are unsure whether or not biodiesel or blended biodiesel will degrade the
vinyls, rubbers or metals in your machinery it is, the engine or vehicle
manufacturer should be contacted to determine if the seals, hoses, and gaskets
are compatible with the biodiesel blend before use.

To ensure the safest use of biodiesel fuel, make sure that it meets the ASTM
specification for pure biodiesel (ASTM D 6751) before blending with petroleum
based diesel fuel. The specification for biodiesel is designed to ensure that
consumers will not experience operational problems (especially accidents!)
from the fuel's use. Make sure that the merchant who sells you this biodiesel can
provide you with written assurance that the biodiesel meets this specification.
   
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