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Property Units Jatropha Biodiesel Petroleum Diesel

This document compares the properties of jatropha biodiesel and petroleum diesel. Jatropha biodiesel has a higher cloud point, pour point, density, and flash point than petroleum diesel, but a lower kinetic viscosity and calorific value. Jatropha biodiesel has a higher cetane number, ester content, and oxygen content and a lower sulfur content, carbon residue, and carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen composition compared to petroleum diesel.

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Property Units Jatropha Biodiesel Petroleum Diesel

This document compares the properties of jatropha biodiesel and petroleum diesel. Jatropha biodiesel has a higher cloud point, pour point, density, and flash point than petroleum diesel, but a lower kinetic viscosity and calorific value. Jatropha biodiesel has a higher cetane number, ester content, and oxygen content and a lower sulfur content, carbon residue, and carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen composition compared to petroleum diesel.

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Property

Units

Jatropha biodiesel
10 6 0.88 192

Petroleum diesel

Cloud point Pour Point Density @ 30 C Flash point Kinetic viscosity at

C C g/ml C

4 3 0.85 71

cSt 40 C Calorific Value Cetane number Ester content Sulphur content Carbon residue Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen MJ/kg % % % % % %

4.84

2.44

38.5 52 > 99 0 0.024 77.1 11.81 10.97

45 47.5 0 < 0.5 < 0.35 86.83 12.72 1.19

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