Abstract
Glycerol free FAME technology with alkylcarbonate and alkali solid catalyst has been developed. Novel BDF made from vegetable oil and dimethylcarbonate consists of ca90% of FAME and ca10% of glycerol derivatives, and meets with the specification of EN14214 except for FAME content. In this system, glycerol is converted into glycerol derivatives which can be used for diesel fuel as FAME mixture. Evaporation tests at 600K under microgravity condition also showed that the mixture had equivalent property to normal FAME made from vegetable oil and MeOH.
