Research report published: Solubility behavior of paraffinic diesel fuels

The energy transition in the transport sector requires a significant increase in the proportion of alternative and innovative drives and fuels. In the area of diesel fuels, the use of CO2-neutral fuel components such as hydrogenated vegetable oils is an option. With increasing blending with conventional diesel, their paraffinic structure influences important fuel properties, e.g. crystallization, turbidity and phase stability.

BMWK-funded research project completed

The BMWK has funded a research project on this subject, which has now been completed after 2.5 years. The result is a structured study on the influence of higher proportions of n-paraffinic and iso-paraffinic components (or lower aromatic proportions) in diesel fuels on key fuel properties. As part of the project, studies on water absorption and turbidity behaviour as well as crystallization at low temperatures were carried out with paraffin-rich fuels.

The results are published in DGMK Research Report 846. The report is available free of charge from DGMK.

Research Center

OWI Science for Fuels gGmbH affiliated Institute of the RWTH Aachen

The IGF project (21666 N) of the research association DGMK Deutsche Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für nachhaltige Energieträger, Mobilität und Kohlenstoffkreisläufe e.V., Große Elbstraße 131, 22767 Hamburg, Germany, was funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection via the AiF. Große Elbstraße 131, 22767 Hamburg, was funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection via the AiF as part of the program for the promotion of joint industrial research (IGF) on the basis of a resolution of the German Bundestag.