A Comparison of the Stability Performance of Blends of Paraffinic Diesel and Petroleum-Derived Diesel, with RME Biodiesel Using Laboratory Stability Measurement Techniques

Table 10

ASTM D2274 results of the samples evaluated in this study.

High stability FAME	% FAME	ASTM D2274	Low stability FAME	% FAME	ASTM D2274
		(mg/100 mL)			(mg/100 mL)
Summer type GTL diesel blends
Summer type GTL diesel	0	0.4	Summer type GTL diesel	0	0.4
Summer type GTL + 2% RME	2	0.2	Summer type GTL + 2% RME	2	0.2
Summer type GTL + 5% RME	5	0.3	Summer type GTL + 5% RME	5	0.5
Summer type GTL + 10% RME	10	0.3	Summer type GTL + 10% RME	10	0.3
Summer type GTL + 15% RME	15	0.2	Summer type GTL + 15% RME	15	0.4
Summer type GTL + 20% RME	20	0.2	Summer type GTL + 20% RME	20	0.3
US 2D diesel
US 2D diesel	0	0.2	US 2D diesel	0	0.2
US 2D diesel + 2% RME	2	0.2	US 2D diesel + 2% RME	2	0.2
US 2D diesel + 5% RME	5	0.5	US 2D diesel + 5% RME	5	1.5
US 2D diesel + 10% RME	10	0.3	US 2D diesel + 10% RME	10	0.3
US 2D diesel + 15% RME	15	0.5	US 2D diesel + 15% RME	15	0.8
US 2D diesel + 20% RME	20	0.5	US 2D diesel + 20% RME	20	1.5
Winter type GTL diesel
Winter type GTL diesel	0	0.4	Winter type GTL diesel	0	0.4
Winter type GTL + 2% RME	2	0.3	Winter type GTL + 2% RME	2	0.3
Winter type GTL + 5% RME	5	0.5	Winter type GTL + 5% RME	5	0.4
Winter type GTL + 10% RME	10	0.3	Winter type GTL + 10% RME	10	0.2
Winter type GTL + 15% RME	15	0.5	Winter type GTL + 15% RME	15	0.3
Winter type GTL + 20% RME	20	0.3	Winter type GTL + 20% RME	20	0.7
EN590 diesel
EN590	0	0.3	EN590	0	0.3
EN590 + 2% RME	2	0.3	EN590 + 2% RME	2	0.2
EN590 + 5% RME	5	0.3	EN590 + 5% RME	5	0.4
EN590 + 10% RME	10	0.9	EN590 + 10% RME	10	0.4
EN590 + 15% RME	15	0.9	EN590 + 15% RME	15	0.4
EN590 + 20% RME	20	0.2	EN590 + 20% RME	20	0.4