Characterization of cardoon accessions as feedstock for biodiesel production

Diesel fuels have an essential function in industrial economies. In the last decade, several studies were conducted in order to find alternative sources of vegetables oils suitable to biodiesel conversion. The present work aimed to characterize the oil chemical composition in eleven different acce...

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Autores principales: Mancini, Micaela, Lanza Volpe, Melisa, Gatti, Bernardita, Malik, Yair, Moreno, Ana Carina, Leskovar, Daniel, Cravero, Vanina Pamela
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Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3465
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236118314947?via%3Dihub
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.08.123
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author Mancini, Micaela
Lanza Volpe, Melisa
Gatti, Bernardita
Malik, Yair
Moreno, Ana Carina
Leskovar, Daniel
Cravero, Vanina Pamela
author_browse Cravero, Vanina Pamela
Gatti, Bernardita
Lanza Volpe, Melisa
Leskovar, Daniel
Malik, Yair
Mancini, Micaela
Moreno, Ana Carina
author_facet Mancini, Micaela
Lanza Volpe, Melisa
Gatti, Bernardita
Malik, Yair
Moreno, Ana Carina
Leskovar, Daniel
Cravero, Vanina Pamela
author_sort Mancini, Micaela
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description Diesel fuels have an essential function in industrial economies. In the last decade, several studies were conducted in order to find alternative sources of vegetables oils suitable to biodiesel conversion. The present work aimed to characterize the oil chemical composition in eleven different accessions of domestic and wild cardoon (Cynara cardunculus L. var. altilis and var. sylvestris, respectively) in order to evaluate its putative use as an alternative energy crop, with main focus in biodiesel production. No significant differences were measured between both botanical varieties for oil content; values of 20.80 ± 6.65% were found. The highest values were observed for the wild cardoon accessions “Uruguay Centro” (35.95%) and “Pergamino” (27.78%). The fatty acid composition was similar for both botanical varieties: palmitic (10.9%), stearic (3.0%), oleic (23.5%) and linoleic (61.3%). Comparing with traditional energy crops (soybean, sunflower and rapeseed) the cardoon fatty acid profile is similar to those obtained for soybean. Several biodiesel quality parameters were calculated or estimated over different oil samples. In this way, the acidity ranged from 0.1 to 0.7 mg OH/goil, showing differences among accessions but not between botanical varieties. “Cardo Blanco Peralta” and A-41 (cultivated cardoon) presented the lowest unsaturated degree, iodine values and oleic/linoleic acid relation in their oil; consequently, they showed the most suitable values for the biodiesel quality parameters (cetane number and kinetic viscosity). Based on seed oil composition, this characterization, allowed demonstrating that cardoon oil has appropriate characteristics to be used as feedstock for the production of biodiesel, as well as, to detect accessions with superior quality properties.
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spelling INTA34652019-01-04T11:59:42Z Characterization of cardoon accessions as feedstock for biodiesel production Mancini, Micaela Lanza Volpe, Melisa Gatti, Bernardita Malik, Yair Moreno, Ana Carina Leskovar, Daniel Cravero, Vanina Pamela Biodiesel Materias Primas Cardo Ácidos Grasos Cultivos Energéticos Raw Materials Cardoons Fatty Acids Fuel Crops Cynara Cardunculus Diesel fuels have an essential function in industrial economies. In the last decade, several studies were conducted in order to find alternative sources of vegetables oils suitable to biodiesel conversion. The present work aimed to characterize the oil chemical composition in eleven different accessions of domestic and wild cardoon (Cynara cardunculus L. var. altilis and var. sylvestris, respectively) in order to evaluate its putative use as an alternative energy crop, with main focus in biodiesel production. No significant differences were measured between both botanical varieties for oil content; values of 20.80 ± 6.65% were found. The highest values were observed for the wild cardoon accessions “Uruguay Centro” (35.95%) and “Pergamino” (27.78%). The fatty acid composition was similar for both botanical varieties: palmitic (10.9%), stearic (3.0%), oleic (23.5%) and linoleic (61.3%). Comparing with traditional energy crops (soybean, sunflower and rapeseed) the cardoon fatty acid profile is similar to those obtained for soybean. Several biodiesel quality parameters were calculated or estimated over different oil samples. In this way, the acidity ranged from 0.1 to 0.7 mg OH/goil, showing differences among accessions but not between botanical varieties. “Cardo Blanco Peralta” and A-41 (cultivated cardoon) presented the lowest unsaturated degree, iodine values and oleic/linoleic acid relation in their oil; consequently, they showed the most suitable values for the biodiesel quality parameters (cetane number and kinetic viscosity). Based on seed oil composition, this characterization, allowed demonstrating that cardoon oil has appropriate characteristics to be used as feedstock for the production of biodiesel, as well as, to detect accessions with superior quality properties. EEA La Consulta Fil: Mancini, Micaela. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Laboratorio de Biología Molecular; Argentina Fil: Lanza Volpe, Melisa. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria La Consulta; Argentina Fil: Gatti, Bernardita. Universidad del Centro Educativo Latinoamericano. Facultad de Química; Argentina Fil: Malik, Yair. Universidad del Centro Educativo Latinoamericano. Facultad de Química; Argentina Fil: Moreno, Ana Carina. Universidad del Centro Educativo Latinoamericano. Facultad de Química; Argentina Fil: Leskovar, Daniel. Texas A&M University. Texas A&M AgriLife Research; Estados Unidos Fil: Cravero, Vanina Pamela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Centro Cientifico Tecnol.conicet - Rosario. Instituto de Investigaciones En Ciencias Agrarias de Rosario; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina 2018-09-24T15:11:13Z 2018-09-24T15:11:13Z 2018-08-27 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3465 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236118314947?via%3Dihub 0016-2361 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2018.08.123 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier Fuel 235 (1) : 1287-1293. (January 2019)
spellingShingle Biodiesel
Materias Primas
Cardo
Ácidos Grasos
Cultivos Energéticos
Raw Materials
Cardoons
Fatty Acids
Fuel Crops
Cynara Cardunculus
Mancini, Micaela
Lanza Volpe, Melisa
Gatti, Bernardita
Malik, Yair
Moreno, Ana Carina
Leskovar, Daniel
Cravero, Vanina Pamela
Characterization of cardoon accessions as feedstock for biodiesel production
title Characterization of cardoon accessions as feedstock for biodiesel production
title_full Characterization of cardoon accessions as feedstock for biodiesel production
title_fullStr Characterization of cardoon accessions as feedstock for biodiesel production
title_full_unstemmed Characterization of cardoon accessions as feedstock for biodiesel production
title_short Characterization of cardoon accessions as feedstock for biodiesel production
title_sort characterization of cardoon accessions as feedstock for biodiesel production
topic Biodiesel
Materias Primas
Cardo
Ácidos Grasos
Cultivos Energéticos
Raw Materials
Cardoons
Fatty Acids
Fuel Crops
Cynara Cardunculus
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