RE: NIR Helps Turn Vegetable Oil into High-Quality Biofuel

Argall Family (grargall@alphalink.com.au)
Wed, 16 Jun 1999 19:15:25 +1000

Where canola oil is added to diesel fuel in Europe [at 30%], some vehicle
manufacturers approve, others advise that their existing fuel systems will
be corroded by vegetable oils, and parts would need replacing to use the new
fuel..

Interesting that vehicle manufacturers warn vehicle users of the tendency of
vegetable oils to rancidify, but general medical opinion is that they are a
good thing in humans. Rancidification occurs at room temperature, more so at
body temperature, where they inhibit respiration and promote lipid
peroxidation. Perhaps when there is a bigger market for such oils in
machines, there will be less marketing of them to people.

Dennis

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