Review Article

A Review on the Impact of Bio-Additives on Tribological Behavior of Diesel Fuels

Table 2

Common fatty acids found in vegetable oil.

Fatty acid compositionVegetable oils
Cottonseed oil [88]Castor oil [89, 90]Jatropha curcas [89, 91]Neem oil [89]Sugar cane mud [92]

Myristic acid (C14 : 0)0.70.10.7
Palmitic acid (C16 : 0)21.61.314.218.120.2
Palmitoleic acid (C16 : 1)0.60.7
Margaric (17 : 0)0.1
Stearic acid (C18 : 0)2.61.2718.14.3
Oleic acid (C18 : 1)18.63.644.744.54.4
Linoleic acid (C18 : 2)54.75.532.818.31.3
Linolenic acid (C18 : 3)0.70.50.20.22.1
Ricinoleic acid (18 : 1-OH)86.0
Arachidic acid (C20 : 0)0.30.20.80.2
Behenic acid (C22 : 0)0.2
N-tetracosanoic (C24 : 0)0.7
N-hexacosanoic (C26 : 0)0.3
N-octacosanoic (C28 : 0)25.6
N-nonacosanoic (C29 : 0)1.2
N-triacontanoic (C30 : 0)15.0
N-dotriacontanoic (C32 : 0)8.3
N-tetratriacontanoic (C34 : 0)11.1
Saturated25.42.521.63787.6
Monounsaturated19.289.645.444.54.4
Polyunsaturated55.46.03318.53.4