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This document describes a method for detecting fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) from biodiesel in aviation turbine fuel. Biodiesel contains FAMEs that can contaminate jet fuel and pose safety issues. The method uses gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to separate and detect 7 FAME components and an internal standard. Two columns, a carbowax column and a cyanopropyl/phenyl silicone column, are used to confirm separation of the FAME mix from the hydrocarbon components in jet fuel. The allowable limit of biodiesel contamination in jet fuel is 50 ppm according to this method.

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This document describes a method for detecting fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) from biodiesel in aviation turbine fuel. Biodiesel contains FAMEs that can contaminate jet fuel and pose safety issues. The method uses gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to separate and detect 7 FAME components and an internal standard. Two columns, a carbowax column and a cyanopropyl/phenyl silicone column, are used to confirm separation of the FAME mix from the hydrocarbon components in jet fuel. The allowable limit of biodiesel contamination in jet fuel is 50 ppm according to this method.

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This document describes a method for detecting fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) from biodiesel in aviation turbine fuel. Biodiesel contains FAMEs that can contaminate jet fuel and pose safety issues. The method uses gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to separate and detect 7 FAME components and an internal standard. Two columns, a carbowax column and a cyanopropyl/phenyl silicone column, are used to confirm separation of the FAME mix from the hydrocarbon components in jet fuel. The allowable limit of biodiesel contamination in jet fuel is 50 ppm according to this method.

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IP-585 – DETERMINATION OF FATTY ACID

METHYL ESTERS (FAME) FROM BIO-DIESEL


IN AVIATION TURBINE FUEL

Biodiesel is the most commonly used alternative fuel. Despite its suitability as an alternative fuel,
it possesses physical and chemical parameters that disqualify it for use in aviation fuels. Biodiesel is
made via conversion of vegetable and animal fats into fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs).
This fundamental difference between biodiesel and hydrocarbon-based petroleum diesel imparts
properties to the biodiesel such as a high freezing point (- 5 °C) and poor oxidative stability that render
it unsafe in jet fuel – for example, at low temperatures, biodiesel forms wax crystals that can clog fuel
lines and filters.

To analyse jet fuel for biodiesel contamination, the Energy Institute has developed a GC/MS selective column utilising a cyanopropyl/phenyl silicone stationary phase was used to confirm the separation of
ion monitoring/scan detection method designated as IP-585(1). Per this method, the allowable limit the FAME mix. This silicone phase is less susceptible to moisture and has better thermal stability than
for a cross-contamination level of biodiesel FAME in commercial jet fuel A-1 is 50 ppm. the carbowax phase.
Jet fuel is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons with a broad boiling point range. Subsequently, it is not AccuStandard offers the IP-585 seven component FAME mixture as well as the individual components
always possible to separate the polar FAME compounds from the hydrocarbon matrix. A remedy for and internal standard.
this problem is to separate the samples on a polar phase capillary column using single ion monitoring For more detailed information please visit our website at www.accustandard.com.
detection.
The method lists a lengthy, 50-60 meters, polyethylene glycol (carbowax) type capillary column for the
analyses. This type of column phase is considered “polar” and interactions with the FAMEs results in Reference:
longer column retention times than the non-polar hydrocarbon components of the jet fuel. (1) IP585/10 Determination of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) derived from bio-diesel fuel, in aviation
A common practice in many environmental analyses is to use a confirmation GC column to turbine fuel - GC/MS with selective ion monitoring/scan detection method Energy Institute, London, U.K.
corroborate and validate the separation/analysis. In this case, another type of polar phase capillary

Figure 1 depicts the separation of the seven component FAME mix and the internal standard on the carbowax column. Figure 2 illustrates the separation of the same FAME mix as in Figure 1 on the cyanopropyl/phenyl silicone column.

Author Contact Details


Jack Hubball, Ph.D., Eric Dzialo • AccuStandard, Inc. • 125 Market Street, New Haven, CT 06513, USA • Tel +1 800-442-5290 • Web: www.accustandard.com

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