REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Material Resources Sector

Defensive Technologies Department

Military Technical Institute

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energy self-sufficiency IN THE TIME OF CRISISON QUALITY OF BIODIESEL PRODUCTION UNDER UNDEMANDING CONDITIONS

PAVLE HADžIĆ

Institute Gosa, Belgrade, Serbia, pavle.hadzic@institutgosa.rs

DRAGOSLAVA STOJILJKOVIĆ

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia

VLADIMIR JOVANOVIĆ

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia

NEBOJŠA MANIĆ

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract: Armed forces, as well as agriculture and civil transport activities, are among the largest consumers of diesel fuel. The period of economic uncertainty and political or military crisis, frequently create a situation of insecurity of fuel supply. Consequently, energy self sufficiency of society makes significant part of national defense strategy. Partial substitution of petrol fuels with biodiesel seems to be an adequate answer. The substitution could be accomplished by production of biodiesel in small scale plants for immediate use.  In this investigation, we report on quality of biodiesel produced under simple and undemanding technological conditions, applicable for individual producers. Production of biodiesel, starting from native or waste cooking oils, under simple reactor setting and basic reaction conditions, with simple purification procedure, provided biodiesel of satisfactory physical and chemical characteristics. Those characteristics were compared with requirements of acting European standard EN 14214.

Keywords: biodiesel technology, production, quality, fuel self-sufficiency.