09538 Compatibility of Steel with Biodiesel

Tuesday, March 24, 2009: 5:00 PM
C102 (Georgia World Congress Center)
Lorri Grainawi , Steel Tank Institute, Lake Zurich, IL
Review of a study to measure the corrosion rate of steel in various biodiesels and biodiesel/petroleum diesel blends using a combination of weight-loss determinations after exposure to fuels, optical examination of pitting, and electrochemical characterization.