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Fatty Acid Profiles of Various Oils and Fats, % wt.*
* Some sources report fatty acid profiles as ranges, these will not show up in the embedded table but are in the excel and csv data files. Canakci, M. 2007. The potential of restaurant waste lipids as biodiesel feedstocks. Bioresource Technology 98, no. 1 (January): 183-190. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2005.11.022 Goering, C. E., A. Schwab, M. Dougherty, M. Pryde, and A. Heakin. 1982. Fuel Properties of Eleven Vegetable Oils. Transactions of the ASAE 25, no. 6: 1472-1483. Goodrum, J. W. 1984. Fuel properties of peanut oil blends. Transactions of the ASAE 27, no. 5: 1257-1262. Goodrum, J. W., D. P. Geller, and T. T. Adams. 2002. Rheological characterization of yellow grease and poultry fat. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society 79, no. 10 (October 23): 961-964. doi:10.1007/s11746-002-0587-2 ---. 2003. Rheological characterization of animal fats and their mixtures with #2 fuel oil. Biomass and Bioenergy 24, no. 3 (March): 249-256. doi:/10.1016/S0961-9534(02)00136-8 Karaosmanoglu, F., M. Tuter, E. Gollu, S. Yanmaz, and E. Altintig. 1999. Fuel Properties of Cottonseed Oil. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 21, no. 9 (September): 821-828. doi:10.1080/00908319950014371 Peterson, C. L., G. L. Wagner, and D. L. Auld. 1983. Vegetable Oil Substitutes for Diesel Fuel. Transactions of the ASAE 26, no. 2: 322-332. Pryor, R. W., M. A. Hanna, J. L. Schinstock, and L. L. Bashford. 1983. Soybean Oil Fuel in a Small Diesel Engine. Transactions of the ASAE 26, no. 2: 333-337. Ryan, T.W., L.G. Dodge, and T.J. Callahan. 1984. The effects of vegetable oil properties on injection and combustion in two different diesel engines. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society 61, no. 10 (October 5): 1610-1619. doi:10.1007/BF02541645 Srivastava, A., and R. Prasad. 2000. Triglycerides-based diesel fuels. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 4, no. 2: 111-133. doi:10.1016/S1364-0321(99)00013-1 Ziejewski, M., and K. R. Kaufman. 1983. Laboratory endurance test of a sunflower oil blend in a diesel engine. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society 60, no. 8: 1567-1573. doi:10.1007/BF02666587
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Fatty Acid Profiles of Various Oils and Fats, % wt.*

* Some sources report fatty acid profiles as ranges, these will not show up in the embedded table but are in the excel and csv data files.

Canakci, M. 2007. The potential of restaurant waste lipids as biodiesel feedstocks. Bioresource Technology 98, no. 1 (January): 183-190. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2005.11.022

Goering, C. E., A. Schwab, M. Dougherty, M. Pryde, and A. Heakin. 1982. Fuel Properties of Eleven Vegetable Oils. Transactions of the ASAE 25, no. 6: 1472-1483.

Goodrum, J. W. 1984. Fuel properties of peanut oil blends. Transactions of the ASAE 27, no. 5: 1257-1262.

Goodrum, J. W., D. P. Geller, and T. T. Adams. 2002. Rheological characterization of yellow grease and poultry fat. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society 79, no. 10 (October 23): 961-964. doi:10.1007/s11746-002-0587-2

---. 2003. Rheological characterization of animal fats and their mixtures with #2 fuel oil. Biomass and Bioenergy 24, no. 3 (March): 249-256. doi:/10.1016/S0961-9534(02)00136-8

Karaosmanoglu, F., M. Tuter, E. Gollu, S. Yanmaz, and E. Altintig. 1999. Fuel Properties of Cottonseed Oil. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 21, no. 9 (September): 821-828. doi:10.1080/00908319950014371

Peterson, C. L., G. L. Wagner, and D. L. Auld. 1983. Vegetable Oil Substitutes for Diesel Fuel. Transactions of the ASAE 26, no. 2: 322-332.

Pryor, R. W., M. A. Hanna, J. L. Schinstock, and L. L. Bashford. 1983. Soybean Oil Fuel in a Small Diesel Engine. Transactions of the ASAE 26, no. 2: 333-337.

Ryan, T.W., L.G. Dodge, and T.J. Callahan. 1984. The effects of vegetable oil properties on injection and combustion in two different diesel engines. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society 61, no. 10 (October 5): 1610-1619. doi:10.1007/BF02541645

Srivastava, A., and R. Prasad. 2000. Triglycerides-based diesel fuels. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 4, no. 2: 111-133. doi:10.1016/S1364-0321(99)00013-1

Ziejewski, M., and K. R. Kaufman. 1983. Laboratory endurance test of a sunflower oil blend in a diesel engine. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society 60, no. 8: 1567-1573. doi:10.1007/BF02666587

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