Alternative technique for biodiesel quality control using an optical fiber long-period grating sensor
AUTOR(ES)
Falate, Rosane, Nike, Karen, Costa Neto, Pedro Ramos da, Cação Jr., Eduardo, Muller, Marcia, Kalinowski, Hypolito José, Fabris, José Luís
FONTE
Química Nova
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2007
RESUMO
We report the use of an optical fiber sensor to measure the soybean oil concentration in samples obtained from the mixture of pure biodiesel and commercial soybean oil. The operation of the device is based on the long-period grating sensitivity to the surrounding medium refractive index, which leads to measurable modifications in the grating transmission spectrum. The proposed analysis method results in errors in the oil concentration of 0.4% and 2.6% for pure biodiesel and commercial soybean oil, respectively. Techniques of total glycerol, dynamic viscosity, density, and hydrogen nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy were also employed to validate the proposed method.
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