Bioresources and Bioprocessing

Table 2 PORIM specification of biodiesel composition (Crabbe et al. 2001)

From: Parametric study of glycerol and contaminants removal from biodiesel through solvent-aided crystallization

Parameters	PORIM specification (%)
Lauric	0.0–0.4
Myristic	0.6–1.6
Palmitic	41–47
Palmitoleic	0–0.6
Stearic	3.7–5.6
Oleic	38.2–43.5
Linoleic	6.6–11.9
Linolenic	0.0–0.5
Arachidic	0.0–0.8
Unsaturated fatty acid	44.8–57.3
Saturated fatty acid	45.3–44.5

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