{"id":30123,"key":"Material_compatibility_with_biodiesel","title":"Material compatibility with biodiesel","latest":{"id":1223989,"timestamp":"2026-01-08T23:50:58Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[Biodiesel]]\n\n can dissolve neoprene rubber. Make sure that hoses and gaskets are made from another material like Viton.\n\n== Vegetable oil fuel reactions ==\n\nThere have been recorded experiences of galvanic reactions created when used vegetable oils have reacted with metallic fuel system parts.\n\nNotably some metal fuel tanks appear to have a coatings that have reacted with used vegetable oil.\n\nMorgan H Crawford reports such issues.\n\n[http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000193 Feasibility and Emissions of Compression Ignition Engines Fueled with Waste Vegetable Oil Morgan H Crawford 2003]\n\nJoe Betty examined reactions between oils and metals\n\n[https://www.greenroadenergy.com/images/vegetableoilasfuel.pdf Vegetable Oil as a fuel]\n\n* -------------------\n\n[http://www.biodiesel.org/pdf_files/fuelfactsheets/Materials_Compatibility.pdf National Biodiesel Board - Material Compatibility of Biodiesel]\n\n[http://www.frybrid.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1873&d=1185135903 Frybrid - Table of Material Compatibility for vegetable oil, biodiesel and diesel]\n\n[http://www.coleparmer.com/techinfo/ChemComp.asp Cole Parmer - Chemical Compatibility]\n[http://web.archive.org/web/20081017122136/http://www.kelly.ws:80/projects/biodiesel-compatibility.html Biodiesel Material Compatibility]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| description = Biodiesel materials must resist reaction damage. Appropedia explains safe compatibility for sustainable fuel systems.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Biodiesel]]"}