Evaluating microbial contaminations of alternative heating oils

Autor: Maximilian J. Surger, Katharina Mayer, Karthik Shivaram, Felix Stibany, Wilfried Plum, Andreas Schäffer, Simon Eiden, Lars M. Blank
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Engineering in Life Sciences, Vol 23, Iss 6, Pp n/a-n/a (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1618-2863
1618-0240
20230001
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.202300010
Popis: Abstract Since 2008, European and German legislative initiatives for climate protection and reduced dependency on fossil resources led to the introduction of biofuels as CO2‐reduced alternatives in the heating oil sector. In the case of biodiesel, customers were confronted with accelerated microbial contaminations during storage. Since then, other fuel alternatives, like hydrogenated vegetable oils (HVOs), gas‐to‐liquid (GtL) products, or oxymethylene ether (OME) have been developed. In this study, we use online monitoring of microbial CO2 production and the simulation of onset of microbial contamination to investigate the contamination potential of fuel alternatives during storage. As references, fossil heating oil of German refineries are used. Biodiesel blends with fossil heating oils confirmed the promotion of microbial activity. In stark contrast, OMEs have an antimicrobial effect. The paraffinic Fischer–Tropsch products and biogenic hydrogenation products demonstrate to be at least as resistant to microbial contamination as fossil heating oils despite allowing a diversity of representative microbes. Through mass spectrometry, elemental analysis, and microbial sequencing, we can discuss fuel properties that affect microbial contaminations. In summary, novel, non‐fossil heating oils show clear differences in microbial resistance during long‐term storage. Designing blends with an intrinsic resistance against microbial contamination and hence reduced activity might be an option.
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