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. 2017 Oct 24;16:176. doi: 10.1186/s12934-017-0790-x

Table 4.

Fuel properties of biodiesel produced by the mutants and wild type grown on WCO

Property/Test Results for Y. lipolytica NCIM 3589 US biodiesel standards ASTM D6751 European biodiesel standards EN14214 Indian biodiesel standards IS15607
YlB6 YIC7 YIE1 WT
Density at 25 °C (g cm−3)a 1.07 (0.87) 1.07 (0.86) 1.08 (0.88) 1.04 (0.87) NS 0.86-0.90 0.86-0.90
Water content (vol%)a ND ND ND ND 0.05 max 0.25 max 0.03 max
TAN (mg NaOH g-1)a 2 2 2 2.8 0.8 max 0.5 max 0.5 max
FFA (%)a 1 1 1 1.4 NS NS NS
Cu strip corrosiona Class 1a Class 1a Class 1a Class 1a Class 3 max Class 1 max Class 1 max
CNc 66.7 59.43 68.6 50.8 47-65 51 min 51 min
Kinematic viscosity (40 °C; mm2 s−1)c 5.07 4.57 5.09 3.6 1.9-6.0 3.5-5.0 3.5-5.0
SNa 190.38 (194.65) 197.6(193.75) 197.4 (192.28) 256.16 (249.4) NS NS NS
IVa 50.03 (47.9) 69.4 (65.82) 50.2 (42.58) 37.8 (47.9) NS 120max NS
HHV(M J kg−1)b 40.87 40.49 40.9 36.77 NS NS NS
Concentration of γ-linolenic acid (C18:3) (%)a 0 0 0 0 NS 12max NS
FAME having ≥ 4 double bonds (%)a ND ND ND ND NS 1 max NS

The wild type and mutants were grown on LAM containing 100 g L−1 WCO. The experimental values are the mean ± SD of three independent determinations

WT Wild type, as reported earlier [9]; ND Not Detected, NS Not Specified

aExperimentally determined values, followed by predicted ones, if any, in brackets

bCalculated using predicted values of SN and IV

cPredicted values as mentioned in Materials and methods [23]