TY - CONF A1 - Weltschev, Margit A1 - Haufe, Manuela A1 - Kohl, Anka A1 - Rehfeldt, Rainer T1 - Resistance of polyethylene grades with permeation barriers in biofuels N2 - Biofuels including ethanol and biodiesel (FAME) represent a renewable fuel alternative to petroleum-derived transport fuels. The aim of this work was to study the interaction between high density polyethylene (HDPE) with permeation barriers in form of polyamide (PA) and fluorination, and biofuels such as E85 (fuel with 85 % ethanol), biodiesel and B10 (heating oil with 10 % biodiesel). 10 l jerrycans made of polyethylene with permeation barrier of PA were filled with E85 and biodiesel and exposed to temperatures of 20 °C and 40 °C for 5 years. Half of the 20 l jerrycans of HDPE for filling with B10 were fluorinated at the inner layer to prevent permeation before the exposure. Tensile properties were determined once a year, and FTIR-spectroscopy was used to evaluate possible changes. The tensile properties tensile strength and breaking elongation of HDPE jerrycan cuttings with permeation barrier decreased, but not significantly, after immersion in E85, biodiesel and B10. The elasticity modulus of the polyethylene grades was especially reduced during exposure to E85. The FTIR spectra of HDPE jerrycan cuttings with permeation barrier showed that immersion tests for five years with the test fuels at 20 °C and 40 °C did not lead to a decomposition of the permeation barriers. T2 - CORROSION 2018 CY - Phönix, Arizona, USA DA - 16.04.2018 KW - Polyethylene grades KW - Biofuels KW - Permeation barriers KW - FTIR spectra PY - 2018 SP - Paper 10543, 1 EP - Paper 10543, 12 PB - NACE International CY - Houston, Texas, USA AN - OPUS4-44768 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -