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Materials compatibility is a major concern whenever the fuel composition is changed. The question arises of whether sealing materials are resistant to fuels with bioethanol and biodiesel (rapeseed oil fatty acid methyl ester).
Previous research considered the resistance of frequently used sealing materials such as FKM (fluorocarbon rubber), FVMQ (methyl-fluoro-silicone rubber), VMQ (methyl-vinyl-silicone rubber), EPDM (ethylene-propylene-diene rubber), CR (chloroprene rubber), CSM (chlorosulfonated polyethylene), IIR (butyl rubber), PA (polyamides), NBR (acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber) and PUR (polyester urethane rubber) in fuels and heating oil with admixtures of biogenic substances such as biodiesel and B10 (heating oil with 10 % biodiesel) under purely static conditions.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the fluorocarbon rubber performance under compressed conditions. For the investigations, the mass and the compression set of the FKM test specimens were determined before and after exposure for 3, 7, 14, 28, 56 and 90 days in E10 (fuel with 10 % ethanol), E85 (fuel with 85 % ethanol), biodiesel (fatty acid methyl ester, FAME), Super (fuel with max. 5 % ethanol), diesel fuel with max. 5 % biodiesel, pure diesel fuel, Super Plus (fuel without ethanol) and heating oil with 10 % biodiesel (B10) at 40 °C according to ISO 815-1 “Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - determination of compression set – Part 1: At ambient or elevated temperatures”. The compression set test belongs beside the determination of the Shore hardness, the density and the tensile properties to the basic test methods for elastomers. It was measured in regular time intervals up to a re-drying of more than 90 days after relaxation of test specimens. For comparison, FKM test specimens were exposed without fuel under compressed conditions at 40 °C.
The highest mass increase of FKM test specimens was measured after 90 days exposure in E10 by 9 %, followed by 8 % in Super fuel, by 4 % in E85 and by 0.6 % in biodiesel. Mass increase and swelling of the test specimens in E10 and Super fuel with max. 5 % ethanol had an influence on the compression set values which were subject to high fluctuations in comparison to the values obtained after exposure to other fuels such as biodiesel, diesel fuel and B10.
The results of the present work confirmed the higher swelling of the elastomers such as FKM in E10 obtained under static condition. It can be concluded on the basis of the mass increase and compression set values that FKM is resistant in all fuels under compressed conditions at 40 °C.
Changes in fuel composition and the introduction of alternative fuels often create problems of corrosion and degradation in materials. The objective of this research was to determine the corrosion behaviour of commercial metallic tank materials (unalloyed steels, austenitic CrNi- and CrNiMo-steels, aluminium and its alloys) in fuels and heating oil with admixtures of biogenic sources, such as gasoline with addition of ethanol (E10, E85), pure biodiesel and heating oil with 10 % biodiesel (B10).
Metallic tank materials were evaluated as resistant in a liquid if the annual corrosion rate due to uniform corrosion did not exceed 0.1 mm/year, and localized corrosion effects in the form of pitting corrosion, stress corrosion cracking and crevice corrosion did not occur.
The corrosion rates of the tank materials after exposure to E10, E85, non-aged and two-year aged pure biodiesel, and non-aged and one-year aged heating oil B10 for four weeks at 50 °C, according to DIN 50905/4, were well below the limit of 0.1 mm/year. For the unalloyed steels, the formation of rust was observed independently of the biofuels amount of ageing. U-bend specimens made of unalloyed steel were not damaged in form of stress corrosion cracking in all test fuels at this test temperature.
The objective of this research was to determine the resistance of frequently used sealing materials such as FKM (fluorocarbon rubber), FVMQ (methyl-fluoro-silicone rubber), VMQ (methyl-vinyl-silicone rubber), EPDM (ethylene-propylene-diene rubber), CR (chloroprene rubber), CSM (chlorosulfonated polyethylene), IIR (butyl rubber), PA (polyamides), NBR (acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber) and PUR (polyester urethane rubber) in fuels and heating oil with admixtures of biogenic sources such as E10 (fuel with 10 % ethanol), E85 (fuel with 85 % ethanol), non-aged and aged biodiesel, diesel fuel with 5 % biodiesel, non-aged and aged B10 (heating oil with 10 % biodiesel) at 20 °C, 40 °C and 70 °C.
Mass, tensile strength and breaking elongation of the test specimens were determined before and after the exposure for 84 days in the fuels. The visual examination of some elastomer test specimens clearly showed the great volume increase until break or partial dissolution. Shore hardness A and D (for PA) were determined before and after exposure of the test specimens in the biofuels for 42 days.
There is not determined a threshold for the reduction in tensile properties and Shore hardness in the international standards. Therefore a threshold of 15 % was determined for the evaluation of the compatibility.
In summary, it can be therefore stated that the chemical resistance of the fluoropolymers FKM and FVMQ in fuels and biofuels is the best one.
Die Bewertung der Werkstoffbeständigkeit ist von großer Bedeutung bei Änderung der Zusammensetzung der Kraftstoffe und des Heizöls, insbesondere die Frage nach der Beständigkeit der Dichtungswerkstoffe bei Zusätzen von Bioethanol und Biodiesel (Rapsölfettsäuremethylester).
Vorhergehende Untersuchungen (Messungen der Veränderungen der Masse, der Zugeigenschaften und der Härte) bezogen sich auf die Bewertung der Beständigkeit häufig verwendeter Dichtungswerkstoffe wie FKM, FVMQ, VMQ, EPDM, CR, CSM, IIR, PA, NBR und PUR in Kraftstoffen und Heizöl mit 10 % Biodiesel (nicht gealtert und bis zu 5 Jahre gealtert) unter statischen Bedingungen.
Ziel der Untersuchungen war die Bewertung der Beständigkeit von Fluorkautschuk unter verpressten Bedingungen in Analogie zu den Einsatzbedingungen in der Praxis. Die Masse und der Druckverformungsrest von Prüfkörpern aus FKM wurden vor und nach der Auslagerung über einen Zeitraum von 3, 7, 14, 28, 56 und 90 Tagen in E10 (Kraftstoff mit max. 10 % Ethanol), E85 (Kraftstoff mit 85 % Ethanol), Biodiesel (Rapsölfettsäuremethylester), Super (Kraftstoff mit max. 5 % Ethanol), Dieselkraftstoff mit max. 5 % Biodiesel, Super Plus (Kraftstoff ohne Ethanolzusatz) und Heizöl mit 10 % Biodiesel (B10) bei 40 °C gemäß ISO 815-1 bestimmt. Die Druckverformungsrestprüfung zählt neben der Messung der Härte, der Dichte und der Zugeigenschaften zu den wichtigsten Grundprüfverfahren der Elastomerindustrie. Nach Ende der Auslagerung in den Kraftstoffen und der Aufhebung der Verpressung wur-de der Druckverformungsrest der Prüfkörper in regelmäßigen Zeitabständen bis zu einer Rücktrocknung > 90 Tage bestimmt. Zum Vergleich wurden Prüfkörper aus FKM ohne Kraftstoff oder Heizöl unter Verpressung bei 40 °C ausgelagert.
Die Masseänderung der Prüfkörper aus FKM betrug nach 90 Tagen Auslagerung in E10 9 %, in Super 8 %, in E85 4% und 0,6 % in Biodiesel. Die Erhöhung der Masse und die damit verbundene Quellung der Prüfkörper in E10 und Super mit 5 – 10% Ethanolzusatz hatte einen Einfluss auf den Druckverformungsrest, der sprunghaften Veränderungen unterlag im Vergleich zu den Werten nach Auslagerung in Biodiesel, Dieselkraftstoff und Heizöl B10 bei 40 °C. Zum Vergleich, unter statischen Bedingungen verringerte sich die Zugfestigkeit der Prüfkörper aus FKM nach Auslagerung in E10 bei 40 °C um 31 % und die Reißdehnung um 18 %.