MULTIFUNCTIONAL ADDITIVES FOR DIESEL FUEL

In the article, ethylene glycol esters of vegetable fatty acids were synthesized in order to improve the operating qualities of diesel fuels. Ethylene glycol from cottonseed oil and KU-2 as a catalyst were used for the synthesis. Fatty acids contained in cottonseed oil enter the esterification reaction with ethylene glycol in the presence of a catalyst. At the end of the process, the monoethylene glycol ether of fatty acids was purified from other components in the reaction mixture, including diethylene glycol. Monoethylene glycol ester of fatty acid has been applied as a multifunctional additive in diesel fuels. The obtained results allowed the use of the synthesized ether as a multifunctional additive