MOSCOW (MRC) -- Specialty chemicals company Lanxess Corporation has added two new highly concentrated antioxidants to its existing range of biodiesel stabilizers, reported company in its press release.
The new products - Baynox Ultra and Baynox Cargo - were introduced to the US market at the National Biodiesel Conference & Expo January 19-22 in Fort Worth, Texas.
Baynox Ultra, a highly active liquid oxidation stabilizer, is an easy-to-use additive that effectively prolongs the shelf life of biodiesel, especially for soybean and sunflower methyl esters. It contains a balanced blend of highly active antioxidants and a chelating agent dissolved in a "green" solvent. With an active content of more than 40%, Baynox Ultra is typically added in a concentration of 200 to 500 ppm to the biodiesel. Since the stabilizer does not crystallize, it can be used reliably at temperatures as low as 20 degrees Fahrenheit (F).
Baynox Cargo is a ready-to-use solution of the established Baynox antioxidant in an organic solvent, which has been developed as an oxidation stabilizer for the treatment of biodiesel cargos. It has an active content of more than 35%. The solution has a low viscosity and a flash point above 140 F for easy handling. It remains liquid even at 20 degrees Fahrenheit.
Tony Mazzarella, NAFTA Business Manager, explains: "The highly concentrated antioxidants Baynox Ultra and Baynox Cargo ensure that the biofuel obtained from natural raw material remains stable and can be used for longer. Otherwise, the fuel's unsaturated fatty acid structures can easily oxidize in contact with atmospheric oxygen. Heat, light and pressure make the oil rancid within a short time."
The consequences of such oxidation are a degradation of the biodiesel into short-chained fatty acids and the formation of insoluble polymers (gums), which can cause damage to the engine and the injection system. Lanxess' Baynox range is continually being adapted to the rapid developments in the automotive industry and includes increasingly high-performance products. The pressures in diesel engines are continually rising, as are the injector temperatures. On the other hand, tolerances for manufacturers of biodiesel are getting smaller and smaller and the specifications ever narrower. "With Baynox Ultra, our customers will be ideally equipped to meet the demands of modern fuels made by the automotive industry," says Mazzarella.
As MRC wrote previously, in July 2013, Lanxess celebrated the opening of its first production facility in Russia. In the new plant at the Lipetsk site, Lanxess subsidiary Rhein Chemie manufactures polymer-bound rubber additives for the markets in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), primarily for the automotive and tire industries. A production facility for the bladders used in tire production is to be added in 2016. The overall investment volume in euros amounts to a seven-digit figure and 40 new jobs will be created at the new plant in the medium term.
Lanxess is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 8.3 billion in 2013 and roughly 17,000 employees in 31 countries. The company is currently represented at 52 production sites worldwide. The core business of Lanxess is the development, manufacturing and marketing of plastics, rubber, intermediates and specialty chemicals.
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