Vegetable oils properties

 

Crop	kg oil/ha	litres oil/ha	lbs oil/acre	US gal/acre
Corn (maize)	145	172	129	18
Cashew nut	148	176	132	19
Oats	183	217	163	23
Lupine	195	232	175	25
Kenaf	230	273	205	29
Calendula	256	305	229	33
Cotton	273	325	244	35
Hemp	305	363	272	39
Soybean	375	446	335	48
Coffee	386	459	345	49
Linseed (flax)	402	478	359	51
Hazelnuts	405	482	362	51
Euphorbia	440	524	393	56
Pumpkin seed	449	534	401	57
Coriander	450	536	402	57
Mustard seed	481	572	430	61
Camelina	490	583	438	62
Sesame	585	696	522	74
Safflower	655	779	585	83
Rice	696	828	622	88
Tung oil tree	790	940	705	100
Sunflowers	800	952	714	102
Cocoa (cacao)	863	1026	771	110
Peanuts	890	1059	795	113
Opium poppy	978	1163	873	124
Rapeseed	1000	1190	893	127
Olives	1019	1212	910	129
Castor beans	1188	1413	1061	151
Pecan nuts	1505	1791	1344	191
Jojoba	1528	1818	1365	194
Jatropha	1590	1892	1420	202
Brazil nuts	2010	2392	1795	255
Avocado	2217	2638	1980	282
Coconut	2260	2689	2018	287
Oil palm	5000	5950	4465	635

 

Vegetable oils melting points and Iodine Values

Oil	Approx.melting point deg °C
Coconut oil	25
Palm kernel oil	24
Mutton tallow	42
Palm oil	35
Olive oil	-6
Castor oil	-18
Peanut oil	3
Rapeseed oil	-10
Cotton seed oil	-1
Sunflower oil	-17
Soybean oil	-16
Tung oil	-2.5
Linseed oil	-24

 

Comparaison Vegetable oil, FAME and Diesel

	Density		Cloud point		Viscosity 40
	Vegetable oil	FAME	Vegetable oil	FAME	Vegetable oil	FAME
Rapeseed oil	0.92	0.88		-3
Soya oil	0.92	0.88		2	32	3 to 4
Sunflower oil	0.91	0.89	7.2	0 to 3	36	4.3
Palm oil	0.92	0.86	31 - 35	13 - 16	36	4 to 6
EN950 diesel	0.825 to 0.845		CFPP 0 to -20 Germany		2 to 4.5