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Energies 2012, 5, 3137-3148; doi:10.3390/en5083137 OPEN ACCESS energies ISSN 1996-1073 /journal/energies Article A Complementary Biodiesel Blend from Soapnut Oil and Free Fatty Acids Yi-Hung Chen 1,*, Ting-Cheng Tang 1, Tsung-Han Chiang 1, Bo-Yu Huang 1, 2 2 3 4 Ching-Yuan Chang , Pen-Chi Chiang , Je-Lueng Shie , Matthias Franzreb and Lu-Yen Chen 5 1 Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan; E-Mails: t7830312@.tw (T.-C.T.); t8738027@.tw (T.-H.C.); s6902136@ (B.-Y.H.) 2 Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; E-Mails: cychang3@.tw (C.-Y.C.); pcchiang@.tw (P.-C.C.) 3 Department of Environmental Engineering, National I-Lan University, I-Lan 260, Taiwan; E-Mail: jlshie@.tw 4 Institut für Funktionelle Grenzflächen, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Karlsruhe 76344, Germany; E-Mail: matthias.franzreb@ 5 Department of Energy Engineering, National United University, Miaoli 360, Taiwan; E-Mail: lychen888@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: yhchen1@.tw; Tel.: +886-2(ext. 2539); Fax: +886-2 Received: 29 June 2012; in revised form: 24 July 2012 / Accepted: 16 August 2012 / Published: 17 August 2012 Abstract: Blends of biodiesels produced from soapnut oil and high-oleic free fatty acids (FFAs), which are potential non-edible oil feedstocks,