Comparison of performance and emissions of diesel fuel, rapeseed and soybean oil methyl esters injected at different pressures

Celikten I., Koca A., Arslan M. A.

RENEWABLE ENERGY, cilt.35, sa.4, ss.814-820, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.08.032
  • Dergi Adı: RENEWABLE ENERGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.814-820
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Biodiesel, Rapeseed oil methyl ester, Soybean oil methyl ester, Engine performance, Exhaust emissions, Injection pressure, ENGINE PERFORMANCE, BIODIESEL PRODUCTION, VEGETABLE-OILS, ALTERNATIVE FUEL, NOX EMISSIONS, BLENDS, JATROPHA
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Fuel properties of rapeseed oil and soybean oil methyl esters (e.g. density, cetane number and viscosity etc.) are similar to those of the diesel fuel. These methyl esters can be used as diesel engine fuel by mixing withy diesel fuel. In this study a comparison of diesel fuel, the rapeseed oil methyl ester and the soybean oil methyl ester was made from the engine performance and emissions point of view. The tests were carried out with a four-cylinder diesel engine for tree different injection pressures such as 250, 300 and 350 bar with each of these fuels. For the purpose of comparison, tests were also conducted at full load conditions with diesel fuel. As the result, the performance and emission values of rapeseed oil (R) and soybean oil (S) methyl esters were found to be nearly the same with those of diesel fuels (D) when injection pressure was increased to 300 bar. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.