Use of palm oil-based biofuel in the internal combustion engines: Performance and emissions characteristics

Pascal Ndayishimiye and Mohand Tazerout

Energy, 2011, vol. 36, issue 3, 1790-1796

Abstract: Palm oil (PO) was treated using different methods in order to use and test it as fuel in Compression Ignition (CI) engines. The treatments include PO preheated and preparation of PO/diesel oil blends, using mixtures of PO with waste cooking oil (WCO), which are converted into esters by a transesterification process. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential of the palm oil-based biofuels to replace diesel oil in CI engines.

Keywords: Palm oil; Waste cooking oil; Transesterification; Palm oil/diesel blends (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.12.046

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