Effects of using ethanol-biodiesel-diesel fuel in single cylinder diesel engine to engine performance and emissions

F. Aydın and H. Öğüt

Renewable Energy, 2017, vol. 103, issue C, 688-694

Abstract: In this study, biodiesel was produced from safflower seeds by converting the raw oil obtained through dampening them via the rolling process, roasting at 90 °C and pressing into Safflower Oil Methyl Esther (Safflower Biodiesel) using the trans-esterification method. Experimental fuels were obtained in the forms of D100, B2.5M2.5D95, B5M5D90, B5M2.5D92.5 and B2.5M5D92.5 by mixing the biodiesel fuel obtained from safflower with diesel fuel, adding bio-ethanol at the rates of 2.5% and 5%, and volumetrically in inverse ratio. Tests were conducted to determine the fuel properties of the mixed fuels obtained and the diesel fuel, their kinematic viscosity, density, water content, pH level, caloric value, flash point, clouding, pour and freezing points, copper bar corrosion test, iodine number, CFPP (Cold Filter Plugging Point) test and cetane number.

Keywords: Safflower; Safflower biodiesel-bio-ethanol-diesel fuel mixtures; Bio-ethanol; Exhaust emissions; Engine performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.10.083

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