Performance and Emissions of Sunflower, Rapeseed, and Cottonseed Oils as Fuels in an Agricultural Tractor Engine
Joint Authors
Papadakis, George
Balafoutis, Athanasios
Fountas, Spyros
Natsis, Athanasios
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-09-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A comparative experimental investigation was conducted to evaluate the performance and exhaust emissions of an agricultural tractor engine when fueled with sunflower oil, rapeseed oil, and cottonseed oil and their blends with diesel fuel (20/80, 40/60 and 70/30 volumetrically).
Tests were also carried out with diesel fuel to be used as a reference point.
Engine power, torque, BSFC, thermal efficiency, NOx and CO2 were recorded for each tested fuel.
All vegetable oils resulted in normal operation without problems during the short-term experiments.
The 20/80 blends showed unstable results, in comparison to higher oil content fuels.
Power, Torque and BSFC were higher as oil content was increased in the fuel.
Rapeseed oil fuels showed increased power, torque and thermal efficiency with simultaneous lower BSFC in comparison to the other two vegetable oils.
Cottonseed oil fuels gave better engine performance than sunflower oil fuels.
In all oil types, NOx emissions were augmented when fuel oil percentage was increased.
Cottonseed oil fuels led to higher NOx emission increase compared to rapeseed oil fuels.
CO2 emissions showed a tendency to be increased as the oil content was evolved.
The highest CO2 emissions were given by cottonseed oil fuels, followed by rapeseed and sunflower oil.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Balafoutis, Athanasios& Fountas, Spyros& Natsis, Athanasios& Papadakis, George. 2011. Performance and Emissions of Sunflower, Rapeseed, and Cottonseed Oils as Fuels in an Agricultural Tractor Engine. ISRN Renewable Energy،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-12.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Balafoutis, Athanasios…[et al.]. Performance and Emissions of Sunflower, Rapeseed, and Cottonseed Oils as Fuels in an Agricultural Tractor Engine. ISRN Renewable Energy No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-12.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Balafoutis, Athanasios& Fountas, Spyros& Natsis, Athanasios& Papadakis, George. Performance and Emissions of Sunflower, Rapeseed, and Cottonseed Oils as Fuels in an Agricultural Tractor Engine. ISRN Renewable Energy. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-479178
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-479178