Performance of a stationary diesel engine using loofah (Luffa cylindrica, L.) biodiesel
| Autor: | O. O. Oniya, A. I. Bamgboye |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Biodiesel Thermal efficiency Materials science Waste management Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment 020209 energy Process Chemistry and Technology Exhaust gas 02 engineering and technology Fuel oil Transesterification Diesel engine General Energy Fuel Technology Biofuel 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Fuel efficiency |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Sustainable Energy. 35:513-522 |
| ISSN: | 1478-646X 1478-6451 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14786451.2014.922973 |
| Popis: | A stationary diesel engine using loofah ethyl ester (biodiesel) was studied and evaluated. Loofah biodiesel was obtained by reacting loofah oil with ethanol in a two-step transesterification process. The loofah biodiesel produced from ethyl esters was blended with automotive gas oil at 0–20% mix with 5% increment of loofah ethyl esters. The performance of a constant speed, stationary 2.46 kW diesel engine was evaluated using loofah biodiesel at five loading conditions (0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of full load). The engine torque, speed, exhaust gas temperature, brake-specific fuel consumption, the brake thermal efficiency and fuel equivalent power ranged from 1.47 to 8.47 Nm, 1300–1500 rev/min, 65–420 °C, 526.24–684.99 g/kWh, 21.91–27.1% and 51.35–33.24%, respectively, when using all the loofah biodiesel samples at all loading conditions. Loofah biodiesel is suitable to fuel a diesel engine. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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