Investigation of performance and emission characteristics of waste cooking oil as biodiesel in a diesel engine
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2018-05
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KeAi Publishing
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Biodiesel is one of the most popular prospective alternative fuels and can be obtained from a variety of sources. Waste frying oil is one such source along with the various raw vegetable oils. However, some specific technical treatments are required to improve certain fuel properties such as viscosity and calorific value of the biodiesel being obtained from waste cooking oil methyl ester (WCOME). Various treatments are applied depending on the source and therefore the composition of the cooking oil. This research investigated the performance of WCOME as an alternative biofuel in a four-stroke direct injection diesel engine. An 8-mode test was undertaken with diesel fuel and five WCOME blends. The best compromise blend in terms of performance and emissions was identified. Results showed that energy utilization factors of the blends were similar within the range of the operational parameters (speed, load and WCOME content). Increasing biodiesel content produced slightly more smoke and NOx for a great majority of test points, while the CO and THC emissions were lower.
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Energy & fuels, Engineering, Waste cooking oil, Methyl ester, Biodiesel, Alternative fuels, Vehicle emissions, Methyl-ester, Exhaust emissions, Vegetable-oils, Fuel, Combustion, Tests
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Ulusoy, Y. vd. (2018). ''Investigation of performance and emission characteristics of waste cooking oil as biodiesel in a diesel engine''. Petroleum Science, 15(2), 396-404.