Comparative combustion studies on various plant oil esters and the long term effects of an ethyl ester on a compression ignition engine
Combustion studies on both ethyl and methyl esters of various plant oils were carried out using the same engine for all the tests so that comparative studies could be achieved. Twelve esters were tested and the pertinent data was recorded. Some of the more important results are published in this paper to serve as a comparative guide to the study of plant oil esters as fuel. Bruwer et. al. (1980) suggested the use of plant oil esters to prevent injector coking in modern compression ignition engines. Very little information is available on the long term effects of such ester use. Cyclic endurance tests have been carried out on Perkins engines running on ethyl esters of sunflower oil. The exciting results of this work are reported, with specific reference to one tractor engine which has recorded more than 1 300 trouble free hours. 3 tables.
- Research Organization:
- Dept. of Agriculture and Fisheries, Silverton, South Africa
- OSTI ID:
- 6067682
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-820860-
- Journal Information:
- ASAE Publ.; (United States), Conference: International conference on plant and vegetable oils as fuels, Fargo, ND, USA, 2 Aug 1982
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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