Vegetable oil or diesel fuel-a flexible option
Book
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OSTI ID:5855832
Vegetable oils provide diesel engine performance similar to that obtained with diesel fuel, and this has been documented in many prior publications. Because they are potentially interchangeable with diesel fuel, interest has focused on vegetable oils as short-range alternate fuels. However, engine durability when burning vegetable oils may be adversely affected depending on the type of combustion system employed. Laboratory and field experimental tests have identified the prechamber engine as having the greatest short-range potential for using vegetable oil fuels.
- OSTI ID:
- 5855832
- Report Number(s):
- TP-840004
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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02 PETROLEUM
025000 -- Petroleum-- Combustion
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330102* -- Internal Combustion Engines-- Diesel
330800 -- Emission Control-- Alternative Fuels
AUTOMOTIVE FUELS
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DIESEL ENGINES
DIESEL FUELS
ENGINES
FIELD TESTS
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
FUELS
HEAT ENGINES
INTERCHANGEABILITY
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
SERVICE LIFE
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
VEGETABLE OILS
WEAR RESISTANCE
025000 -- Petroleum-- Combustion
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330102* -- Internal Combustion Engines-- Diesel
330800 -- Emission Control-- Alternative Fuels
AUTOMOTIVE FUELS
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DIESEL ENGINES
DIESEL FUELS
ENGINES
FIELD TESTS
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
FUELS
HEAT ENGINES
INTERCHANGEABILITY
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
SERVICE LIFE
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
VEGETABLE OILS
WEAR RESISTANCE