Vegetable oil or diesel fuel-a flexible option

Book · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5855832

Suda, K J

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

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
02 PETROLEUM
DIESEL ENGINES
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
DIESEL FUELS
COMBUSTION
VEGETABLE OILS
AUTOMOTIVE FUELS
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
COMBUSTION CHAMBERS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
FIELD TESTS
INTERCHANGEABILITY
SERVICE LIFE
WEAR RESISTANCE
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
ENGINES
FUELS
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
330102* - Internal Combustion Engines- Diesel
025000 - Petroleum- Combustion
330800 - Emission Control- Alternative Fuels