ENGINE EVALUATIONS OF LINSEED OIL AND DERIVATIVES

An on-going renewable fuels program at the Agricultural Engineering Centre, Glenfield New South Wales, has lead to the identification of linseed oil as a very poor fuel for direct- injected diesel engines - the most widely used type of engine on farms. The results of the successful 1000 hour test on an engine operated on the methyl ester of linseed oil in a direct- injected engine are reported, along with the outcome of tests on another engine configured in either direct- or indirect- injected modes running on raw linseed oil. The paper is No. 83015. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the Second National Conference on Fuels from Crops, Melbourne, August 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers

  191 Royal Parade
  Parkville, Victoria 3052,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Quick, G R
  • Woodmore, P J
  • Wilson, B T
• Conference:
  • This paper was presented at the Second National Conference on Fuels from Crops, Melbourne, August 1983.
• Publication Date: 1983-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 15.1-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Agriculture; Alternatives analysis; Biomass; Conferences; Diesel engines; Esters; Evaluation and assessment; Fuels; Linseed oil; Oils; Performance tests; Tests; Vegetation
• ITRD Terms: 347: Agriculture; 9000: Alternative; 8525: Conference; 1314: Diesel engine; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 3850: Fuel; 4961: Oil; 6255: Test; 2488: Vegetation
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382023
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM